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FASP, an analytic resource appraisal program for petroleum play analysis

January 1, 1986

An analytic probabilistic methodology for resource appraisal of undiscovered oil and gas resources in play analysis is presented in a FORTRAN program termed FASP. This play-analysis methodology is a geostochastic system for petroleum resource appraisal in explored as well as frontier areas. An established geologic model considers both the uncertainty of the presence of the assessed hydrocarbon and its amount if present. The program FASP produces resource estimates of crude oil, nonassociated gas, dissolved gas, and gas for a geologic play in terms of probability distributions. The analytic method is based upon conditional probability theory and many laws of expectation and variance. ?? 1986.

Publication Year 1986
Title FASP, an analytic resource appraisal program for petroleum play analysis
DOI 10.1016/0098-3004(86)90061-0
Authors R. A. Crovelli, R.H. Balay
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Computers & Geosciences
Index ID 70014675
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse