Well Logging and Formation Evaluation

To this end the author concentrated wherever possible on providing one rec- ommended technique The primary functions of a petrophysicist are to ensure that the right operational decisions are made during the course of drilling and testing a well—from data gathering, completion and testing—and thereafter to provide the necessary parameters to enable an accurate static and dynamic model of the reservoir to be constructed., rather than offer the reader a choice of different options.

Lying somewhere between Operations, Production Geology, Seismology, Production Technology and Reservoir Engineering, the petrophysicist has a key role in ensuring the success of a well, and the characterization of a reservoir. The target audience for this book are operational petrophysicists in their rst few years within the discipline. It is expected that they have some knowledge of petroleum engineering and basic petrophysics, but lack experience in operational petrophysics and advanced logging techniques. The book also may be useful for those in sister disciplines (particularly production geology and reservoir engineering) who are using the inter- pretations supplied by petrophysicists.