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CRUDE BITUMEN RESERVES [4 records]

Record 1 2017-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Oil Production
DEF

[Oil that] is found in reservoir rocks which have enough permeability to allow the oil to flow to a vertical or horizontal well.

CONT

Unconventional oil refers to oil reserves that cannot be feasibly accessed using conventional drilling techniques. These reserves –notably tight oil, oil shale, and bitumen– must be extracted using novel methods. In contrast, conventional oil typically refers to crude oil which uses conventional vertical drilling techniques.

OBS

conventional oil: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Les ressources ultimes de pétrole classique, c'est-à-dire de pétrole extrait par des techniques pétrolières et non minières, seraient donc de l'ordre de 300 milliards de tonnes.

OBS

pétrole classique : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petróleo bruto y derivados
  • Producción petrolera
CONT

[...] el petróleo [...], por su estado, [se divide en] petróleos no convencionales, –petróleos pesados y ultrapesados, y arenas, esquisto y pizarras petrolíferas– de los convencionales, el petróleo líquido que comúnmente conocemos.

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Record 2 2011-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chronology
  • Geology
CONT

The crude bitumen reserves of the Peace River area occur in the Bluesky and Gething Formation of Lower Cretaceous age.

CONT

The Early Cretaceous (timestratigraphic name) or the Lower Cretaceous (logstratigraphic name), is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous Period. It began about 146 million years ago.

OBS

Cretaceous: In the Standard Global Chronostratigraphic Scale, the upper system of the Mesozoic Erathem (above the Jurassic and below the Tertiary Period of the Cenozoic Erathem), also the time duing which those rocks were formed, thought to have covered the span of time between about 135 to 145 and 65 million years ago.

OBS

lower: The initial letter of the term is capitalized to indicate a formal subdivision [Lower Cretaceous] and is lowercased to indicate an informal subdivision [lower Cretaceous].

OBS

Lower Cretaceous age: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chronologie
  • Géologie
DEF

Division inférieure (plus ancienne) de la période du Crétacé.

CONT

Le crétacé est le plus souvent subdivisé en inférieur et supérieur, mais une subdivision en trois séries (crétacé inférieur, moyen et supérieur) paraît se justifier.

OBS

Une flore (ou une faune) fossile provenant du Crétacé inférieur est dite «infracrétacée» alors que celle qui provient du Crétacé supérieur est qualifiée de «supracrétacée».

OBS

crétacé inférieur; âge infracrétacé : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Petroleum Deposits
CONT

The crude bitumen reserves of the Peace River area occur in the Bluesky and Gething Formations of Lower Cretaceous age.

OBS

reserves: term rarely used in the singular (reserve).

Key term(s)
  • crude bitumen reserve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Gisements pétrolifères
OBS

réserves : terme rarement utilisé au singulier (réserve).

Key term(s)
  • réserve de bitume brut

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

Depth of burial [of the crude bitumen reserves of the Peace River area] ranges from 1 500 to 2 600 feet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

Proposition faite à partir de la version traduite du texte anglais cité ci-dessus : «La profondeur de leur enfouissement varie entre 1 500 à 2 600 pieds». (EMR-1F, 1977, p. 21)

Spanish

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