This dataset contains environmental asset accounts for mineral and energy resources, describing the quantities of stocks in physical units (barrels in case of oil, cubic meters in case of gas, and tonnes in case of minerals) of these resources and the changes in stocks (flows) over accounting periods due to additions (discoveries, upward reappraisals, reclassifications) and reductions (extraction, downward reappraisals, reclassifications).
These accounts are compiled according to the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA Central Framework (2012) distinguishing between three classes: commercially recoverable resources (Class A), potentially commercially recoverable resources (Class B) and non-commercial and other known deposits (Class C). The definition of these classes is based on the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC 2019). Coverage consists of 14 commodities selected based on their economic and environmental significance.
A detailed mapping between the classifications used by countries and the SEEA-2012 classification into three classes (A, B and C) is available in the following
Excel file.
More detailed information is available in the working paper:
Compiling mineral and energy resource accounts according to the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) 2012