North Sea decommissioning : valuing the options

This paper develops a model of the decision to decommission an oil platform offshore the UK, using elementary options valuation It contrasts the choice of decommissioning date under expected or certain-equivalent value with the dates that would be optimal if options values for continuing production...

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Main Authors: Roberts, T, Mitchell, J
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies 1997