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
Size-frequency analysis of petroleum accumulations in selected United States plays: potential analogues for frontier areas
Heavy Oil and Natural Bitumen : strategic petroleum resources
Economics of undiscovered oil in Federal Lands on the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
Uncertainty and inferred reserve estimates — The 1995 National Assessment
Frontier areas and resource assessment: Case of the 1002 area of the Alaska North Slope
To sell or not sell: Assessments of Bangladesh hydrocarbons
Comparison of two probability distributions used to model sizes of undiscovered oil and gas accumulations: Does the tail wag the assessment?
Some aspects of resource uncertainty and their economic consequences in assessment of the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Forces Shaping Future U.S. Coal Production and Use
Geologic coal assessment: The interface with economics
Inferred oil and gas reserve estimates for the United States
Growth in conventional fields in high-cost areas: A case study
Science and Products
Size-frequency analysis of petroleum accumulations in selected United States plays: potential analogues for frontier areas
Heavy Oil and Natural Bitumen : strategic petroleum resources
Economics of undiscovered oil in Federal Lands on the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
Uncertainty and inferred reserve estimates — The 1995 National Assessment
Frontier areas and resource assessment: Case of the 1002 area of the Alaska North Slope
To sell or not sell: Assessments of Bangladesh hydrocarbons
Comparison of two probability distributions used to model sizes of undiscovered oil and gas accumulations: Does the tail wag the assessment?
Some aspects of resource uncertainty and their economic consequences in assessment of the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Forces Shaping Future U.S. Coal Production and Use
Geologic coal assessment: The interface with economics
Inferred oil and gas reserve estimates for the United States
Growth in conventional fields in high-cost areas: A case study
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