The timing of investment in deepwater heavy-oil opportunities with uncertainty in oil price and production technology

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3322-3333

  De Abreu, C A Camargo ^a   Costa Lima, G A ^a   Suslick, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Market uncertainty; Real options; Technological uncertainty

Indexed keywords

MARKET UNCERTAINTY; REAL OPTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY;

GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33751016043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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