Brief and readable, Working Guide to Reservoir Exploration and Appraisal is a prefect companion for engineers who need to sharpen their skills or experienced engineers who wish to further develop their knowledge of best practice techniques. Written by an engineer with over 15 years of experience in the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South America and West Africa, this book provides engineers with an "insider's" approach to important workflow solutions for lease sales, bid rounds, farm-in/farm-out analysis, and exploration and appraisal phases of pre-FID (final investment decision) projects in general. By applying the techniques described in this book, readers learn how to build initial development plans and production functions that will feed the final economics of these opportunities even when little or no data is available. Sharpen the skills needed for the exploration and appraisal of new reservoirs An "Insider's" approach to important workflow solutions Learn how to build internal development plans and production functions Provides the knowledge to run quick and simple evaluations using a minimal set of data