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
Statistics of petroleum exploration in the non-Communist world outside the United States and Canada
ECONOMICS AND THE SEARCH FOR OFFSHORE HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS.
World resources of crude oil, natural gas, natural bitumen, and shale oil
Survey and appraisal of US energy resources: production and consumption
Regional resource depletion and industry activity: The case of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico
Some practical approaches to world petroleum resource assessment
Petroleum industry drilling in industrialized and developing areas
Lognormal field size distributions as a consequence of economic truncation
Government investment in mineral resource information on leasable public lands: The case of strippable coal
Offshore exploration and industry change: The case of the Gulf of Mexico
A method for predicting petroleum industry demands associated with future discoveries
Science and Products
Statistics of petroleum exploration in the non-Communist world outside the United States and Canada
ECONOMICS AND THE SEARCH FOR OFFSHORE HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS.
World resources of crude oil, natural gas, natural bitumen, and shale oil
Survey and appraisal of US energy resources: production and consumption
Regional resource depletion and industry activity: The case of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico
Some practical approaches to world petroleum resource assessment
Petroleum industry drilling in industrialized and developing areas
Lognormal field size distributions as a consequence of economic truncation
Government investment in mineral resource information on leasable public lands: The case of strippable coal
Offshore exploration and industry change: The case of the Gulf of Mexico
A method for predicting petroleum industry demands associated with future discoveries
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government