Build the project once. Model every scenario.

Model the full economic life of a petroleum asset, from exploration through abandonment. Change assumptions, compare deterministic and probabilistic cases, and apply source-referenced fiscal logic across Asia-Pacific.

MERIDIANEVALUATE
Exploration → abandonment·Full-distribution economics
Base NPV 225.3 AUDmLower inputHigher input
Full-model sensitivity, sorted by NPV range. Bars show change from the base NPV; values are in AUD million.
AssumptionNPV movement · AUDmLower-input NPVHigher-input NPV
Gas price±A$2.00/GJ
156.5294.1
Production±10%
184.7265.9
CAPEX±A$48.00m
251.7198.8
OPEX±A$2.10m/year
232.5218.0

Project workflow

From project definition to decision output.

Assumptions, calculation conventions, fiscal treatment, economics, uncertainty and scenario history stay in one model.

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Project definition

Define the project.

Define production, commercial terms, CAPEX, OPEX, timing and ownership in one project.

  • Production · profiles, resources and timing
  • Commercial · pricing, currency and ownership
  • Cost · CAPEX, OPEX and development timing
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Financial model start2027-01-01
First production2029-01-01
Model life · years17
Discount rate · %10
Native calculation gridMonthly
CurrencyAUD
Discount conventionMid-period · actual days / 365.25

Calculation conventions · fiscal regime

Apply your calculation conventions and fiscal regime.

Use your organisation’s discounting, escalation, depreciation, capitalisation and rounding conventions, with the applicable fiscal regime and source material alongside the calculation.

  • Applied consistently · the same conventions follow every scenario
  • Regime status · current, historical or policy case
  • Sources · legislation, contract terms and effective dates
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Project economics

Run the economics and uncertainty on the same model.

Period cash flow, fiscal outcomes and decision metrics trace back to the assumptions that produced them. Uncertain drivers run through the same calculation as distributions.

  • Period economics · revenue, cost, tax and net cash flow
  • Decision metrics · value, return, funding and fiscal outcomes
  • Uncertain drivers · production, price, CAPEX and schedule carried through as ranges
  • Distribution output · NPV and IRR ranges, funding exposure and threshold probabilities
  • Retained basis · sampled assumptions and calculation version remain attached to the distribution
NPV frequency and cumulative probability1,000 valid simulated NPVs in AUD million. 0 are below zero. Bars count samples. The cumulative curve interpolates monotonically through histogram bin totals; the exact empirical curve is available in the cumulative-only view.SamplesCumulative probability00%3025%6050%9075%120100%120 to 130 AUDm: 2 samples (0.2%)130 to 140 AUDm: 9 samples (0.9%)140 to 150 AUDm: 16 samples (1.6%)150 to 160 AUDm: 32 samples (3.2%)160 to 170 AUDm: 36 samples (3.6%)170 to 180 AUDm: 50 samples (5.0%)180 to 190 AUDm: 58 samples (5.8%)190 to 200 AUDm: 62 samples (6.2%)200 to 210 AUDm: 77 samples (7.7%)210 to 220 AUDm: 82 samples (8.2%)220 to 230 AUDm: 92 samples (9.2%)230 to 240 AUDm: 116 samples (11.6%)240 to 250 AUDm: 92 samples (9.2%)250 to 260 AUDm: 76 samples (7.6%)260 to 270 AUDm: 48 samples (4.8%)270 to 280 AUDm: 55 samples (5.5%)280 to 290 AUDm: 34 samples (3.4%)290 to 300 AUDm: 28 samples (2.8%)300 to 310 AUDm: 22 samples (2.2%)310 to 320 AUDm: 12 samples (1.2%)320 to 330 AUDm: 1 samples (0.1%)Cumulative probability · monotone interpolation through sample bin totals120160200240280320NPV · AUDm
FrequencyCumulative probability
1,000 valid simulationsCumulative: P(NPV ≤ x)
P10 NPV · DOWNSIDE
170.9AUDm
10% of valid results fall below this
P50 NPV · MEDIAN
228.3AUDm
50% non-exceedance
P90 NPV · UPSIDE
279.3AUDm
90% non-exceedance
PROBABILITY OF LOSS
0.0%
1000 valid results · 0 failed
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BASE CASE NPV
225.3AUDm
SCENARIO NPV
287.5AUDm
CHANGE VS BASE
+62.3AUDm
084168252335Base: 225.261454 AUDm225.3BasePrices: 110.095671 AUDm+110.1PricesProduction: -36.863267 AUDm-36.9ProductionCAPEX: -33.037058 AUDm-33.0CAPEXOPEX: -13.876600 AUDm-13.9OPEXOwnership: 35.940028 AUDm+35.9OwnershipScenario: 287.520228 AUDmNPV movement from base: 62.3 AUDm287.5Scenario
Base-case NPVIncreaseDecrease

Scenario comparison

Branch assumptions and compare cases.

Test concepts, timing, price decks, fiscal regimes and ownership as alternative cases, while retaining the source and version history.

  • Branch · keep the existing case intact
  • Compare · economic and probabilistic consequences side by side
  • Trace · result → assumption → fiscal rule → citation

Phased development

Several fields. One development.

Give each field its own production method and commissioning date. Combine the phases in one forecast, then test a timing change without moving the rest of the development.

Aster NorthInitial development1 Jan 202924.0 TJ/d
Aster CentralFirst tie-in1 Jul 203018.0 TJ/d
Aster EastSecond tie-in1 Jan 203215.0 TJ/d
Aster SouthExpansion1 Jan 203412.0 TJ/d
Combined developmentTJ/d · field gross
Phased development productionRetained North, Central, East and South field profiles. Dates and contributions appear in sequence; combined production is their sum. The first field remains fixed.20282032203620412045015304560

Asia-Pacific fiscal coverage

Asia-Pacific fiscal regimes are built into EVALUATE.

Each available calculator carries its effective dates and interpretation alongside the project calculation. The coverage catalogue identifies the calculation evidence separately from mapped regimes.

118Mapped fiscal configurations
7Petroleum fiscal calculator families
5Australian state royalty systems
Australia13 configurationsCommonwealth offshore petroleum — standard PRRT · WA standard petroleum royalty regime · South Australian petroleum fiscal regime
Indonesia5 configurationsLater-generation cost-recovery PSC · Gross Split PSC — 2017/2020 generation
Malaysia10 configurationsRevenue-over-Cost PSC
New Zealand3 configurationsCurrent petroleum permit — AVR/APR regime
Thailand5 configurationsThai I concession · Thai III concession — including Special Remuneratory Benefit
Papua New Guinea6 configurationsStandard Oil and Gas Act petroleum-licence regime

EVALUATE modules

Extend the same project economics into delivery and financing.

STAGE and CAPITAL use the EVALUATE project economics.

Project delivery

MeridianSTAGE

Connect the programme to the economics.

Move, delay or resequence work and see the effect on first production, funding and value.

Schedule · Dependencies · Stage gates · Economic consequence

Explore STAGE

Financing & asset management

MeridianCAPITAL

Apply the capital structure to the project economics.

Compare debt service, covenant headroom and funding shortfall before you agree to a structure.

Debt · Equity · Hybrids · Acquisitions · Divestments

Explore CAPITAL

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