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STOCK-TANK BARREL [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-02-26

English

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

Oil Sands Deposits of Alberta ... only those deposits lying beneath 50 feet of less or overburden might be considered as economically recoverable reserves. This amounts to about 7 billion stocktank barrels of synthetic crude ...

OBS

Widely used abbreviations: MMstb (million stocktank barrels) and Bstb (billion stocktank barrels).

Key term(s)
  • stb
  • stock-tank barrel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Géologie économique
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
CONT

Gisements de sables bitumineux de l'Alberta [...] on ne peut alors considérer comme réserves récupérables économiquement que les gisements enfouis sous 50 pieds ou moins de morts-terrains. Ce potentiel représente environ 7 milliards de barils (en réservoir de stockage) de brut synthétique [...]

Spanish

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