Serra O. Fundamentals of Well-Log Interpretation. The Acquisition of Logging Data

Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1984, Second Reprint 1988. XII, 424 p. — ISBN: 0-444-421-32-7 (Vol. 15A), ISBN: 0-444-41-625-0 (Series) — (Developments in Petroleum Science 15, Part A.).This book describes the various well-logging equipment at the disposal of geologists and reservoir engineersForeword to the French edition
Foreword to the English edition
Review of basic concepts
Logging techniques and measurements
The measurement of resistivity
The spontaneous potential—SP
An introduction to nuclear logs
Measurement of the natural gamma radioactivity
Natural gamma-ray spectrometry
Neutron logs
Induced gamma-ray spectrometry
Thermal decay time measurements
Formation density measurements (the gemma-gamma log or density log)
Measurement of the mean atomic number (litho-density tool)
Acoustic log generalities-fundamentals
Measurement of the speed of sound (Sonic Log)
Measurement of sonic attenuation and amplitude
Measurement of the propagation time and attenuation rate of an electromagnetic wave (Electromagnetic Propagation Tool, EPT)
Borehole caliper measurements
Temperature measurements (temperature logs)
Dip measurements (dipmeter logs)
Wireline sampling
Other measurements
The place and role of logs in the search for petroleum
Appendix. List of open hole logging tools and their symbol
Appendix. Mathematics of manual dip computation
Appendix. An example of a manual dip meter calculation
Appendix. Quick-look method to determine the dipazimuth
Appendix. Quality control of log measurements
Appendix. Examples of logs with repeat section and calibrations for the most common Schlumberger logs
Appendix. CSU calibrations
Appendix. SI units, SI fundamental and derived units conversion tables
Appendix. Quantities, their symbols and abbreviations
Index and Glossary