We examine the impact of technological change on oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of
Mexico from 1947 to 1998, using a unique micro-data set. An index variable for …

Reserve replacement remains a key challenge for the international oil and gas companies.
As market-oriented oil and gas provinces are maturing, exploration activity is shifted towards …

Religious communities are important providers of social insurance. We show that risk
associated with oil dependence facilitated the proliferation of religious communities …

High oil prices and gradual resource depletion have raised global concerns for security of
energy supply. Successful exploration activity is a critical factor for future oil production …

This important book provides a comprehensive analysis of technological change and
environmental policy within the (context of) oil and gas industries. It identifies and measures …

Existing exploration–discovery models are generally characterised by equations describing
the behaviour of exploration, success rates, and discoveries. The present paper adds two …

Oil exploration has been subject to economic research for decades. Earlier studies of
exploration models are mostly discussed the behavior of exploration at the macro-level …

Predictions from the original geophysical approach to oil exploration and production suggest
that oil production will develop according to a predetermined and inflexible bell-shaped …

Religious communities are important providers of social insurance. We document the
development of religious communities in the face of economic volatility associated with …

The many extreme oil price episodes that have occurred in the past have sparked an
ongoing debate as to the main drivers of oil price fluctuations and their effects on the …