Deep-water oilfield development cost analysis and forecasting —— Take gulf of mexico for example

[摘要] Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is the earliest offshore oilfield which has ever been developed. It tends to breed increasingly value of efficient, secure and cheap key technology of deep-water development. Thus, the analyze of development expenditure in this area is significantly important the evaluation concept of deep-water oilfield all over the world. This article emphasizes on deep-water development concept and EPC contract value in GoM in recent 10 years in case of comparison and selection to the economic efficiency. Besides, the QUE$TOR has been put into use in this research processes the largest upstream cost database to simulate and calculate the calculating examples' expenditure. By analyzing and forecasting the deep-water oilfield development expenditure, this article explores the relevance between expenditure index and oil price.

[发布机构] Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing, China^1;China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China^2

[效力级别] 生态环境科学

[关键词] Cost database;Deep water development;Economic efficiency;EPC contracts;Gulf of Mexico;Key technologies;Offshore oilfield;Research process