The Economics of Oil and Gas Supply in the Former Soviet Union

Supply costs curves for the Former Soviet Union (FSU) are constructed for conventional petroleum, which is defined as conventional oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL). The supply figures show how petroleum quantities vary with production costs over time. Five resource quality categories,...

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Main Author: Aguilera, Roberto F.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Inderscience 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40627
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description Supply costs curves for the Former Soviet Union (FSU) are constructed for conventional petroleum, which is defined as conventional oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL). The supply figures show how petroleum quantities vary with production costs over time. Five resource quality categories, distinguishable according to production costs, are used in the estimation. The quantities are allocated across the five categories in a fixed proportion in order to generate the supply cost curves. The role of annual productivity gains, i.e., technological progress, to the year 2030 is also included. Results indicate that petroleum in the FSU is abundant and can be produced economically. In addition, production costs are found to decrease further over time as technology advances. With appropriate energy policy, FSU petroleum resources should assist in meeting domestic and international energy demand.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-406272017-09-13T15:57:40Z The Economics of Oil and Gas Supply in the Former Soviet Union Aguilera, Roberto F. supply cost curve Former Soviet Union conventional oil and gas FSU Supply costs curves for the Former Soviet Union (FSU) are constructed for conventional petroleum, which is defined as conventional oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL). The supply figures show how petroleum quantities vary with production costs over time. Five resource quality categories, distinguishable according to production costs, are used in the estimation. The quantities are allocated across the five categories in a fixed proportion in order to generate the supply cost curves. The role of annual productivity gains, i.e., technological progress, to the year 2030 is also included. Results indicate that petroleum in the FSU is abundant and can be produced economically. In addition, production costs are found to decrease further over time as technology advances. With appropriate energy policy, FSU petroleum resources should assist in meeting domestic and international energy demand. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40627 10.1504/IJGEI.2012.051730 Inderscience fulltext
spellingShingle supply cost curve
Former Soviet Union
conventional oil and gas
FSU
Aguilera, Roberto F.
The Economics of Oil and Gas Supply in the Former Soviet Union
title The Economics of Oil and Gas Supply in the Former Soviet Union
title_full The Economics of Oil and Gas Supply in the Former Soviet Union
title_fullStr The Economics of Oil and Gas Supply in the Former Soviet Union
title_full_unstemmed The Economics of Oil and Gas Supply in the Former Soviet Union
title_short The Economics of Oil and Gas Supply in the Former Soviet Union
title_sort economics of oil and gas supply in the former soviet union
topic supply cost curve
Former Soviet Union
conventional oil and gas
FSU
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40627