Fortunately, the focus of the debate is on reserves and not resources. Reserves are defined as the quantities of petroleum that are expected to be commercially recoverable from known fields.
但幸运的是，争论的焦点是在于石油的储量，而非资源。“储量”被定义为“能够从已知油田通过商业化挖掘所获得的原油数量”。石油储量的概念是从技术和经济方面，并非是从地质学方面界定的。