The impact of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike on offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 284-297

  Kaiser, Mark J ^a   Yu, Yunke ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane destruction; Redevelopment opportunity matrix; Reserves estimation

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HURRICANES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; RISK PERCEPTION;

GULF OF MEXICO; HURRICANE DESTRUCTION; HURRICANE EVENTS; HURRICANE SEASON; OFFSHORE OIL; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL; RESERVES ESTIMATIONS;

PROVEN RESERVES;

HURRICANE EVENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; NATURAL DISASTER; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; OIL PRODUCTION; REDEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 70349604702     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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