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Simple Analytics of Valuing Producing Petroleum Reserves

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  • Graham A. Davis
  • Robert D. Cairns

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We modify the approach to valuing mineral reserves that is current in economic literature by considering a net present-value rule under uncertainty. Direct application of Hotelling's rule is found to be inappropriate. The modification is such that the present value is approximately half that proposed by the Hotelling Valuation Principle.

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  • Graham A. Davis & Robert D. Cairns, 1998. "Simple Analytics of Valuing Producing Petroleum Reserves," The Energy Journal, , vol. 19(4), pages 133-142, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:enejou:v:19:y:1998:i:4:p:133-142
    DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol19-No4-6
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    Oil prices; Hotelling model; oil reserve valuation; oil production;
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