Economics & Reserves
11 economics and reserves workflows for NPV, breakeven, AFE, FDP, lease analysis, minerals, sensitivity, and Monte Carlo cases. Engineers and analysts can tie forecasts, costs, ownership, and price decks to ranked capital decisions.
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What it solves
Connect engineering forecasts to investment decisions quickly
Economic ranking depends on 8 assumptions that change fast: forecast, capex, LOE, price, differential, tax, timing, and working interest. This suite keeps those drivers explicit so teams can compare wells, leases, and development cases without burying the engineering basis inside a finance workbook.
Use it for well valuation, AFE checks, LOE benchmarking, field development plans, lease analysis, mineral valuation, sensitivity, and Monte Carlo economics. Outputs are built for investment review: PV10, NPV, payout, breakeven, tornado drivers, probability ranges, and case assumptions.
Who it's for
- Reservoir and production engineers translating 1-well or field forecasts into PV10 and payout cases
- Asset managers ranking wells, projects, leases, and development timing across price and cost decks
- Commercial, reserves, and A&D analysts testing WI/NRI, price, cost, and reserve sensitivity before approvals
What you can do
Convert forecasts, cost assumptions, and ownership terms into transparent economic cases and sensitivity ranges.
Value producing wells
Combine production, price, LOE, differential, and ownership assumptions into NPV and payout views.
Estimate capital exposure
Build AFE-level checks and well cost estimates before committing development capital.
Benchmark operating costs
Compare LOE assumptions across wells, fields, and scenarios to expose value leakage.
Run uncertainty cases
Use Monte Carlo and tornado sensitivity to show which assumptions actually move project value.
Compare development plans
Evaluate timing, well count, capital schedule, and production response across field development options.
Support reserves decisions
Tie economics to reserves and commerciality assumptions for internal review packages.
Assess leases and minerals
Model lease terms, mineral interests, and valuation sensitivities for transactions or negotiations.
Prepare decision-ready summaries
Create clear economic outputs for management, reserves, and investment committee reviews.
Included workflows
Open any workflow for the problem statement, typical inputs, sample outputs, and usage notes.
Standard workflows
Well Economics
▶ TRY LIVEEvaluate a sample well case with live economics, sensitivities, and decision metrics.
Well Decommissioning App
▶ TRY LIVEScore plug & abandonment cost, risk priority, and ARO exposure across every inactive well in your portfolio. New — full app, free for first run.
Well Cost Estimate
🔒 PREVIEWTranslate engineering assumptions into value, cost, uncertainty, or commerciality metrics.Unlock the Economics & Reserves Suite to run with your data.
LOE Benchmarker
🔒 PREVIEWEstimate drilling, completion, facilities, and contingency costs for a well case.Unlock the Economics & Reserves Suite to run with your data.
LOS Generator
🔒 PREVIEWGenerate lease operating statements from revenue, LOE, taxes, and ownership inputs.Unlock the Economics & Reserves Suite to run with your data.
Well Valuation
🔒 PREVIEWTranslate engineering assumptions into value, cost, uncertainty, or commerciality metrics.Unlock the Economics & Reserves Suite to run with your data.
Pro workflows
Monte Carlo Economics
🔒 PREVIEWTranslate engineering assumptions into value, cost, uncertainty, or commerciality metrics.This workflow is part of the Economics & Reserves Suite. Unlock the suite to run it with your data, save outputs, and request workflow improvements.
Sensitivity Tornado
🔒 PREVIEWUse well valuation inputs to produce a documented engineering result for review.This workflow is part of the Economics & Reserves Suite. Unlock the suite to run it with your data, save outputs, and request workflow improvements.
Field Development Plan
🔒 PREVIEWCompare development timing, capital schedule, wells, and production scenarios.This workflow is part of the Economics & Reserves Suite. Unlock the suite to run it with your data, save outputs, and request workflow improvements.
AFE Builder
🔒 PREVIEWBuild authorization-for-expenditure assumptions from cost categories and contingencies.This workflow is part of the Economics & Reserves Suite. Unlock the suite to run it with your data, save outputs, and request workflow improvements.
Lease Analysis
🔒 PREVIEWTranslate engineering assumptions into value, cost, uncertainty, or commerciality metrics.This workflow is part of the Economics & Reserves Suite. Unlock the suite to run it with your data, save outputs, and request workflow improvements.
Mineral Valuation
🔒 PREVIEWTranslate engineering assumptions into value, cost, uncertainty, or commerciality metrics.This workflow is part of the Economics & Reserves Suite. Unlock the suite to run it with your data, save outputs, and request workflow improvements.
Coming soon
Reserves reconciliation
RoadmapCompare technical forecast cases against economic limits and commercial reserves assumptions.
🔒 Preview tools show problem statement, sample output, and inputs summary. Unlock the suite to run with your data.
Sample scenarios
Infill drilling capital ranking
An asset manager imports type-well forecasts and runs Well Cost Estimate, Well Valuation, and Sensitivity Tornado for a group of infill locations. The tornado plot shows that LOE and differential assumptions matter less than completion cost and early-time rate. The drilling schedule is revised around the strongest risk-adjusted locations.
Lease acquisition screen
An A&D analyst receives a lease package with PDP wells, undeveloped locations, and mineral exposure. Lease Analysis and Mineral Valuation establish value ranges, while Monte Carlo Economics tests price and cost uncertainty. The team can make an offer with explicit assumptions instead of a single optimistic case.
Engineering Context
Built on validated petroleum engineering correlations
Economics workflows use discounted cash-flow analysis, PV10 and NPV calculations, payout and breakeven metrics, decline-based production forecasts, LOE benchmarking, AFE cost structures, working-interest and net-revenue-interest logic, Monte Carlo sampling, tornado sensitivity analysis, and reserves-commerciality conventions used in asset evaluations.
Public docs explain the engineering context and interpretation. Implementation details, validation logic, and production workflows remain private.
Frequently asked questions
Can engineers use this without a finance model?
Yes. The workflows expose the core assumptions engineers usually control: forecast, uptime, costs, LOE, price deck, differential, ownership, and timing. Finance teams can still review the economics, but the engineering case is transparent from the start.
Can I try before buying?
Yes. Run the public sample workflow above with our sample data. To use your own data, save runs, and export reports, you'll need a Standard subscription.
What's the difference between Standard and Pro?
Standard covers single-well, single-run analyses with saved results and standard exports. Pro adds advanced workflows such as batch analysis, probabilistic outputs, type curves, Monte Carlo, advanced reports, and priority support where those workflows are available for the suite.
Is my data private?
Yes. Uploaded files and saved runs are scoped to your account, encrypted in transit with HTTPS and at rest in Supabase Postgres. We do not share or sell your data. Enterprise customers can opt for private workspace deployment with private workflows.
Choose your plan
Standard
$499/mo
per user
- 4 workflows included:
- Well Cost Estimate
- LOE Benchmarker
- LOS Generator
- Well Valuation
- + flagship demo: NPV / IRR Calculator Calculator
Real data input & file upload
Saved runs & exports (CSV, PDF)
Email support from Groundwork Analytics
Maintenance & feature requests
Pro
$999/mo
per user
- Everything in Standard, plus:
- Pro-only workflows:
- Monte Carlo Economics
- Sensitivity Tornado
- Field Development Plan
- AFE Builder
- Lease Analysis
- Mineral Valuation
Monte Carlo and tornado sensitivity for investment cases
Larger uploads for well lists, AFEs, and price decks
FDP, lease, and mineral valuation exports
Priority support for capital committee deadlines
Enterprise
Custom
annual contract
- Everything in Pro
- Team seats (3+ users)
- API access & data connections
- Custom workflow development
- Dedicated engineering hours
- SLA & priority onboarding
- Multi-suite bundles
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