Hydrocarbon production cost functions in the Gulf of Mexico

Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1726-1747

  Kaiser, Mark J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost estimation; Economic limit; Offshore production

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST ESTIMATION; ECONOMIC LIMIT; OFFSHORE PRODUCTION;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

COSTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST; EXTRACTION METHOD; HYDROCARBON; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PRODUCTION COST; TRANSPORTATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 33745909172     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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