| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Exploitable reserve | Geography | The quantity of oil or gas held in a reservoir (oil-in-place), as estimated from an appraisal of the field, multiplied by the recovery factor. Recoverable reserves of oil, are usually given in millions or billions of barrels, reserves of gas in trillions of cubic feet or millions of cubic meters (2). Source: European Union. (references) | |
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