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PRORATIONING [1 record]

Record 1 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

Restriction of oil and gas production by a state regulatory commission, usually on the basis of market demand.

CONT

Prorationing involves allowables which are assigned to fields, and from fields to leases, and then allocated to individual wells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
DEF

Répartition entre les champs, concessions et puits d'un même État de la demande totale de pétrole brut prévue pour cet État.

OBS

proration : Réduction proportionnelle de la production d'un puits, ou d'un gisement, à la suite d'un accord soit au niveau des opérateurs, soit au niveau des États.

OBS

Le sens général de «proration» selon le Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse, 1982 est légèrement plus vaste : accord conclu entre deux ou plusieurs pays pour réduire une production particulière (vol. 8, p. 8514).

Spanish

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