Abstract:Considering the flexibility of investing and producing phase at the same time, we bring single well production decline and block resource abundance difference into the basic real options theoretical analytical framework, and build the real option value evaluation model and decision model of investment, and discuss the influence of uncertainty and output characteristics on the investment timing. We find that value-waiting of enterprise increases with the uncertainty of shale gas wellhead price growing. The existence of individual-well producing decline rate reduced the option value and the investment value of the project, so the more production decreases the fewer projects value. In this case, the development enterprise will postpone investment to ensure that the current benefit against loss. Resources abundance characterization of shale gas is one indication of project option value and investment value. And the higher the resource abundance, the earlier to trigger investment.