Joint Committee
On Reserves Evaluator Training (JCORET)-Update On Activities
Tearpock, Daniel J.1 (1)
Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC,
As a response to the reserves problem in
our industry, several significant societies including AAPG, SPE, WPC and SPEE
have established a committee (JCORET) to develop a training program for
Petroleum Reserves Evaluators. Beginning in April, 2004 members from various
societies have been evaluating the reserves problem. In July, 2006 the four (4)
societies met and agreed to establish a committee to undertake the assignment
of establishing a reserves training curriculum, in modular form, to offer to
geoscientists and engineers around the world. These societies are leading this
initiative because the societies have a number of international members
involved in Reserves Estimation and Reporting, the AAPG and SPE are the largest
geoscience and engineering organizations in the world and all four (4)
societies recognize the need for better practices and standards in reserves
estimation and reporting. This paper will provide an update on the progress of
this committee including a definition of the modules that have been approved,
those that are under preparation and those that are completed at the time of
the AAPG 2007 meeting. The modules currently under consideration include:
definitions, ethics, geology, engineering, geocellular modeling, petrophysics
and computer mapping.
AAPG Search and Discover Article #90063©2007 AAPG Annual Convention, Long Beach, California