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The first edition of this book demystified the process of well log analysis for students, researchers and practitioners. In the two decades since, the industry has changed enormously: technical staffs are smaller, and hydrocarbons are harder to locate, quantify, and produce. New drilling techniques have engendered new measurement devices incorporated into the drilling string. Corporate restructuring and the "graying" of the workforce have caused a scarcity in technical competence involved in the search and exploitation of petroleum. The updated 2nd Edition reviews logging measurement technology developed in the last twenty years, and expands the petrophysical applications of the measurements.
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Well Logging for Earth Scientists Well Logging for Earth Scientists 2nd Edition By Darwin V. Ellis Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, CT, USA and Julian M. Singer Richmond, UK A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4020-3738-2 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-4602-5 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Cover illustration: First recorded electric log, Pechelbronn field, Sept. 5, 1927, reproduced courtesy of Schlumberger. A Manual of Solutions for the end-of-chapter problems can be found at the book’s homepage at www.springer .com This is a second revised and enlarged edition of the first edition published by Elsevier NY, 1987. Printed on acid-free paper © 2007 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the pu