<DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A quantitative and coherent resource for petroleum engineering professionals, this investigation of the problems concerned with oil and gas flow along subsurface faults focuses on the impact of reservoir leakage and subsurface pressure on production methodologies, exploration, and finance. Special focus is given to determining the preventative possibilities of drilling as well as other analytical approaches to the reduction of risk factors.
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Ian Lerche is a distinguished professor of geology at the University of Leipzig. His principal interests are hydrocarbon exploration and risk problems.
James A. MacKay is a partner at Rose & Associates, a risk assessment firm based in Houston, Texas. They are the coauthors of
Economic Risk in Hydrocarbon Exploration.
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