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ULTIMATE RECOVERABLE [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2010-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

Of the ultimate in-place volume, about 12 percent... is estimated to be ultimately recoverable, including six billion cubic meters of bitumen contained in carbonate deposits that are considered to be beyond economic reach at the present time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Du volume ultime en place, une tranche d'environ 12 p. 100 [...] serait idéalement récupérable, quantité qui comprend six milliards de mètres cubes de bitume contenu dans des sédiments carbonatés qui ne sont pas économiquement exploitables dans l'état actuel de la technologie et des cours.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
  • Petroleum Asphalts
DEF

A value representing the volume expected to ultimately be found by the time all exploratory and development activity has ceased.

CONT

Clearly, the oil sands are a tremendous Canadian resource. The ultimate volume of crude bitumen in place is estimated to be some 400 billion cubic metres, with 12 percent or 49 billion cubic metres estimated to be ultimately recoverable...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
  • Bitumes
DEF

Valeur représentant le volume que l'on aura présumément établi au terme des activités d'exploration et de mise en valeur.

CONT

Manifestement, les sables bitumineux représentent pour le Canada une richesse naturelle fabuleuse. Le volume ultime en place de bitume naturel est estimé à quelque 400 milliards de mètres cubes, dont 12 p. 100 ou 49 milliards de mètres cubes sont jugés ultimement récupérables [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
DEF

The portion of the ultimate resources potential recoverable under expected economic and technical conditions.

CONT

Technically recoverable resource is the volume of petroleum which is recoverable using current exploration and production technology without regard to cost, which is a proportion of the estimated in-place resource. Oil recovery factor is the percent of in-place oil resource which can be technically recovered, without regard to cost.

OBS

recoverable resource: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • recoverable resources

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
DEF

Portion du potentiel ultime de ressources récupérables selon les conditions économiques et techniques prévues.

OBS

ressource récupérable : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

PHR

Ressources récupérables non découvertes.

Key term(s)
  • ressources récupérables

Spanish

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