The Bureau conducts
resource assessment studies on oil, natural gas, and coal. The scale
of analysis varies from international, national, regional, state,
local, to a field/reservoir level. Diverse methodologies are utilized
including play, volumetric, material balance, decline, Delphi, reserve
growth, probability, and field size analysis. State of the art tools
are utilized such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as well
as the most current production, risk, and economic analysis software
packages. |