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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







Light crudeMedium oilHeavy crudeExtra heavy crude
kg/m3< 870870 – 920920 – 1000> 1000
API> 31.1°22.3° – 31.1°10° – 22.3°< 10°







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





Gas Condensate
> 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




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