A Scenario-Based Hydrocarbon Production Forecast for Louisiana

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-162

  Kaiser, Mark J ^a   Yu, Yunke ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecast modeling; producing assets; scenario forecasting; undiscovered fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856436898     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-011-9168-7     Document Type: Article

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