A review of the technical and economic evaluation techniques for shale gas development

Applied Energy

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-65

  Yuan, Jiehui ^a   Luo, Dongkun ^a   Feng, Lianyong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Deterministic techniques; Discounted cash flow; Shale gas development; Stochastic techniques; Technical economic evaluation techniques

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCES; GASES; INVESTMENTS; SHALE GAS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DETERMINISTIC TECHNIQUE; DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; GAS DEVELOPMENT; STOCHASTIC TECHNIQUES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; INVESTMENT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHALE; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84925443382     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.040     Document Type: Review

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