national strategic unconventional resource model a decision support system concept approach assumptions application operation limitation deputy assistant secretary for petroleum reserves office of naval and oil shale us department energy april 2006 resources instruction manual disclaimer this report was prepared as an account work sponsored by agency the united states government neither nor any thereof their employees or contractors makes warranty express implied assumes legal liability responsibility accuracy completeness usefulness information apparatus product process disclosed represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights reference herein to specific commercial service trade name trademark manufacture otherwise does necessarily constitute imply endorsement recommendation favoring views opinions authors expressed do state reflect those table contents acknowledgements ix summary x i introduction 1 background b objective 2 ii analytical