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Hydrocarbon Reserves Classification provides the primary insight into the size, uncertainty and structure of the Hydrocarbon Reserves.




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






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


see also Russian Hydrocarbon Reserves Uncertainty Categories







GasCondensateLight oilMedium OilHeavy OilExtra Heavy Oil (Bitumen)
kg/m3

< 870870 ÷ 920920 ÷ 1000> 1000
API70°45° ÷ 70°45° ÷ 31.1°22.3° ÷ 31.1°10° ÷ 22.3°4° ÷ 10°







Specific Gravity *API Gravity

High perm

Medium perm

Low perm

Tight (Shale)


fracAPI> 100 md10 md  ÷ 100 md0.1 md ÷ 10 md< 0.1 md
Gas< 0.5 *> 70° 



Condensate0.69 ÷ 0.81645° ÷ 70°



Light Oil

0.816 ÷ 0.87

31.1° ÷ 45°



Medium Oil0.87 ÷ 0.9320.7° ÷ 31.1°



Heavy Oil0.93 ÷ 1.010° ÷ 20.7°



Extra Heavy Oil (Bitumen)1.0 ÷ 1.044° ÷ 10°



* – with reference to air.

where box colours 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.






Sweet crudeSour crude
Sulfur  < 0.5%Sulfur  > 0.5%







Undersaturated Oil ReservoirSaturated Oil ReservoirNatural Gas Reservoir 

Black Oil
Reservoir

Volatile Oil
Reservoir

Gas Cap Oil
Reservoir

Oil Rim
Reservoir

Retrograde Gas Condensate 
Reservoir 

Wet Gas Reservoir

Dry Gas Reservoir







Strong AquiferPoor AquiferNo Aquifer
Edge Aquifer


Bottom Aquifer







MatrixFissuredFracturedFaultedCompartmentalized






SedimentaryIgneousMetamorphic
Clastic RockCarbonate Rock






AnticlineStratigraphicNormal FaultThrust Fault




See Also


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

[ Russian Hydrocarbon Reserves Uncertainty 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