R.S. Thompson

The coupling of performance and assessment in multidisciplinary teamwork

Summary form only given. Assessment data are being collected for a senior multidisciplinary design class. The collected data include self-evaluations, peer evaluations, observations by the faculty team, project reports and a team evaluation matrix designed to emphasize important linkages in multidisciplinary team problem-solving. Selected team meetings and presentations were also videotaped as a part of the assessment plan. The analysis at this point has focused on the trends in multidisciplinary team skills development over time and differences in team skills organized by discipline and gender measured from the perception of the individual team members. Self-evaluation versus peer evaluation trends were also analyzed. The team skills, as defined in this research, focus on person-to-person interactions. The identified team skills include feedback, cooperation, team orientation, coordination, leadership and backup behavior. There were three major projects during the semester. Team skills were measured at the end of each project. Team membership, as much as possible, changed for each project and each team included three disciplines.

Fracture Stimulation Treatment Design Optimization: What Can the NPV vs Xf Plot Tell Us?

Fracture stimulation production response coupled with the hydrocarbon sales price determines the value of a fracture stimulation treatment. Many factors can significantly effect the production response of a fracture stimulated well. Some examples include stimulation fluid selection, proppant selection, pumping rates, rock properties, reservoir fluid properties, in-situ stresses, stress variations, on-site execution, post-treatment stimulation fluid recovery, and operating practices. The production response in economic terms portrays the net effect of these variables. This paper presents a case study that demonstrates how post-treatment evaluations expressed in economic terms can be used to assess the performance of stimulations and to guide future design choices.

Interdisciplinary study of reservoir compartments and heterogeneity. Quarterly technical progress report, July 1995--September 1995

This United States Department of Energy (DOE) research project was established to document the integrated team approach for solving reservoir engineering problems. A field study integrating the disciplines of geology, geophysics, and petroleum engineering will be the mechanism for documenting the integrated approach. This is an area of keen interest to the oil and gas industry. The goal will be to provide tools and approaches that can be used to detect reservoir compartments, reach a better reserve estimate, and improve profits early in the life of a field.

Interdisciplinary study of reservoir compartments. Quarterly technical progress report, [April 1995--June 1995]

This United States Department of Energy (DOE) research project was established to document the integrated team approach for solving reservoir engineering problems. A field study integrating the disciplines of geology, geophysics, and petroleum engineering will be the mechanism for documenting the integrated approach. This is an area of keen interest to the oil and gas industry. The goal will be to provide tools and approaches that can be used to detect reservoir compartments, reach a better reserve estimate, and improve profits early in the life of a field. Brief summaries are presented for reservoir characterization; documentation of the BVW-BVZ pay discrimination technique; reservoir simulation; and outcrop analog.

Interdisciplinary study of reservoir compartments. [Quarterly report, April 1, 1994--June 30, 1994]

This DOE research project was established to document the integrated team approach for solving reservoir engineering problems. A field study integrating the disciplines of geology, geophysics, and petroleum engineering will be the mechanism for documenting the integrated approach. This is an area of keen interest to the oil and gas industry. The goal will be to provide tools and approaches that can be used to detect reservoir compartments, reach a better reserve estimate, and improve profits early in the life of a field. Progress reports are presented for the following tasks: reservoir selection and data gathering; outcrop/core/log analysis/ and correlations, internal architecture description; seismic analysis; and permeability experimental work.