PEC EPE Petro-Gas study guide
PEC EPE Petro-Gas · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The PEC Engineering Practice Examination (EPE) in Petroleum and Gas is one of the practice examinations used within Pakistan's professional engineering registration framework, administered under the Pakistan Engineering Council. It is meant for graduates of petroleum, gas and closely related engineering programmes who are moving from coursework toward registered professional practice, and for early-career engineers in exploration and production companies, gas utilities, service companies and consultancies who must show they can apply fundamentals to field decisions. The PEC EPE Petro-Gas study guide has 9 sections and about 2,927 words.
01Reservoir Engineering
Reservoir Engineering tests how static rock and fluid data become volumetrics, recoverable reserves, and inflow forecasts. Expect material balance, Darcy flow, relative permeability, drive mechanisms, and recovery-factor screening.
347 words, about 2 min02Drilling Engineering
Drilling Engineering tests wellbore pressure management, casing and cement design, mud hydraulics, directional drilling, and well-control response. The exam favors calculations using true vertical depth, mud weight, and pressure gradients.
356 words, about 2 min03Production Engineering and Well Performance
Production Engineering and Well Performance tests how reservoir inflow, tubular flow, and lift systems combine to set rate. Expect inflow performance relationships, Vogel, productivity index, nodal analysis, skin, artificial lift, and water or gas coning.
330 words, about 2 min04Natural Gas Engineering
Natural Gas Engineering tests gas properties, z-factor behavior, gas-well deliverability, hydrates, compression, and decline. Expect the real-gas law, pseudopressure, non-Darcy flow, and gas-well test interpretation.
318 words, about 2 min05Processing and Transmission
Processing and Transmission tests gas conditioning, separation, dehydration, sweetening, NGL recovery, pipeline hydraulics, compression, and custody transfer. Expect unit-process selection and simple flow or pressure checks.
315 words, about 2 min06Petroleum Geology and Geophysics
Petroleum Geology and Geophysics tests the petroleum system, seismic interpretation, trap and seal analysis, and volumetric upside. Expect source-rock maturity, migration, depositional models, and prospect risking.
322 words, about 2 min07Formation Evaluation and Well Logging
Formation Evaluation and Well Logging tests how logs quantify lithology, porosity, saturation, and producibility. Expect GR and SP, resistivity, density-neutron, sonic, NMR, Archie saturation, and invasion corrections.
311 words, about 2 min08Petroleum Economics, Risk and Project Management
Petroleum Economics, Risk and Project Management tests cash-flow valuation, fiscal terms, uncertainty, and decision quality. Expect NPV, IRR, payback, expected monetary value, sensitivity, and project risk.
322 words, about 2 min09Health, Safety, Environment and Professional Ethics
Health, Safety, Environment and Professional Ethics tests risk assessment, process safety, well-control safety, environmental controls, and professional conduct. Expect ALARP, HAZOP, LOPA, permit-to-work, spill and flaring controls, and ethical decision-making.
306 words, about 2 min