Estimating decades-long trends in petroleum field energy return on investment (EROI) with an engineering-based model.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Vinay S Tripathi, Adam R Brandt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Ner; Prudhoe Bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171083; https://doaj.org/article/a11bf5aeb36b4e4cafcddd23b79abeda

This paper estimates changes in the energy return on investment (EROI) for five large petroleum fields over time using the Oil Production Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimator (OPGEE). The modeled fields include Cantarell (Mexico), Forties (U.K.), Midway-Sunset (U.S.), Prudhoe Bay (U.S.), and Wilmingto...