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Super-GiantGiantBigMediumSmall
> 5 billion bbl> 500 million bbl> 50 million bbl> 5 million bbl< 5 million bbl




2P = Proven P90 + Possible P50
1P = Proven P90Probable P50Possible P10
Proven developed (PD)Proven Undeveloped (PUD)





ConventionalUnconventional
GasCondensate
OilHeavy OilShale GasShale OilBitumen







GasCondensateLight crudeMedium crudeHeavy crudeExtra heavy crude
kg/m3

< 870870 – 920920 – 1000> 1000
API

> 31.1°22.3° – 31.1°10° – 22.3°< 10°






Sweet crudeSour crude oil
Sulfur  < 0.5%Sulfur  > 0.5%







Specific GravityAPI Gravity

High perm

Medium perm

Low perm

Tight (Shale)


fracAPI> 100 md10 md  ÷ 100 md0.1 md ÷ 10 md< 0.1 md
Gas< 0.7> 70° 



Condensate0.7 ÷ 0.87> 45° 



Light Oil< 0.87> 31.1°



Medium Oil0.87 ÷ 0.9222.3° ÷ 31.1°



Heavy Oil0.92 ÷ 1.010° ÷ 22.3°



Extra Heavy Oil (Bitumen)> 1.04° ÷ 10°




where box colors mean:

Conventional ReservesUnconventional Reserves Unrecoverable Reserves

and the ranges of properties in the table are only tentatively define the category based on the industry statistics and conventions, which vary over history and locations.



MatrixFissuredFracturedFaultedCompartmentalized




AnticlineStratigraphicNormal FaultThrust Fault




See Also


Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Petroleum Geology /  Petroleum Reservoir / Hydrocarbon Reserves

[ Russian Reserves Categories ]


References


https://www.spe.org/industry/reserves.php

https://www.spe.org/industry/docs/GuidelinesEvaluationReservesResources_2001.pdf

https://www.spe.org/industry/docs/PRMS-Guide-for-Non-Technical-Users-2007.pdf



[1] Dr. Jon Olson, Dr. Mukul Sharma, Dr. Zoya Heidari, Shale Fracturing: The Geology And Technology That Sustained The Boom