Short Term Projections of Offshore Petroleum and Natural Gas Production and Costs

摘要

A data base on Lower-48 oil and natural gas production by field was constructed. The data were validated by comparison with aggregate independent sources for cumulative production, remaining reserves, inferred reserves, and distribution of fields. Production from these fields was extrapolated to the Year 2010. 34 newly discovered fields were analyzed to investigate trends in cost. In addition to the data, methodological advances were made in the estimation of inferred reserves, creation of typical production curves for offshore fields, the relationship between field size, field area and well productivity, and the engineering costs of offshore fields. A model of the costs of offshore gas transmission pipelines was developed.