Russian reserves terminology becoming clearer

Journal Article · Mon Oct 05 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6988385

This paper reports that Russian scientists are slowly lifting the official secrecy that for more than 50 years shrouded data on the former Soviet Union's oil reserves. Information now being disclosed by Moscow researchers is still short on specifics and generally provides only broad parameters regarding crude/condensate reserves in the new Commonwealth of Independent States. A major problem is that the category of reserves termed 'explored' in the Soviet era and carried over to evaluate C.I.S. reserves is more inclusive than the proved classification employed by such nations as the U.S., Canada, and Saudi Arabia. Even so, recent Russian reports shed considerably more light on the division of oil reserves among the 15 republics that use to comprise the U.S.S.R.

• OSTI ID: 6988385
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 90:40; ISSN 0030-1388; ISSN OIGJAV
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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