1983年8月,在英国伦敦召开了第十一届世界石油大会,同时纪念这个世界性组织的五十周年。我国代表团一行26人参加了大会。这届大会的目的是回顾过去和展望未来,所讨论的主题则是“二十一世纪的石油”。笔者参加这次大会后感受甚多,这里着重谈谈有关油藏工程和油藏管理的报告和讨论的一些感想。过去有关油田开发的报告,常常把油藏地质、油藏工程和采油工程分别列为专题,这次 In August 1983, the Eleventh World Petroleum Congress was held in London, England, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of this worldwide organization. Twenty-six people from my delegation attended the meeting. The purpose of this session of the General Assembly is to review the past and look forward to the future. The topic under discussion is “Oil for the Twenty-first Century.” I feel very much after attending this conference. Here I will focus on some thoughts on reports and discussions on reservoir engineering and reservoir management. In the past, reports on oilfield development often included in the topics of reservoir geology, reservoir engineering and oil recovery engineering respectively, this time