Regression models estimate pipeline construction costs

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 120-127

  Rui, Zhenhua ^a   Metz, Paul A ^a   Reynolds, Douglas B ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Zhou, Xiyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBB-DOUGLAS; COMPONENT COSTS; COST DATA; DATA AVAILABILITY; DATA SETS; ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; LOCATION INFORMATION; ONSHORE PIPELINES; PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION; PIPELINE LENGTH; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; REGRESSION MODEL; TOTAL COSTS;

COSTS; GAS PIPELINES; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; PIPELINE LAYING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; ENERGY RESOURCE; NATURAL GAS; OIL PIPELINE; OIL PRODUCTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960001883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 00301388     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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