Since its inception in 1985, Platte River Associates, Inc. has become an industry leading provider of petroleum systems modeling solutions that support the evaluation of hydrocarbon potential. Keys to PRA’s continuous growth have been technology innovation and premium services for our clients.

PRA’s proprietary technology is developed in-house in Boulder by a team of software engineers who liaise with both our geoscience staff and industry clients. PRA has invested the time and cost to develop full physics fundamentals to petroleum systems modeling to provide the most accurate method of evaluating hydrocarbon potential.

In recent years, PRA has led the race to provide new, proprietary technology to evaluate shale plays.  Our patent-pending workflows and functionality further the identification and evaluation of sweet-spots.