Improving exploration, appraisal & pilot planning through better forecasting of uncertainty reduction via reliability of information interviewing and confidence plots

SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 72-82

  Coopersmith, E M ^a   Burkholder, M K ^a   Schulze, J H ^a  

^a Decision Frameworks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; RELIABILITY;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; DECISION CRITERIONS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; INFORMATION TOOLS; PROJECT UNCERTAINTY; RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84873814655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/159587-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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