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Environmental probabilistic quantitative assessment methodologies

January 1, 1995

In this paper, four petroleum resource assessment methodologies are presented as possible pollution assessment methodologies, even though petroleum as a resource is desirable, whereas pollution is undesirable. A methodology is defined in this paper to consist of a probability model and a probabilistic method, where the method is used to solve the model. The following four basic types of probability models are considered: 1) direct assessment, 2) accumulation size, 3) volumetric yield, and 4) reservoir engineering. Three of the four petroleum resource assessment methodologies were written as microcomputer systems, viz. TRIAGG for direct assessment, APRAS for accumulation size, and FASPU for reservoir engineering. A fourth microcomputer system termed PROBDIST supports the three assessment systems. The three assessment systems have different probability models but the same type of probabilistic method. The type of advantages of the analytic method are in computational speed and flexibility, making it ideal for a microcomputer. -from Author

Publication Year 1995
Title Environmental probabilistic quantitative assessment methodologies
DOI 10.1016/0098-3004(95)00034-6
Authors R. A. Crovelli
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Computers & Geosciences
Index ID 70018791
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse