Gas-reserves estimation in resource plays

SPE Economics and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-91

  Lee, John ^a   Sidle, Rod ^a  

^a Texas A and M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO;

ASSET VALUE; EMPIRICAL METHOD; FINANCIAL FORECASTS; GAS RESERVES; HIGH CONFIDENCE; MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES; MODEL ACCURACY; MODELING AND FORECAST;

PROVEN RESERVES;

EID: 79952380212     PISSN: 21501173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/130102-pa     Document Type: Article

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