Perfection of the Classification of oil and gas reserves and resources – the demands of the times

Authors: E.G. Areshev, V.S. Ulyanov, V.V. Shelepov (RF State Reserves Commission),

The project of the new Classification of oil and gas reserves and resources is offered. It is noted, that the basic principles of work become: preservation of all the best that is available in current classification; the maximum possible harmonization with Framework Classification of the United Nations and the international standards; the maximal account of economic criteria at marginal changes in a geological part of the current classification. The offered variant of reserves and resources turnover diagram on phases and stages of exploration works and fields development is given.