This document discusses risk assessment in the context of portfolio management and decision making for resource classification. It outlines key concepts around geological versus economic chance of success and whether chance of success is an uncertain variable. The impact on defining risk and uncertainty is discussed, as well as how this affects portfolio management and optimization based on discovered volumes using geological chance of success versus economic volumes using economic chance of success or chance of development. Taking the mean of the economic chance of success distribution, rather than the most likely, is recommended for optimization when multiple uncertain variables are involved.
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Risk assessment and portfolio management
1. Risk Assessment in the Context of
Portfolio Management and Decision Making
Graeme Simpson
Bernie Vining
Fiona Macmillan
AAPG
International Conference and Exhibition,
Perth, November, 2006
2. Outline
Role of risk and uncertainty assessment
in resource classification
Geological versus economic chance of
success
Is chance of success an uncertain
variable?
What is the impact on portfolio
management and decision making?
3. Risk, Uncertainty and Resources SPE/WPC/AAPG
Reserves On Production Low
Discovered
Commercial 1P 2P 3P Under Development
Proved Prov+Prob Prov+Prob+Poss
Planned for Development
Development Pending
Discovered Contingent Resources
Noble plans $300m notes offering
Sub- Development On Hold Risk
Commercial Low Best High
Development not Viable
Prospect
Prospective Resources
Undiscovered Lead
Low Best High
Play
High
Uncertainty
P90 P50 P10 Project Status
4. Risk really matters
Jason McVean (2000) in The
Significance of Risk on Portfolio
Selection, SPE 62966, quote:
The definition of risk can significantly
affect portfolio selection.
5. Risk and uncertainty are defined as
Risk (or, better, chance) the probability of a discrete
event occurring (and so one minus the risk is the chance
that the discrete event will not happen).
Uncertainty the (usually continuous) range of possible
outcomes if the discrete event happens.
6. Risk, Uncertainty and Resources SPE/WPC/AAPG
Reserves On Production Low
Discovered
Commercial 1P 2P 3P Under Development
Proved Prov+Prob Prov+Prob+Poss
Planned for Development
Development Pending
Discovered Contingent Resources
Noble plans $300m notes offering
Sub- Development On Hold Risk
Commercial Low Best High
Development not Viable
Prospect
Prospective Resources
Undiscovered Lead
Low Best High
Play
High
Uncertainty
P90 P50 P10 Project Status
7. Risk and uncertainty are defined as
Risk (or, better, chance) the probability of a discrete
event occurring (and so one minus the risk is the chance
that the discrete event will not happen).
Uncertainty the (usually continuous) range of possible
outcomes if the discrete event happens.
But its actually not quite that simple
8. Risk and uncertainty
Figure 17, page 32, from Rose (2001)
Should risk measurement be Pg / GCoS or Pe / ECoS?
12. So a potential source of confusion is
A discrete event can be the achievement
of at least a certain value on a continuous
distribution
13. Risk, Uncertainty and Resources GCoS
Approx GCoS %
Reserves On Production Low 100
Discovered 100
Commercial 1P 2P 3P Under Development
Proved Prov+Prob Prov+Prob+Poss
Planned for Development 100
Development Pending 100
Discovered Contingent Resources
Noble plans $300m notes offering
Sub- Development On Hold Risk 100
Commercial Low Best High
Development not Viable 100
Prospect 10-50
Prospective Resources
Undiscovered Lead 0-15
Low Best High
Play N/A
High
Uncertainty
P90 P50 P10 Project Status
14. Risk, Uncertainty and Resources ECoS
Approx ECoS %
Reserves On Production Low 100
Discovered 100
Commercial 1P 2P 3P Under Development
Proved Prov+Prob Prov+Prob+Poss
Planned for Development 90-100
Development Pending 50-95
Discovered Contingent Resources
Noble plans $300m notes offering
Sub- Development On Hold Risk 20-80
Commercial Low Best High
Development not Viable 0-30
Prospect 5-25
Prospective Resources
Undiscovered Lead 0-10
Low Best High
Play N/A
High
Uncertainty
P90 P50 P10 Project Status
15. Risk, Uncertainty and Resources
Reserves On Production Low
Discovered
Commercial 1P 2P 3P Under Development
Proved Prov+Prob Prov+Prob+Poss
Planned for Development
CoD
Development Pending
Discovered Contingent Resources
Noble plans $300m notes offering
Sub- Development On Hold Risk ECoS
Commercial Low Best High
Development not Viable
GCoS
Prospect
Prospective Resources
Undiscovered Lead
Low Best High
Play
High
Uncertainty
P90 P50 P10 Project Status
16. Is Chance of Success an uncertain variable?
Yes, but does it matter?
No, if uncertainty is symmetrical, for the distribution acts as if it
is the mean, and the mean = the most likely (the mode)
Maybe GCoS estimates ought to have symmetric uncertainty
ranges, so using the most likely estimate is fine
But ECoS is a function of economic assessment, that is
multiplicative calculations involving independent variables
So the Central Limit Theorem suggests uncertainty in ECoS
should tend towards being lognormally (i.e. asymmetrically)
distributed
So the most likely does not equal the mean, and hence the most
likely deterministic and the probabilistic methods give different
results
18. Risk and uncertainty
Figure 17, page 32, from Rose (2001)
Floating, uncertain event
Fixed, binary event
Should risk measurement be Pg / GCoS or Pe / ECoS?
19. Alternative Definitions
GCoS is the probability of a Prospective Resource
maturing into a Contingent Resource
ECoS is the probability of a Prospective Resource
maturing into a Reserve
And the chance of a Contingent Resource maturing
into a Reserve is usually less than 100%. We call this
the Chance of Development, CoD
20. And the impact on Portfolio Management and
Decision Making is
To optimise on discovered volumes, use GCoS
To optimise on economic volumes, use ECoS / CoD
To optimise on value, use ECoS / CoD
When using ECoS / CoD, take the mean of the
distribution, not the most likely, or perform the
calculation probabilistically, using the whole
distribution
23. Objective of Resource Management is to
Maximise value of a portfolio of assets by:
Optimising, relative to goals and constraints, in terms
of:
Asset content and timing
Identification, by product type, portfolio performance,
including resource maturation
Hence identify options and opportunities for improving
resource management performance
24. Portfolio Management Schematic
1 2 3 4
Standalone asset Decision making/
Portfolio Analysis Strategy
valuation
formulation
Robust, coeval, Full under-
under- Generation Incorporation of
consistent, standing and and analysis insights gained into
technical & clear expression of possible portfolio management
commercial of organisations portfolios: strategy formulation
analysis, goals, objectives, and implementation:
on asset by targets and
asset basis: constraints:
Volumetrics Metrics Optimisation Qualitative inputs
Dev Plng Risk measures Incremental Strategic thinking
Economics value/risk
Risk & Uncertainty
Options
Standalone value
26. GCoS calculation
Min ML Max
Reservoir 0.7 0.8 0.9
Source 0.4 0.5 0.6
Timing 0.3 0.4 0.5
Trap and seal 0.7 0.8 0.9
Multiply, to get .