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ert opr ovidethenecessar y
paramet er st oenabl eanaccur ate
stati
canddy nami cmodel ofthe
reservoirtobeconst ructed.Ly i
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somewher ebet weenOper ations,
ProductionGeol ogy,Seismol ogy ,
ProductionTechnol ogyandReser voi
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Engineer i
ng, t
hepet rophy sici
sthasa
keyr ol
ei nensur ingthesuccessofa
well,andt hechar acteri
zat i
onofa
reservoir

Wellloggingal soknownasbor eholeloggi

ng
i
sanessent ialstepi ntheExpl orati
onphase
ofoilandgasdr i
ll
ing.I tisthepr acti
ceof
makingadet ailedr ecor d(awel llog)ofthe
geologicformat i
onspenet ratedbya
borehole.Wel lloggi ngchr oniclesthedepths,
subsurfacef ormat ionsandev ents
encounter edwhi ledr il
li
ng.Theobj ecti
veof
wellloggingist oev aluateandquant i
fy
hydrocarbonr esour cesi nt hesubsur face
andev aluaterockandf l
uidproper t
ies.

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STORY

El
ectri
calwell
loggingwasintroducedtot
heoil
indust
ryoverhal
facentur
yago.
Sincet
hattime,manyaddi t
ionalandimpr
ovedl
oggingdev
iceshavebeendevel
oped
andputintogeneraluse.

Ast hescienceofwellloggingadvanced,t
heartofinterpr
etingthedataalso
advanced.Today ,
thedet ail
edanaly
sisofacarefull
ychosensui t
eofwi rel
i
neservi
ces
providesamet hodofder ivi
ngorinf
erri
ngaccuratevaluesforthehydrocarbonand
watersaturati
ons,thepor osi
ty,
thepermeabi
li
tyindex,andthel i
thol
ogyoft he
reservoi
rrock.

ConradandMar
celSchl
umber
ger,whofoundedSchl
umber
gerLi
mit
edi
n1926,
are
consider
edt
hei
nventor
sofwi
rel
i
nelogging.

DEVELOPMENTSI
NWELLLOGGI
NG

1846Fi
rstt
emper
atur
elogLor
dKel
vi
n

1883Si
ngl
eel
ect
roder
esi
sti
vi
tyl
ogpat
ent
edbyFr
edBr
own

1912Fi
rstsur
facer
esi
sti
vi
tysur
vey(
Conr
adSchl
umber
ger
)

1927Fi
rstmul
ti
-el
ect
rodeel
ect
ri
cal
sur
veyi
nawel
l
bor
e(i
nFr
ance)
1929Fi
rstel
ect
ri
cal
sur
veyi
nCal
i
for
nia(
alsoVenezuel
a,Russi
a,I
ndi
a)

1931Fi
rstSPl
og,
fir
stsi
dewal
lcor
egun

1932Fi
rstdev
iat
ionsur
vey
,fi
rstbul
l
etper
for
ator

1933Fi
rstcommer
cial
temper
atur
elog

1936Fi
rstSPdi
pmet
er

1937Fi
rstel
ect
ri
cal
logi
nCanada(
forgol
dinOnt
ari
o)

1938Fi
rstgammar
ayl
og,
fir
stneut
ronl
og

1939Fi
rstel
ect
ri
cal
logi
nAl
ber
ta

1941Ar
chi
e’
sLawspubl
i
shed,
fir
stcal
i
perl
og

1945Fi
rstcommer
cial
neut
ronl
og

1947Fi
rstr
esi
sti
vi
tydi
pmet
er,
fir
sti
nduct
ionl
ogdescr
ibed

1948Fi
rstmi
crol
og,
fir
stshapedchar
geper
for
ator

1948Rwf
rom SPpubl
i
shed

1949Fi
rstl
ater
olog

1952Fi
rstmi
crol
ater
olog

1954Addedcal
i
pert
omi
crol
og

1956Fi
rstcommer
cial
induct
ionl
og,
nucl
earmagnet
icl
ogdescr
ibed

1957Fi
rstsoni
clog,
fir
stdensi
tyl
og

1960Fi
rstsi
dewal
lneut
ronl
og(
scal
edi
npor
osi
tyuni
ts)

1960Fi
rstt
her
mal
decayt
imel
og

1961Fi
rstdi
git
izeddi
pmet
erl
og

1962Fi
rstcompensat
eddensi
tyl
og(
scal
edi
ndensi
ty/
por
osi
tyuni
ts)

1962Fi
rstcomput
erai
dedl
oganal
ysi
s,f
ir
stl
ogar
it
hmi
cresi
sti
vi
tyscal
e

1963Fi
rstt
ransmi
ssi
onofl
ogi
magesbyt
elecopi
er(
predecessort
oFAX)

1964Fi
rstmeasur
ementwhi
l
edr
il
li
ngl
ogsdescr
ibed

1965Fi
rstcommer
cial
digi
tal
recor
dingofl
ogdat
a

1966Fi
rstcompensat
edneut
ronl
og
1969Fi
rstexper
iment
alPEcur
veondensi
tyl
og

1971Fi
rstext
rat
err
est
ri
alt
emper
atur
elogApol
l
o15

1976Fi
rstdeskt
opcomput
erai
dedl
oganal
ysi
ssy
stem LOG/
MATE

1977Fi
rstcomput
eri
zedl
oggi
ngt
ruck

1982Fi
rstuseofemai
ltot
ransmi
tdat
avi
aARPaNet(
predecessort
oInt
ernet
)

1983Fi
rstt
ransmi
ssi
onofl
ogdat
abysat
ell
i
tef
rom wel
l
sit
etocomput
ercent
er

1985Fi
rstr
esi
sti
vi
tymi
croscanner

FEW OTHERI
NFORMATI
ON

Thefi
rstel
ect
ri
cal
logwasi
ntr
oducedi
n1927i
nFr
anceusi
ngst
ati
onedr
esi
sti
vi
ty
method.

Thef
ir
stcommerci
alel
ect
ri
cal
resi
sti
vi
tyt
ool
in1929wasusedi
nVenezuel
a,USA
andI
ndonesi
a.

SPwasr
unal
ongwi
thr
esi
sti
vi
tyf
ir
stt
imei
n1931

Schl
umber
gerdev
elopedt
hef
ir
stcont
inuousr
ecor
dingi
n1931

GRandNeut
ronl
ogswasst
art
edi
n1941

Mi
cror
esi
sti
vi
tyar
raydi
pmet
erandl
ater
alogwer
efi
rstt
imei
ntr
oducedi
n1950’
s

Thefi
rsti
nduct
iontoolwasusedin1956fol
lowedbyFormat
iont
est
eri
n1957,
Fomati
onDensityi
n1960’s,
Elect
romagneti
ctooli
n1978andmostofI
magi
nglogs
weredevel
opedin1980’s

Adv
ancedf
ormat
iont
est
erwascommer
cial
i
zedi
near
ly1990’
s.
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gure1.Thefir
stel
ectri
clogwasobtai
nedSept.27,
1927,ontheDief
enbach2905
wel
l,Ri
g.No.7,atPechelbr
onn,
Alsace,
France.Theresi
sti
vi
tycur
vewascreat
edby
pl
ott
ingsuccessi
vereadi
ngs.

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sist
heendoft
hisl
esson,
pleasegoont
othenextl
esson.
ADVANTAGESANDLI
MITATI
ONS

Adv
ant
agesandLi
mit
ati
onsofWel
lLoggi
ng

Adv
ant
ages:

–Cont
inuousmeasur
ement
s

–Easyandqui
ckt
owor
kwi
th

–Shor
tti
meacqui
sit
ion

–Bet
terr
esol
uti
ont
hansei
smi
cdat
a

–Economi
cal

Li
mit
ati
ons:

–I
ndi
rectmeasur
ement
s
–Li
mit
edbyt
ool
speci
fi
cat
ion

–Af
fect
edbyenv
ironment

–Var
yingr
esol
uti
on
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we'
l
lbeexpl
aini
ngt
hedi
ff
erentcl
assesofl
ogsandt
hei
rdi
ff
erent
f
unct
ions.

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