Competency

About which Dake wrote;

“The most valuable reservoir engineers are those who see the clearest and the most and who know what they are looking for.

The last comment implies the need for experience which may be a bit discouraging to newcomers to the subject but there has and always will be a very large element of déjà vu associated with reservoir engineering”

Practice – P2

"All to frequently, engineers at meetings are unable to address fairly obvious questions without resorting to construction of a simulation model. It will do your career prospects no harm at all if you can apply sound intuition in these situations founded on an understanding of the basic theory which itself proceeds from complete familiarity with analytical methods"

Practice -P6