Emil D. Attanasi, Ph.D.
Emil Attanasi is a Supervisory Research Economist (Scientist Emeritus) with the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.
Emil Attanasi has been an economist with the U.S. Geological Survey since 1972. His work focuses on the valuation of hydrologic data, development of resource assessment methods for undiscovered oil and gas, assessment of CO2-EOR potential, and the application of economics to oil, gas, and minerals resource assessments.
Professional Experience
United States Geological Survey since 1972
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. University of Missouri, 1972, Economics
M.S. George Mason University, 2003, Statistical Science
B.A. Evangel College, 1969, Mathematics
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Economic Association, 1972 – present
Science and Products
Economic analysis of the 2010 U.S. Geological Survey assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Survey of stranded gas and delivered costs to Europe of selected gas resources
2010 updated assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
Natural bitumen and extra-heavy oil
Economics of undiscovered oil and gas in the North Slope of Alaska: Economic update and synthesis
Evaluation of procedures for prediction of unconventional gas in the presence of geologic trends
Database for Assessment Unit-Scale Analogs (Exclusive of the United States)
Volatility of bitumen prices and implications for the industry
Economic decision making and the application of nonparametric prediction models
Exploration maturity key to ranking search areas
Natural bitumen and extra-heavy oil
A Program for Partitioning Shifted Truncated Lognormal Distributions into Size-Class Bins
Science and Products
Economic analysis of the 2010 U.S. Geological Survey assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Survey of stranded gas and delivered costs to Europe of selected gas resources
2010 updated assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
Natural bitumen and extra-heavy oil
Economics of undiscovered oil and gas in the North Slope of Alaska: Economic update and synthesis
Evaluation of procedures for prediction of unconventional gas in the presence of geologic trends
Database for Assessment Unit-Scale Analogs (Exclusive of the United States)
Volatility of bitumen prices and implications for the industry
Economic decision making and the application of nonparametric prediction models
Exploration maturity key to ranking search areas
Natural bitumen and extra-heavy oil
A Program for Partitioning Shifted Truncated Lognormal Distributions into Size-Class Bins
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