WHY YOUR RESERVOIR MODEL ISN’T DRIVING DECISIONS Translating Forecasts Into Business Language A technically correct reservoir model does not guarantee a capital decision. Every year, engineering teams build sophisticated simulation models, run exhaustive sensitivity analyses, and generate technically defensible forecasts — only to leave management meetings without approval, alignment, or action. The problem is rarely the quality of the engineering. The problem is translation. This book explores one of the most overlooked gaps in the oil and gas industry: the disconnect between technical analysis and executive decision-making. Through realistic management-room scenarios, reservoir forecasting examples, and practical communication frameworks, this book shows how technically strong engineers unintentionally bury decision-relevant insights beneath complexity, probability language, and process-heavy presentations. It explains why executives interpret technical forecasts through the lens of capital exposure, timing, downside risk, and portfolio trade-offs — not through simulation quality or history match sophistication. Inside this book, you will learn how to: • Translate reservoir uncertainty into business consequences • Present forecasts in a decision-ready structure • Frame technical scenarios as strategic options • Communicate downside risk without losing credibility • Build management presentations that drive action • Avoid the complexity trap that weakens decision clarity • Connect reservoir behavior to capital timing and financial exposure • Influence investment conversations without oversimplifying the engineering Rather than teaching more modeling techniques, this book focuses on the professional skill that determines whether technical work actually shapes decisions: translation. Written for reservoir engineers, subsurface professionals, development planners, and technical leaders working in capital-intensive industries, this is a practical guide to turning technically correct analysis into decision-relevant communication. Because management does not fund models. Management funds decisions.