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    Too Ia THE GEOLOGICAL [ TER Rl pp oe ny TATI O ON N Cri Fs i LOGS Second Edition Malcolm Rider THE GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF WELL Locs Second Edition Malcolm Rider Petroleum Exploration Consultant Rider-French Consulting Ltd Published by Rider-French Consulting Ltd., PO, Box L, Sutherland, 1V28 3XL Scotland email: rider_freach® compuserve.com www.riderfrench.co.uk 2nd edition, Whirtles Publishing 1996, reprinted 2000 © 2nd edition, revised, 2002 Dr NLHLRider All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced. stored, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express weitten permission of the publisher. ISBN: 0.9541906-0-2 Designed and typeset in 10/12pt Times by Janet Watson Printed vy nterprint Lids, Mahe PREFACE ‘This second esition of a book originally written ten years ago has o great deal of new materisl, new chapters and previous chapters much modified. But the philosophy and format and approximately half the text are the same. ‘The book describes, discusses and illustrates with many real examples, the interpretation of well logs for geolog- ical ends. Basic too! design is an essentiat inclusion, but petrophysics, that is the use of logs for quantifying hydrocarbons, is only very briefly considered. This was the case in the first, widely sold edition, In the intervening years there have been many significant changes, The PC has replaced the mainframe and the personal use of a computer for log. analysis is now assumed: in the previous edition it was not even vonsidered. There has been a revolution in logging tool design. Tools today incorporate downhole processing, and logging signals are digital. This has sourced new tools, which are described, as also are new versions of ‘ld tools. For tis, the straightforward descriptive format used originally has been used again, Not only has log~ ging advanced, so have geological ideas, notably with the advent of sequence stratigraphy. Using both the old and the newer logs for sub-surface sequence stratigraphy is discussed: the possibilities are exciting, ‘Although the new is ettention grabbing, the old basic logs still form the foundation to routine geological well evaluation, This edition, therefore, combines the well established with the newer and more experimental, But throughout, itis the geological content of the logs that is important: lithology, facies, depositional environment, sequence stratigraphy, correlation and more, Judging from the past, the book best serves the purpose of those beginning to acquaint themselves with logs, in industry or academia, and those who do not use logs all the time and like to use the book as an occasional reference. til feel that I owe an early debt to my old colleagues from CFP (Total) and to Oberto Serra, theo BIf but recently retired from Schlumberger. Newer ideas have come from industry colleagues, many in the consulting ‘world, and the feedback from many industry courses given. Especial ackowledgemen: must g0 to Gavin ‘Cameron for his contributions in the dipmeter field. “These feature in the dedicated dipmerer chapter, new in this edition, which leads neturally 10 @ chapter on the exciting, new, image logs. ‘The manuscript has been significantly improved by suggestions and criticisms by specialists in a number of fields: dipmeter and image logging, Rober Trice; log- ‘ging mechanics, Peter Elkington; sequence stratigraphy, John Underhill; and Tertiary geology, Robert Knox. Data and discussion have been provided by Amerada Hess UK Ltd, Westem Adss, Halliburton, Schlumberger, BPB and the Universities of London and Liverpool: they all receive my grateful thanks and recognition. But this new edition would not have been possible without the huge efforts made by the team at Whittles Publishing. They have achieved what I consider to be a superb presentation which makes the book both practical and agreeable to Jook at: for this my considerable thanks. Journalists who write books are generally unsuccess- ful; their style is too obviously self-conscious. Most scientists who write suffer from the opposite; content is the only consideration (there are, of course, obvious exceptions), To most scientists, prose is like make up: it is there toembellish (hide, exaggerate, enbance) the truth Since scieace prefers the truthful truth, prose is neglected. But most women will willingly admit that embellishing the tath hasits benefits. And [ would agree. Inno way will there be an attempt to embellish the uth in this book but 1 do admit to an admiration for those who write well. 1 have done my conscious best (0 be clear; with jargon to the minimum. Many books are dedicated to wives or mothers or chil- ‘dren or even cats. This is a queer habit. Ard quite silly. Jove my children but they have nothing to do with this book: they did their unconscious best to impede it. The best introduction (0 a book I have ever read is a quote (Barrow, 1992) from Groucho Marx: “From the moment I picked up your book wutil [aid itdown, Iwas convutsed with laughter. Sone day 1 intend veading i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Peso lap and rede te alow er is (Pacly adnate Fre 2.1 frm They Ph Lag dt cn and quay cola soe echaip pp. 380g 1. ypemisin of Edie Seay. ewe 2. fom Deve (98) Enema Madey Open Heeb, Ince Figure 3b pein of Pens al Bos. "Rp S16 Fm Hl A.D (9) Prtat lg = eta eter prconve senesn Monop (14s Fe 41 rom McKie, ML. Preecon eine pr SP INS pense! (902 SPE Reve Ebi ‘gd Techaia Syigosg, Bey, March 1-28. permis of Sey Prcleam girs ‘Brae it fo Hil, AD (1990) Procaea ogg — shorts as ine pte een: Mong) ia 433, fom Dobkin TA Ingres neds te Daemite aoe Pre Heght IPE (Ap 14 pp. 7152609 ‘Spr funn 8p IED 8) peso of we Coles Soca” ‘at 65: fom siz, BP Tape Seth Dan Sealed FN 97. 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