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titleBy recoverable volume


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



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titleBy reserves uncertainty (SPE)


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




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titleBy complexityrecovery cost


ConventionalUnconventional
GasCondensate
OilHeavy OilShale GasShale OilBitumen




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titleBy oil petroleum density




GasCondensateLight crudeMedium crudeHeavy crudeExtra heavy crude
kg/m3

< 870870 – 920920 – 1000> 1000
API

> 31.1°22.3° – 31.1°10° – 22.3°< 10°



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titleBy sulfur content







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titleBy petroleum mobility



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:

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.

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