Computing Risk for Oil Prospects:Principles and Programs

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Author(s): John W. Harbaugh, John C. Davis and Johannes Wendebourg (Eds.)
Series: Computer Methods in the Geosciences 14
Edition: Har/Dsk
Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 1995

Language: English
Pages: 1-452

Content:
Series editor's foreword
Page viii

Preface: Getting things rolling
Pages ix-xii
D.F. Merriam

Chapter 1 The challenge of risk assessment Original Research Article
Pages 1-28

Chapter 2 Field size distributions Original Research Article
Pages 29-54

Chapter 3 Success, sequence, and Gambler's ruin Original Research Article
Pages 55-70

Chapter 4 Estimating discovery size from prospect size Original Research Article
Pages 71-88

Chapter 5 Revising outcome probabilities and success ratios Original Research Article
Pages 89-110

Chapter 6 Modeling prospects Original Research Article
Pages 111-136

Chapter 7 Mapping geological properties and uncertainties Original Research Article
Pages 137-172

Chapter 8 Discriminating between discoveries and dry holes Original Research Article
Pages 173-214

Chapter 9 Forecasting cash flow for a prospect Original Research Article
Pages 215-264

Chapter 10 The worth of money Original Research Article
Pages 265-278

Chapter 11 RATs, Decision tables, and trees Original Research Article
Pages 279-322

Chapter 12 bringing it together Original Research Article
Pages 323-352

Bibliography
Pages 353-382

Appendix A—Software installation: RISK: Software to perform probabilistic assessments and financial calculations in Computing Risk for Oil Prospects
Pages 383-386

Appendix B—Riskstat manual: Riskstat: Linked computer programs that perform statistical analyses in the RISK software
Pages 387-404

Appendix C—riskmap manual: Riskmap: Linked computer programs that perform the mapping function in the RISK software
Pages 405-426

Appendix D—Risktab manual: Risktab: Linked computer programs that perform financial calculations in the RISK software
Pages 427-442

Index
Pages 443-452