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S.E. Taylor
Senior Colloid Scientist, Fuels Technology Unit,
B.P. Oil Research and Engineering Centre,
Chertsey Road, Sunbury-on-Thames,
Middlesex TW16 7LN, UK
doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2003.09.001
Geological well logs—their use in reservoir
modelling
Springer Verlag; ISBN 3-540-67840-9; Stefan M.
Luthi, 2001, 373 pp. ($89.95, o89.95)
The author has been deeply involved at the heart of
the application of well logs to geological problems for
two decades. He has gained hands-on experience and
developed new methods with a leading supplier. He is
presently in academia and is Professor of Production
Geology in the Applied Earth Sciences Department at
the Delft University of Technology in The Nether-
lands, and is highly qualified to write on the subjects
covered:
(1) Brief history and the petrophysical approach.
(2) Geological measurements including dipmeter,
electrical, acoustic, density and optical borehole
imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging,
nuclear spectroscopy logging, paleomagnetic
logging and core sampling.
(3) Applications and case studies including structural
modelling, bedding and reservoir zonation, frac-
tured reservoirs, well correlation and geological
drilling and geosteering.
Recently invented borehole measurements relevant
to geologists are the core of this book. Short but accurate
descriptions of the tools and the techniques for extracting
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useful commercial information from them are provided,
as well as field examples. The book draws together many
different publications from the past decade, forming a
valuable collection to which Professor Luthi has added is
own experience and commentary.
The newest techniques for imaging the character of
the borehole wall in extended-reach wells are discussed,
including both electrical and density images while
drilling. Readers will be familiar with the importance
of the rapid development and worldwide application of
high angle wells. The many structural, correlation,
depositional and cross-bedding evaluations are excel-
lent and cover the most fundamental and the advanced
issues. Other highlights include, the comparisons on
real core with real electrical-based images, the several
‘borehole’ wrapped presentations of log images, such as
fractures, that are easier to understand than the flat usual
images, and the ‘real’ photographs of a faulted dolo-
mitic reservoir from a downhole video camera.
Some modest additions would have been helpful.
A larger proportion of material should have been from
suppliers other than Schlumberger. Two geological
multi-well cross sections were too small. The widely
used clay-related fundamental electrical models
should have been mentioned alongside the more
academic solution. All NMR interpretations should
include the effect of borehole caving, since this leads
to a large apparent ‘shale’ content derived from the
‘mud’. In the elemental spectroscopy example, gyp-
sum was not differentiated from anhydrite by using
the available standard log data. These suggestions are
minor in comparison with the large volume of excel-
lent material provided.
The book will be very useful for practising geo-
scientists and graduate students to learn about, or
update themselves on, the recent geological logging
tools, their interpretation techniques and reservoir
applications. The book is currently being used as the
resource for an AAPG short course.
Richard Woodhouse
‘Fariswood’, Sheerwater Avenue, Woodham,
Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3DR, UK
E-mail address: woodhouser@aol.com
doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2003.09.003