Well Logging for Earth Scientists - Hardcover

Ellis, Darwin V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0135005620 ISBN 13: 9780135005620

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1987

Synopsis

Twenty years ago this book demystified well log analysis for students, researchers and practitioners. In the two decades since, the industry has changed enormously. The updated 2nd Edition reviews new technology in logging measurement, and expands the petrophysical applications of measurements.

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From the Back Cover

Well logging lies at the intersection of applied geophysics, petroleum and geotechnical engineering. It has its roots in the tentative electrical measurements in well bores which were made by the Schlumberger brothers some 80 years ago in the earliest days of systematic petroleum exploration. Today, a variety of specialized instruments is used to obtain measurements from the borehole during, as well as after, the drilling process. This readable and authoritative treatment of the physics of these measurements dispels the "black magic" of well log interpretation by relating them, including those obtained by the latest generation of tools, to rock physics. It offers a thorough exposé of the physical basis of borehole geophysical measurements, as well as an introduction to practical petrophysics -- extracting desired properties from well log measurements.

"Well Logging for Earth Scientists", 2 nd edition, is thoroughly revised and extended with three new chapters, many new illustrations and expanded and updated references in each chapter.

Audience:  This graduate level textbook with many exercises can also serve as a useful handbook for practicing earth scientists (geophysicists, geologists, or petroleum engineers).

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0135005620
• ISBN 13: 9780135005620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1040