Size/Type of the organization you work for:
0 - 10 kboe/d 10 - 100 kboe/d 100 kboe/d+
Consulting Company Other
Approximate number of reservoir engineering and geoscience staff in the organization:
0 - 5 5 - 10 10 - 25 25 - 50 50+
Number of years of experience you have in oil and gas reserves:
0 - 5 years 5 - 10 years 10 - 15 years 15 - 20 years 20+ years
Your current role in your organization:
Professional Management      

 

1) Reserve assessment work should be considered professional work (i.e. engineering, geology or geophysics).
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
2) If you complete reserve assessments, you always apply your professional stamp to the final report.
Never Occasionally Frequently Most of the Time
3) Your organization always applies its permit number to your assessments.
Never Occasionally Frequently Most of the Time
4) Your organization allocates adequate time and resources for completing reserve assessments.
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
5) Reserve definitions and reserve evaluation standards are well understood within the oil and gas industry.
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
6) Reserve definitions and reserve evaluation standards are well understood within your organization.
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
7) Your organization follows a set of defined guidelines when completing reserve assessments/reporting.
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
8) Third party evaluations of an organization's reserve volumes have more integrity than ones performed by qualifed organization personnel.
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
9) How often do you believe that reserve assessments are compromised due to insufficient time or information?
Never Occasionally Frequently Most of the Time
10) Have you refused to perform a reserves assessment due to insufficient time or information?
Never Occasionally Frequently Most of the Time
11) Have you felt external or management pressure to change or alter your reserve evaluations without technical justification for:
a) work completed by organization internal staff?
Never Occasionally Frequently Most of the Time
b) work completed by external reserve evaluators?
Never Occasionally Frequently Most of the Time
12) Do you believe that problems (e.g., overstatement) exist with the evaluation and/or reporting of oil and gas reserves?
Yes No
13) If no, what or who, in your opinion, is responsible for the perception that such problems exist?
14) Do you believe these problems are primarily due to:
Evaluation Disclosure A Combination of Both
15) If evaluation, are these problems mainly a matter:
Unethical Conduct Standards/Competence A Combination of Both
16) If these problems are primarily due to standards and competence issues, are they caused by:
(you may check more than one box).
Lack of Standards Confusing/Unclear Standards Non-application of Standards
Misunderstanding of Standards Technical Incompetence Lack of Experience
17) If these problems are primarily due to unethical conduct, are they mainly caused by: (you may check more than one box)
the Evaluating Professional(s) Management Influence Board of Director Influence
18 )If these problems are primarily due to disclosure (Q14), are they mainly a matter of:
Management Business Decisions Investment Driven Instructions from the Board of Directors
Other

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