Ongoing ascent to the helium production plateau-Insights from system dynamics

Resources Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-89

  Cai, Zhiming ^a   Clarke, Richard H ^b   Glowacki, Bartek A ^c   Nuttall, William J ^a   Ward, Nick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d BOC Group Plc UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exhaustible resources; Helium; Market model; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENTS; EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES; HELIUM PRODUCTION; INDUSTRY NEEDS; MARKET MODEL; NATURAL-GAS PRODUCTION; SECURITY OF SUPPLY; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; TIGHT SUPPLY;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; HELIUM; LAND USE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; SYSTEM THEORY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EXPLOITATION; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS SUPPLY; HELIUM; MARKET CONDITIONS; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 77953026840     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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