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KEYWOR
RDS
Well
logging
rock
fluid
wellbore
oil
gas
Density
Neutron
Dipmeter
Resistivity
Acoustic
Caliper
Cement

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ABSTRACT
Welllogginggistheprocessofrecord
dingvarious physical,chemical,electtrical,oroth
herpropertieesoftherockk/fluid
mixturespeenetratedby drillingabo
oreholeinto theearth'sccruste.Alogisarecord ofavoyage,similartoa ship's
logoratravvelog.Inthis case,theshipisameasu
uringinstrum
mentofsomeekind,andthetripistakkenintoandoutof
thewellboree.
Initsmostu
usualform,aanoilwelllo
ogisarecord
ddisplayedo
onagraphw
withthemeasuredphysiccalproperty ofthe
rockononeaxisanddep
pth(distanceefromanearrsurfacerefeerence)onth
heotheraxiss.Morethanoneproperttymay
donthesam
megraph.
bedisplayed
Well logs aare recorded
d in nearly aall oil and gas
g wells an
nd in many mineral and
d geothermaal exploration and
developmen
ntwells.Alth
houghusefulinevaluatinggwaterwellss,fewarerunforthispurrpose.

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Welllogginggistheprocessofrecord
dingvarious physical,chemical,electtrical,oroth
herpropertieesoftherockk/fluid
mixturespeenetratedby drillingabo
oreholeinto theearthsccruste.Alog isarecordo
ofavoyage, similartoa ships
logoratravvelog.Inthis case,theshipisameasu
uringinstrum
mentofsomeekind,andthetripistakkenintoandoutof
thewellboree.

Wellloggin beganaroun
nd1846whenWilliamTh
homson(Lord
dKelvin)mad
demeasurem
mentsoftem
mperaturein water

wellsinEngland.
Conradand MarcelSchlumbergerbeegantoexpeerimentwithsurfaceresistivitymeasu
urementsin 1912andbyy1919
wereofferin
ngacommerrcialservice.Schlumberggerransuch surveysuntiil1928,whentheserviceewasmergeedinto
CompangnieeGeneraldeeGeophysiqu
ue,ageophyssicalcompan
nypartlyown
nedbySchlum
mberger.

WhatLogsC
CanMeasuree?

Elecctrondensityyoftherock.
Acoustictravelttimeofthero
ock.
Resiistivity,atvariousdistanccesfromtheborehole,offtherock.
Neu
utronabsorpttionrate.

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Theselfpotentiaaloftherockk/boreholeflluidinterfacee.
boreholedrilledintherocck.
Thesizeoftheb
nddensityoffluidsinthewellbore.
Theflowratean
ded while beeing pulled upward by th
he winch in the
t logging ttruck.
Logs are ussually record
Mostlogsccan also be runas
r
aninttegralpart o
of the drillsttring(logginggwhiledrillingor
LWD)orattachedtoco
oiledtubing. Thesemeth
hodsareusefulindeviated,horizonttal,or
onments.
otherhostilewellenviro

KINDOFLLOGS

nsity/PELogs
Den
Neu
utronLogs
Gam
mmaRayLoggs
NucclearMagnetticLogs
PulssedNeutronTDT,PDKLogs
ActiivationGST,ECS,RSTLoggs
Dipm
meterLogs
ResiistivityImageeLogs
AcousticImageLLogs
CaliperLogs
Cem
mentBond/V
VDLLogs

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Thehourathandcallsfo
orrapidinno
ovationandd
drasticintrod
ductionofneewtechnologytominimiizeproblemssinOil
dustryandto
omeettheggrowingneed
dforPetroleeuminallpartsofthewo
orld.OilWeellLogging orthe
andGasInd
practice of making a d
detailed reco
ord (a well log) of the geologic forrmations pen
netrated by a borehole is an
practiceintheeOilandGassindustry.
importantp

utiontothis problemhasgivenrisettoarevolutionaryconceeptcalledtheeRoboticLo
ogging
Thethoughttforthesolu
Technology. Robotic lo
ogging techn
nology prom
mises the ad
dvent of succcessful loggging in all kinds of wellls and
trajectories..Itconsistso
ofawirelessloggingtoolcontrolledfrromthesurfaace.

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Conclusiion

ngingeneralwillgainevvengreaterim
mportance. Newlogtypeeswillbedeevelopedaso
oiland
Inthefuturee,wellloggin
gasexplorattionbecomesmoreexpeensiveandth
heneedform
moresophisticatedmetho
odswillbeggreater.Calib
bration
of well logss by direct ssedimentologgical examin
nation of cutttings, sidew
wall cores, an
nd conventio
onal cores will
w be
requiredalssointhefutu
uretodevelo
opnewplaysandtosearcchfornewexplorationareasonthegglobe.Aftersucha
calibration including a thorough sample
s
anallysis in a kkey well, mo
ost other sedimentologgical data w
will be
dtootherwellsinabasin
n.Thistrendwillalsodevvelopinanyo
othersearch
hforneweneergies.
extrapolated

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Referencces

Lah
hkar and Goswami, J Geol Geosci (2014). Robotic Lo
ogging Tech
hnology: Th
he Future of Oil
Well Logging. Geology & Geoscience
es, volumen
n 3, p4.

E.R.(Ross)Crain
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