在当今开放的年代，资源、市场及人才竞争日益全球化，如何使石油工程师具有更强的工作和竞争能力是一个十分重要的问题。SPE的DonaldA．Olson从一个方面系统地论述了这个问题，他指出今天具有竞争力的石油工程师，除了必须具备的工程技能外，还要具有完善的计算机技能，以胜任其工作并保持竞争地位。他给出了石油工程师应该掌握的计算机技能和基础知识，并提出了自己的见解。 In today’s era of openness, the increasingly globalized competition in resources, markets and talents has made it a very important issue for petroleum engineers to have more work and competitiveness. SPE’s DonaldA. Olson systematically addresses this issue on one hand, pointing out that today’s competitive petroleum engineer must have sound computer skills in addition to the engineering skills he must possess in order to be competent in his job and maintain his competitive position. He gave the computer skills and basic knowledge petroleum engineers should have and put forward his own opinions.