New Guidelines Document Assists With PRMS Applications

摘要

Continuing their leadership in developing consistent, clear, and reliable practices and guidance for international use in reserves reporting, SPE and sister organizations (AAPG, WPC, SPEE, and SEG) issued in November 2011 a new document entitled Guidelines for Application of the Petroleum Resources Management System (AG) to accompany and support PRMS. The AG updates the 2001 document Guidelines for the Evaluation of Petroleum Reserves and Resources, also published by SPE, which was issued prior to adoption of PRMS by three of these major professional organizations. This new document will assist reserves evaluators throughout the world in understanding PRMS and how it should be applied in financial, regulatory, and reporting activities. Two new chapters (on deterministic reserves estimation and on unconventional resources) have been added to the AG; eight others have been updated; and a comprehensive glossary entitled "Reference Terms" has been added. The AG is available free to the public (not just to SPE members) on the SPE website. In addition, the SPE Oil and Gas Reserves Committee (OGRC) has begun to conduct Advanced Technology Workshops throughout the world. These workshops are intended to provide opportunities to discuss the AG and to present and discuss regional examples of PRMS applications.