probable reserve

collocation in English

meaningsofprobableandreserve

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probable
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒb.ə.bəl/us
/ˈprɑː.bə.bəl/
likely to be true or likely ...
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reserve
noun
uk
/rɪˈzɜːv/us
/rɪˈzɝːv/
the habit of not showing your feelings ...
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(Definition ofprobableandreservefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprobable reserve

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I now wish to say a few words about the possible and probable reserves of oil and natural gas.
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This gives a total of probable reserves of 54 million tons.
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I said that during the past two years, despite that two years' depletion, the proven and probable reserves in oil and gas had increased.
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The phrase "commercial reserves" means proven and probable reserves.
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Our proved and probable reserves should last into the 1990s at least.
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The report shows that these fields had 1,000 million tonnes of proven reserves, 100 million of probable reserves and 70 million tonnes of possible reserves.
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We have already used up about one-third of the known and probable reserves.
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The probable reserves are very futuristic.
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Probable reserves are estimated at 500 tons of ore gold and 40 tons of placer gold.
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Probable reserves are 21.2 million cubic meters of ore at an ore grade of 1.69 carat per 100 cubic metres (3.38 mg/m).
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Probable reserves are attributed to known accumulations and claim a 50% confidence level of recovery.
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Probable reserves have been placed at or more than.
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Its recoverable reserves have been estimated at 2.415 trillion cubic meter of natural gas, and probable reserves at 2.7-3 trillion cubic meter.
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World reserves of wollastonite were estimated to exceed 90 million tonnes, with probable reserves of about 270 million tonnes.
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The region is one of the country's leaders in development-ready reserves and probable reserves of rare metals, especially niobium, tantalum, lithium, and rubidium.
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Possible reserves are attributed to known accumulations that have a less likely chance of being recovered than probable reserves.
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Proven and probable reserves will climb by about 320 mn boe.
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Two small ore bodies have proven and probable reserves of approximately 126,400 tonnes, containing 133,730 ounces of gold.
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Production in 2007 was 195,000 ounces, proven and probable reserves totalled 8.3 million ounces and additional identified resources totalled 7.1 million ounces.
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Probable reserves are 1.3 million cubic meters of ore at an ore grade of 21.6 carat per 100 cubic meters (43.2 mg/m).
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