For all those in my network interested in taking the Petroleum Engineering PE Licensure Exam (aka Principles & Practice Exam) later this year (Thursday, October 10th, 2024 to be precise) this is for you... You should start now by contacting your respective State Professional Engineering Boards (https://lnkd.in/ggds9Cpz) on what the paperwork (educational & professional experience) requirements are for getting approved to write the exam. You will also need to register with the National Council For Examiners for Engineering & Surveying (NCEES) sometime during the process (https://lnk ..read more

Best wishes to all Petroleum Engineering PE Licensure Candidates taking the PE exam on Monday Oct 23rd, 2023, exactly 2 weeks from today. Here is some advice as you wrap up your studying: -Go through my Petroleum PE Licensure Examination Question Bank one more time. -Take a drive this weekend to your exam center and make sure you clearly know how to make your way there. -Go to bed early; trust me you will need a clear and focused mind to challenge the exam. -Remember to take your photo ID with you to the exam centein caser. -Get to your exam center with plenty of time to spare. -Probably a go ..read more

Hello Petroleum PE Question Bank Network, I am pleased to announce to you all that an updated edition of the “Petroleum Engineering PE Licensure Examination Practice Question Bank” is now available. This "special" edition of the question bank contains updates related to the recently released 2022 update of the SPE Petroleum Engineering Certification & Licensure Examination Reference Guide. The electronic version of the 2022 update to the SPE Petroleum Engineering Certification & Licensure Examination Reference Guide is the only resource allowed on the Petroleum Engineering PE Exam. Na ..read more

Best wishes to all Petroleum Engineering PE Licensure Candidates taking the PE exam next week Monday Oct 17th, 2022. Here is some advice as you wrap up your studying: -Go through my Petroleum PE Licensure Examination Question Bank one more time. -Take a drive this weekend to your exam center and make sure you clearly know how to make your way there. -Go to bed early; trust me you will need a clear and focused mind to challenge the exam. -Remember to take your photo ID with you to the exam centein caser. -Get to your exam center with plenty of time to spare. -Probably a good idea to take a swe ..read more

Please join me @ 11 am CST on September 10th, 2021 as I make a virtual presentation at the SPE Gulf Coast Members in Transition (MiT) monthly webinar series co-hosted with the AAPG. The title of my talk is "A New Study Guide For the Petroleum Engineering PE Licensure & SPE Certification Examination". Promises to be educational & enlightening! See the hyperlink below for more details on how to register...See you there!.... https://www.spegcs.org/events/6110/ Please re-share ..read more

To all the newly minted (Class of 2022) Petroleum Engr. PE’s congratulations on a job well done!! Welcome to the club! The road towards becoming a Petroleum Engr. PE is an arduous one to say the least. You have persevered and can now be referred to as distinguished amongst your peers. Make sure you get your certificate and PE stamp in a timely fashion. Most importantly make sure you send in the imprint of your PE stamp to the state board you are licensed with!! To those who didn’t succeed this time around, challenging the exam alone takes a lot of courage. The exam is not for the faint hearte ..read more

According to ASME B31.4 what should be the internal wall thickness of a pipe with a nominal size? 4.0 (O.D of 4.5 inches) schedule 80? (a) 0.147 inches (b) 0.237 inches (c) 0.718 inches (d) 0.337 inches Difficulty Level: Easy NCEES Topic/Sub-topic: Facilities Engr. / Selection of piping to accommodate flow rate, and total pressure drop considerations. Comment: The first hurdle in getting this question right is to know that the table presented on page 159 of the reference guide applies to ASME B31.4, this piece of information is neatly hidden away on page 158 of the reference guide. Strong fam ..read more

Happy to announce to my network the receipt of the Copyright Certificate from the Copyright Office of the United States Library of Congress for the book title: "Petroleum Engineering PE Licensure Question Bank" Thanks for all the feedback received in the past. It all went into improving the quality of the book ..read more

The contact angle measured through the water phase measures 10°, what can qualitatively be said about the wettability of the rock surface? (a) It is water wet (b) It is oil wet (c) It is strongly water wet (d) It is strongly oil-wet Difficulty Level: Medium NCEES Topic/Subtopic: Reservoir/Rock Properties Comment: The closer the contact angle is to 0° the more strongly water wet the rock surface is and the closer it is to 180° the more strongly oil-wet the rock surface is. Answer & Reference(s): (C): Page. 13 – 20. The Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Waterflooding, Forrest F. Craig. Jr ..read more

According to API RP 520, for pressure safety relief valves the percent maximum relieving pressure for fire sizing is  ____________ % of the MAWP? (a) 121% (b) 100% (c) 170% (d) 75% Difficulty Level: Easy NCEES Topic/Sub-topic: Facilities Engr. / Relief and safety system sizing Comment: See fig. 10.10 on page 178 SPE Pet. Engineering Certification and PE License Exam Reference Guide, Ali Ghalambor, Ph.D., P.E. (2020 Update). Pressure relief systems should bedesigned to handle emergency situations and not continuous venting to atmosphere. Design of pressure relief systems should ..read more