Modeling the operating costs for petroleum exploration and development projects

Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-195

  Luo, Dongkun ^a   Zhao, Xu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Composite decline rate; Learning curves; Operating cost prediction; Petroleum exploration and development projects; Production decline

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OIL FIELDS; OPERATING COSTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST PREDICTION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ECONOMIC LIMIT; LEARNING CURVES; OPERATING COST PREDICTION; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SCIENTIFIC PREDICTIONS; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TUNISIA;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

TUNISIA;

EID: 84862830760     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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