Description

by David E. Johnson and Kathryne E. Pile

An update of the PennWell classic nontechnical guide to logging techniques, this text provides an easy-to-understand overview of the technically complex subject of well logging. This book will be very useful to bankers, landmen, geology and engineering technicians, clerks, secretaries, and others who need a basic understanding of well logs to perform their jobs.

Features & Benefits

• Use as a handy quick reference for simple interpretation of logs
• Read each self-contained chapter as the subjects come up in your business life
• Use it as a nontechnical encyclopedia
• Make better decisions based on an a basic understanding of well logs

Contents:

• Introduction to Logging
• Reading Logs
• Formation Parameters
• Mud Logging
• Resistivity Measurement
• Porosity Measurements
• Putting It All Together
• Detailed Interpretation
• Computer-Generated Interpretations
• Beyond Water Saturation
• Completion Logs
• Monitoring the Well and Reservoir
• A Final Note
• Afterword
• Glossary
• Nomenclature
• Index

289 Pages/Hardcover/February 2002
ISBN10 0-87814-825-6