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Glossary:Total petroleum initially in place
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The entire resource base (Total Petroleum-initially-in-place) is generally accepted to be all those estimated quantities of petroleum contained in the subsurface, as well as those quantities already produced. This was defined previously by the WPC as "Petroleum-in-place" and has been termed "Resource Base" by others. (SPE)