Competency Matrix

for Reservoir
Engineering
TEMAS APELLIDOS NOMBRES

 
ALCANCE

MINIMUM COMPETENCE BREADTH

EJEMPLO

Understand and apply Understand the conventional lab techniques for

1 basic and special core determining Ø, permeability and fluid saturations
analysis. and know how to interpret the data.

Perform reservoir Understand how routine core analysis is used to

2
characterization identify net pay and fluid contacts.

Conduct log analysis Understand the importance of various well logs to

3
and interpretation. well correlation of petrophysical data.

Understand the significance of oil, gas and water

4 Perform PVT analysis. PVT data and measurement, and application
techniques.
 Understand and Understand the principles of phase behavior to
distinguish the general properties and behavior of
5 determine oil and gas black oil, volatile oil, gas condensate and dry gas
phase behavior. reservoir fluids.

Determine initial
Calculate Bo above bubble point using oil
6 reservoir conditions compressibility.
and fluid contacts.

Analyze single/multi-
Calculate Bo above bubble point using oil
7 phase flow under compressibility.
reservoir conditions.

Calculate original oil or gas in placefrom rock and

Determine initial oil or fluid properties and geologic isopach maps.
8
gas in place. Understand material balance principles for
determining initial oil or gas in place.

Use conventional well

test analysis to Understand the principles of well test design and
9 understand and analysis to evaluate well performance and
perform reservoir reservoir characteristics.
analysis.

Apply relevant oil and Understand the differences between different

10 gas reserves reserve categories, including proved, probable and
definitions. possible categories.
 Perform oil and gas Understand appropriate ranges of recovery factors
11 for given rock and fluid properties and drive
recovery estimates. mechanisms.

Understand fluid flow

characteristics of oil
Understand various methods of assessing
12 reservoirs and reservoir performance from production data.
determine reservoir
performance.

Understand fluid flow

characteristics of gas
Understand various methods of assessing
13 reservoirs and reservoir performance from production data.
determine reservoir
performance.

Analyze reservoir/fluid
recovery under
Know the main enhanced recovery mechanisms
14 secondary or and have an appreciation of their application.
improved recovery
mechanisms.

Understand and apply

recovery processes to Know the main recovery processes from non
15 recovery from non- conventional gas reservoirs, including shales and
conventional gas coal beds.
reservoirs.

Evaluate reservoir Understand and apply reservoir simulation to

16 performance using analyze reservoir performance and optimize
reservoir simulation reservoir development.
 Understand and apply
decision & risk Understand the concepts of decision and risk
analysis to estimate analysis and have an appreciation of the key
17
recovery factor and factors that control uncertainty in recovery factor
reservoir performance and reservoir performance.
prediction.

Awareness of reservoir surveillance. Able to

18 Reservoir Surveillance access essential data and provide ideas for
improvements.
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APELLIDOS NOMBRES

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Use routine core analysis data to group/correlate

7 core data and determine permeability variation 6
and heterogeneity.

Understand how routine core analysis is used to

6 6
identify net pay and fluid contacts.

Apply well log results (resistivity, FDC/CNL,

gamma ray and sonic logs in open hole
completions; and CBL, TDT, diplog, carbon
10 oxygen and production logs in cased holes) to 10
correlate porous and non-porous lithologic
members from logs and cores. Interpret a
production logging survey.

Assess validity of PVT data, and adjust results to

7 correct errors. Estimate PVT data from oil and 5
gas properties and correlations.
 Understand the principles of Equation of State
10 7
and its use in fluid characterization.

Estimate reservoir pressure from interpretation of

10 5
RFT/MDT survey.

Assess the productivity effects of relative

permeability, imbibition, heterogeneity and
8 5
gravity/capillary/viscous forces, fluid flow
calculations.

Apply material balance techniques, including gas

9 cap and water influx, for determining initial oil and 6
gas in place.

Apply conventional well test data (including

pressure build-up, draw down, fall-off/injection) to
6 determine well performance and reservoir 7
characteristics. Calculate vertical/horizontal well
productivity indices.

Understand the differences between different

10 reserve categories, including proved, probable 10
and possible categories.
 Assess appropriate recovery factor ranges and
calculate recoveries for field or reservoir applying
6 3
conventional (deterministic & performance)
methods and drive mechanisms.

Apply principles of drive mechanisms, material

balance, pressure maintenance, recovery
estimating, decline analysis and volumetrics to
7 determine oil reservoir performance. Determine 7
where to perforate production and injection wells
taking into account degree of pressure
communication and impermeable barriers.

Use drive mechanism, material balance (gas and

condensate) for recovery estimation, decline
analysis and volumetrics to determine gas
reservoir performance.

Understand the principles of reservoir/fluid

behavior and recovery processes under miscible,
5 5
chemical flooding, steam based thermal and
combustion processes.

Calculate reserves and well/reservoir

performance for tight, fractured; understand the
5 5
principles of production performance of coal-bed
methane gas reservoirs.

Use basic reservoir engineering principles,

including flow through porous media, relative
9 permeability, nodal analysis and multi-phase flow 7
to evaluate single well applications and black oil
or gas reservoirs.
 Can determine the key reservoir engineering and
5 geoscience factors that influence recovery factor, 5
number of wells required and production profile.

Able to provide specific performance

improvement recommendations through
3 recompletions, new drilling, injection pattern 3
changes, etc. Establish plans and procedures to
effect same.
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Understand and apply special core analyses including capillary pressure/saturation-height

relationships, correlation with well logs, estimation of free water level/transition zone, pore 7
size distribution and relative permeability.

Using core and RFT data, integrate reservoir performance and well tests with geoscience
data to determine reservoir layering and continuity. Reconcile measured data with known 6
depositional environment.

Perform quantitative interpretation and analysis in open hole and cased hole environments.
Determine individual layer pressures and contribution to the total flow from each separate 7
layer.

Calculate PVT data from oil and gas compositional analysis using correlations or non-EOS
5
model.
Determine/analyze compositional effects. 7

Estimate reservoir pressure from interpretation of pressure transient tests. 10

Determine the productivity effects of relative permeability, imbibition, heterogeneity and

5
gravity/capillary/viscous forces.

Incorporate J-curve Sw vs. height into oil and gas in place calculations. Manipulate various
forms of material balance equations and determine most appropriate form for use for any 6
type of situation to calculate original oil and gas in place.

Be familiar with testing and data from stimulated wells (hydraulically fractured, acid) and the
use of tracer tests to analyze fluid flow paths. Calculate cold water skin effect for injection 5
wells.

Understand and be able to apply statistical methods or reserve estimation using probability
5
using appropriate ranges of uncertainty and probability estimates.
Develop techniques to improve recovery factor for a wide range of rock and fluid properties
3
for various recovery methods using a variety of techniques.

Apply coning and multi-phase flow analysis to oil recovery calculations and optimal field
3
development. Recommend when to cease production and recomplete a well.

Apply coning aspects of gas, back pressure and isochronal testing and tubing hydraulics
and deliverability; application of optimal field development.

Apply concepts of process design (e.g. profile control, pressures, temperatures, fluid
5
composition, injectivity etc.) to compute incremental recovery performance.

Understand analysis of gas recovery and water removal for coal-bed methane gas
5
production. Assess recovery from CBM wells.

Be familiar with specialized simulation techniques (such as matrix solution methods,

numerical analysis, vectorization, finite element/difference analysis and parallel
processing). Determine areas of the reservoir that are unswept or inefficiently drained and
7
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.
Can quantify reservoir engineering uncertainties in the context of other uncertainties using
5
appropriate ranges of uncertainty and appropriate decision and risk analysis techniques.

Develop near- and long-term production and reserve targets for reservoirs. Actively follow
3
reservoir performance and provide solutions to shortcomings from targets.
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