Economic limit of field production in Louisiana

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3399-3416

  Kaiser, Mark J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decommissioning; Economic limit; Operational limit; Revenue threshold

Indexed keywords

DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); GAS INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBONS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

DECOMMISSIONING; ECONOMIC LIMIT; FIELD SIZE; GAS FIELDS; GROSS REVENUE; HYDROCARBON FIELDS; LOUISIANA; OPERATIONAL LIMITS; REVENUE THRESHOLD;

OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS;

CORRELATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECOMMISSIONING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OIL FIELD; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954213651     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.04.032     Document Type: Article

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