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Understand and Understand Use routine core Understand and
World
apply basic and the analysis data to apply special core
special core conventional group/correlate core analyses including
analysis. lab techniques data and determine capillary pressure/
for permeability variation saturation-height
determining Ø, and heterogeneity. relationships,
permeability correlation with
and uid well logs,
saturations and estimation of free
  know how to water
interpret the level/transition
data. zone, pore size
distribution and
relative
permeability.

Perform Understand Understand how Using core and RFT

reservoir how routine routine core analysis is data, integrate
characterization core analysis is used to identify net pay reservoir
used to identify and uid contacts. performance and
net pay and well tests with
uid contacts. geoscience data to
determine
reservoir layering
and continuity.
Reconcile
measured data
with known
depositional
environment.

Conduct log Understand Apply well log results Perform

analysis and the importance (resistivity, FDC/CNL, quantitative
interpretation. of various well gamma ray and sonic interpretation and
logs to well logs in open hole analysis in open
correlation of completions; and CBL, hole and cased
petrophysical TDT, diplog, carbon hole
data. oxygen and production environments.
logs in cased holes) to Determine
correlate porous and individual layer
non-porous lithologic pressures and
members from logs contribution to the
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production logging each separate
survey. layer.

Perform PVT Understand Assess validity of PVT Calculate PVT data

analysis. the signi cance data, and adjust results from oil and gas
of oil, gas and to correct errors. compositional
water PVT data Estimate PVT data from analysis using
and oil and gas properties correlations or
measurement, and correlations. non-EOS model.
and application
techniques.

Understand and Understand Understand the Determine/analyze

determine oil the principles principles of Equation compositional
and gas phase of phase of State and its use in e ects.
behavior. behavior to uid characterization.
distinguish the
general
properties and
behavior of
black oil,
volatile oil, gas
condensate
and dry gas
reservoir uids.

Determine Calculate Bo Estimate reservoir Estimate reservoir

initial reservoir above bubble pressure from pressure from
conditions and point using oil interpretation of interpretation of
uid contacts. compressibility. RFT/MDT survey. pressure transient
tests.

Analyze Calculate Bo Assess the productivity Determine the

single/multi- above bubble e ects of relative productivity e ects
phase ow point using oil permeability, of relative
under reservoir compressibility. imbibition, permeability,
conditions. heterogeneity and imbibition,
gravity/capillary/viscous heterogeneity and
forces, uid ow gravity/capillary/
calculations. viscous forces.

Determine Calculate Apply material balance Incorporate J-curve

initial oil or gas original oil or techniques, including Sw vs. height into
in place. gas in place gas cap and water oil and gas in place
from rock and in ux, for determining calculations.
uid properties initial oil and gas in Manipulate
and geologic place. various forms of
isopach maps. material balance
Understand equations and
material determine most
balance appropriate form
principles for for use for any
determining type of situation to
initial oil or gas calculate original
in plac oil and gas in
place.

Use Understand Apply conventional well Be familiar with

conventional the principles test data (including testing and data
well test of well test pressure build-up, draw from stimulated
analysis to design and down, fall-o /injection) wells (hydraulically
understand and analysis to to determine well fractured, acid)
perform
evaluate well performance and and the use of
reservoir
performance reservoir tracer tests to
analysis.
and reservoir characteristics. analyze uid ow
characteristics. Calculate paths. Calculate
vertical/horizontal well cold water skin
productivity indices. e ect for injection
wells.

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Apply relevant Understand Understand the Understand and

oil and gas the di erences di erences between be able to apply
reserves between di erent reserve statistical methods
de nitions. di erent categories, including or reserve
reserve proved, probable and estimation using
categories, possible categories. probability using
including appropriate
proved, ranges of
probable and uncertainty and
possible probability
categories. estimates.

Perform oil and Understand Assess appropriate Develop

gas recovery appropriate recovery factor ranges techniques to
estimates. ranges of and calculate improve recovery
recovery recoveries for eld or factor for a wide
factors for reservoir applying range of rock and
given rock and conventional uid properties for
uid properties (deterministic & various recovery
and drive performance) methods methods using a
mechanisms. and drive mechanisms. variety of
techniques.

Understand Understand Apply principles of Apply coning and

uid ow various drive mechanisms, multi-phase ow
characteristics methods of material balance, analysis to oil
of oil reservoirs assessing pressure maintenance, recovery
and determine reservoir recovery estimating, calculations and
reservoir
performance decline analysis and optimal eld
performance.
from volumetrics to development.
production determine oil reservoir Recommend when
data. performance. to cease
Determine where to production and
perforate production recomplete a well.
and injection wells
taking into account
degree of pressure
communication and
impermeable barriers.

Understand Understand Use drive mechanism, Apply coning

uid ow various material balance (gas aspects of gas,
characteristics methods of and condensate) for back pressure and
of gas reservoirs assessing recovery estimation, isochronal testing
and determine reservoir decline analysis and and tubing
reservoir
performance volumetrics to hydraulics and
performance.
from determine gas reservoir deliverability;
production performance. application of
data. optimal eld
development.

Analyze Know the main Understand the Apply concepts of

reservoir/ uid enhanced principles of process design
recovery under recovery reservoir/ uid behavior (e.g. pro le
secondary or mechanisms and recovery processes control, pressures,
improved and have an under miscible, temperatures,
recovery
appreciation of chemical ooding, uid composition,
mechanisms.
their steam based thermal injectivity etc.) to
application and combustion compute
processes. incremental
recovery
performance.

Understand and Know the main Calculate reserves and Understand

apply recovery recovery well/reservoir analysis of gas
processes to processes from performance for tight, recovery and
recovery from non fractured; understand water removal for
non-
conventional the principles of coal-bed methane

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conventional gas reservoirs, production gas production.
gas reservoirs. including performance of coal- Assess recovery
shales and coal bed methane gas from CBM wells.
beds. reservoirs.

Evaluate Understand Use basic reservoir Be familiar with

reservoir and apply engineering principles, specialized
performance reservoir including ow through simulation
using reservoir simulation to porous media, relative techniques (such
simulation analyze permeability, nodal as matrix solution
reservoir analysis and multi- methods,
performance phase ow to evaluate numerical analysis,
and optimize single well applications vectorization, nite
reservoir and black oil or gas element/di erence
development. reservoirs. analysis and
parallel
processing).
Determine areas
of the reservoir
that are unswept
or ine ciently
drained and
identify new well
locations with
geological input.
Know and be able
to use company or
commercial
simulation
software to
characterize the
reservoir, history
match, and predict
future
performance.

Understand and Understand Can determine the key Can quantify

apply decision & the concepts of reservoir engineering reservoir
risk analysis to decision and and geoscience factors engineering
estimate risk analysis that in uence recovery uncertainties in
recovery factor and have an factor, number of wells the context of
and reservoir
appreciation of required and other uncertainties
performance
the key factors production pro le. using appropriate
prediction.
that control ranges of
uncertainty in uncertainty and
recovery factor appropriate
and reservoir decision and risk
performance. analysis
techniques.

Reservoir Awareness of Able to provide speci c Develop near- and

Surveillance reservoir performance long-term
surveillance. improvement production and
Able to access recommendations reserve targets for
essential data through recompletions, reservoirs. Actively
and provide new drilling, injection follow reservoir
ideas for pattern changes, etc. performance and
improvements. Establish plans and provide solutions
procedures to e ect to shortcomings
same. from targets.

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