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Record 1 2010-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Economic Geology
  • Geological Prospecting
DEF

Quantities of minerals or hydrocarbons adjacent to proved reserves that may be expected to exist based on the results of scientific measurement, sampling and extrapolation.

CONT

Probable reserves are known reserves which are not yet proven but which are estimated to have a better than 50 per cent chance of being technically and economically producible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Géologie économique
  • Prospection géologique
DEF

Dans une industrie extractive, quantités de minéraux ou d'hydrocarbures adjacentes à des réserves prouvées, que l'on estime présentes sur la base de mesure, sondages et extrapolations scientifiques.

CONT

Les réserves probables sont les quantités additionnelles aux réserves prouvées d'hydrocarbures liquides et/ou gazeux que les informations géologiques et techniques permettent d'estimer avec une probabilité moyenne à bonne comme étant susceptibles d'être produites à partir d'hydrocarbures en place prouvés et/ou probables, dans les conditions technologiques, économiques et politiques d'un futur proche.

OBS

réserves probables : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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