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Reservoir Engineer

Job Title and Job Description

Reservoir Engineer

Understand the resevoir through PVT, SCAL, Well testing and Resevoir management and monitoring to build a dynamic model in order to forecast the oil production.

What are some related career opportunities and job titles in your company or in your career area?

Geology, Geotedic, Petrophysics, Petroleum engineering, drilling engineering, conceptual design engineering, Geophysics.

What education or training did you have to prepare for this career?

Reservoir engineering courses with prinicples of each above discipline

What education or training do you recommend for students today who want to enter this field?

Petroleum engineering and resevoir engineering.

When you were in high school, did you know that you would enter this field?

No, of course, my background is chemical engineering

Skills Profile

Skills UsedRating (5=Most Important thru
1=Not Important)		Comments
Artistic 1-Not Important 
Athletic / Physical 1-Not Important 
Bilingual 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important 
Computer Technology 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important 
Coordination / Using Hands, Tools, and Equipment 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important 
Creative Thinking 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important 
Interpersonal 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important 
Investigative / Fact Finding 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important 
leadership and Supervising 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important 
Logical Thinking 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important 
Math 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important 
Mechanical Understanding 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important 
Sales and Negotiation 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important 
Scientific and Experimental 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important 
Social Service / Helping Skills 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important 
Teaching / Instructing 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important 
Verbal Communication 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important 
Understanding Nature, Plants, Animals 1-Not Important 
Understanding Yourself 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important 
Writing 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important 
 

Interview By: Resevoir Engineer-D