A Methodology for the Assessment of Unconventional (Continuous) Resources with an Application to the Greater Natural Buttes Gas Field, Utah

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-251

  Olea, Ricardo A ^a   Cook, Troy A ^b   Coleman, James L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

drainage area; estimated ultimate recovery; probability distribution; stochastic simulation; Unconventional resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451474557     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-010-9127-8     Document Type: Article

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