A
Accountability
Addition of reserves
Age of basin fill
Aggregation of reserve estimates
Aims of prospect appraisal
Analysis of Variance
API (oil gravity)
A priori probability
Assessment unit
Auctions of leases
Average
B
Basin analysis
Basin multivariate analysis
Basin Volume
Bayes
Bayesian update of a normal distribution
Bayesian discriminant analysis
Beta distribution
Beta update
Bias
Bidding for leases
Binomial distribution
Bulk rock volume
Bonus
C
Calibration
Calibrated prospect aprraisal systems
CAPEX (Capital Expenditure)
CAPEX per barrel plateau production
Cashflow
Cash surplus
CAT - significance test
Central tendency
Chance of Fulfillment
Classification
CDF, Cumulative distribution function
Coefficient
Combining probabilities
Commonality (geological)
Compensated Time Ratio Method (CTRM)
Concession
Condensate ratio
Conditional distribution
Conjugate distributions
Contingent Resources
Contracts
Correlation
Cosine trap model
Covariance (of prospects)
Creaming forecasting
Cumulative Area Test (CAT)
Cumulative distribution
Cutoff (economic minimum volume)
Cutoff estimation
D
Decision tree
Delphi method
Denver-Julesberg basin
Dependence of prospects
Depth-volume curve
Discovery rate decline
Discriminant Analysis
Dispersion
Double triangular distribution
Dry basins
E
Earning Power
Economics
Entrapment of hydrocarbons
Event chart
Expectation
Expectation curve
Expected Exploration Costs
Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
Explained variance
F
Fairway maps
Fieldsize decline
Fieldsize distribution
Fill-factor
Forman et al.
Fractiles
Frequentistic probability
Fulfillment, chance of
G
Gaeapas (prospect appraisal program)
Gas/Oil contact (GOC)
Gas/Oil contact (GOC)
Gas price
Geohistory graph (GEOHIST)
Geometric mean
Geostatistics
Goodness of fit test
Groningen gasfield
Groups of prospects evaluation
Growth of reserves
H
Hindsight analysis
Hubbert curve
Hydrocarbon charge priors
Hydrocarbon column appraisal
Hydrocarbon contact appraisal
Hyperparameter
I
Inflation
Inversion index
Investment Efficiency (IE)
J
K
Kendall's tau
Kriging
Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness of fit
L
Laherre
Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS)
Learning set
Licence (production)
Likelihood ratio
Logistic curve
Log-linear decline curve extrapolation
Lognormal distribution
M
Marginal play probability
Material Balance
Maturity estimation
Maturity index
Mean (average)
Mean Success Volume (MSV)
Median
Measures of central tendency
Measures of dispersion
Mis-classification
Mode (most likely value)
Monte Carlo method
Most likely value
MSV, Mean Success Volume
Multivariate analysis
N
Negative dependence
Non-linear Mapping (NLM)
Non-parametric correlation
Normal distribution
Normal distribution update
O
Oil price
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries)
Operating expenses>
Original Organic Carbon content
P
Parameters of a distribution
Parametric correlation
Pareto distribution
Pay-out time
Peak Oil
Percentiles
PDF, Probability Density Function
Play risk
Porosity priors
Portfolio of prospects
POS (Probability Of Success)
POS-test
Posterior probability
Post-Mortem analysis
Predictive distribution
Present Value (PV)
Previous exploration experience
Prior distribution
Prior probability
Prior distributions for variables
Probability
Probability graph
Process distribution
Production profile (PRODPROF)
Production bonus
Prospective Resources
PSA, Petroleum System Analysis
PSA (Production Sharing Agreement)
PSC (Production Sharing Contract)
Pseudo random numbers
P90, P50, P10
P90, P50, P10 addition
1P, 2P, 3P and 1C, 2C, 3C classification
Q
Qualitative appraisal systems
Quantitative methods
Quality
R
Random number generator
Random sampling from a distribution
Rank correlation
Ranking of prospects
Real Value
Rectangular distribution
Recoverable resources
Recovery efficiency priors
Reducing subjectivity
Regression
Research papers
Reserves classification
Reservoir/seal pairs
Residuals
Residuals as a prior distribution
Resources
Ring fencing
Risk
Risk curve
Risked mean
R-square
S
Scenarios
SEC (Stock Exchange Commission)
Signature bonus
Sine Qua Non factor
SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers)
Source rocks
Source rock recognition on wireline logs
Spatial data analysis
Spearman's rank correlation
Subjective appraisal systems
Subjective probability
Standard deviation
Stratigraphic traps
Structuration index
Swanson's rule
T
Taxation
Tectonic basin classification
Top seal calibration
Top seal capacity prior
Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Trap capacity growth
Trap models (geometric)
Triangular distribution
Truncated shifted Pareto distribution
TSA (Technical Service Agreement)
t-value
U
Ultimate recovery per well
Uniform distribution
Uniformity of reporting
Unit technical costs
Unitisation agreements
Unrecoverable Resources
Unrisked mean (MSV)
Updating a probability
Updating a normal distribution
USGS (United States Geological Survey) method
V
Variance
Variogram
Verhulst
W
Well initial
Well Initial prior
World-wide priors
X
X - the independent variable(s)
Y
Y - the dependent variable
Yes/No vector
Yield curves (transformation ratio)
Z
Zipf's Law (distribution)