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Petrophysics Logging Tools

Click on a logging track for helpful information about open-hole logs, or here for LWD/MWD logs.

Click here for the EOG standardized curve colors and texture patterns.

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= Cased Hole

Lithology and Borehole Environment

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Curve or Environmental
Units Function Mnemonics Scale Pattern Comments
Log Effects

Lithology
Washout=high
Gamma Ray Low=reservoir
GAPI=Gamma 20 to Solid Casing=high, but
Radiation GR,GRC,GRL High=shale
API Units 120 Black reduced about 30%
(Some rsvrs
from open-hole
high)

Sensitive to mud
Voltage Lithology
Spontaneous -160 to Dashed filtrate salinity,
mV=milivolts indicates SP,SPARC Usually
Potential 40 Blue baseline trends may
current flow left=reservoir
indicate Rw changes

Usually one
arm.
Dot- BH Diameter may be
Borehole 8 to 18 Needed for
Caliper in, cm CALI,CAL dashed high if elliptical or
diameter 5 to 15 washout
Purple low if gumbo shale
corrections,
cement volume

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Resistivity and Saturation

Curve Environmental
Units Function Mnemonics Scale Pattern Comments
or Log Effects

.2 to 20 High=low Invasion often lowers

Deep Resistivity to LLD,ILD,IDPH, Dashed
ohm-m .2 to 200 porosity or value, Thin beds <2 ft
Resistivity current flow LN,RT Red
2 to 2000 hydrocarbons are averaged

.2 to 20 Dot- High=low Invasion often lowers

Medium Resistivity to
ohm-m LLM,ILM,IMPH .2 to 200 dashed porosity or value, Thin beds <2 ft
Resistivity current flow
2 to 2000 Blue hydrocarbons are averaged

High=low
Invasion often lowers
porosity or
.2 to 20 value, Thin beds <1 ft
Shallow Resistivity to Solid hydrocarbons,
ohm-m SFL,MSFL,SN .2 to 200 are averaged, Bad
Resistivity current flow Black Used to correct
2 to 2000 borehole can make
invasion/gas
invalid
effects

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Porosity Logs

Curve Environmental
Units Function Mnemonics Scale Pattern Comments
or Log Effects

Pad device must

grams/
Total density have good contact
Bulk cc 1.65 to 2.65 Solid High=Right=low
of rock and RHOB,DEN with borehole wall.
Density g/cc 1.9 to 2.9 Red porosity
fluid Commonly bad (low)
g/cm3
reading in shales.

Commonly touches
bulk density in high
porosity wet zones,
High=high
Neutron Dot- crosses over in gas
% or Hydrogen in .6 to 0 porosity or shaly
NPHI,NPU,CNL dashed zones. Can read too
fraction formation 60 to 0 Low=low
Green high in erroneous in
porosity or gas
clay, gypsum, iron
hydrates, glauconite,
coals, bitumen

High=high
Longitudinal
us/ft porosity, shaly,
compressional US/F,USF,
1E-6 140 to 40 Dashed or Attenuated by gas.
Sonic wave USPF,US/FT,
seconds/ 160 to 60 Blue unconsolidated Sensitive to washout.
propogation BHC,SON
ft Low=low
velocity
porosity

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Computed Porosity and Saturation, Fluid Type, Pressure and Sampling

Curve Environmental
Units Function Mnemonics Scale Pattern Comments
or Log Effects

Shade towards
Solid
Fluid right to cutoff Indicate source in
Blue
decimal volume .60 to 0 value, typically units field, such as
Porosity POR (May fill
(recommended) relative to .20 to 0 about .12 (oil WS, XP, DEN or
with fluid
bulk volume or water) or .08 CORE
color)
(gas)

Bulk water Solid

Shade towards
volume as Red Indicate source in
(Water) decimal right to cutoff
fraction of SW 0 to 1 (May fill units field, such as,
Saturation (recommended) value, typically
bulk fluid with fluid WS or XP
about .60
volume color)

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Cased Hole Logs

Environmental
Curve or Log Units Function Mnemonics Scale Pattern Comments
Effects

UNDER
CONSTRUCTION

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Seismic Calibration

Curve or Environmental
Units Function Mnemonics Scale Pattern Comments
Log Effects

UNDER
CONSTRUCTION

Suggested Curve Names for Archives or sharing final curves with colleagues

Spliced,
Raw Spliced, Spliced, Corrected, Vendor FINAL
Curve by Runs TVD Version
Curve Environmentally Corrected, Edited, e.g. Composite from
Run No. Spliced (Vertical)
Name Corrected Edited FINAL Schlumberger
(Joined)
GR_1
GR_2
GR GR_0 GR_C GR_E GR_J GR_V GR_X
GR_3
GR_...
RHOB_1
RHOB_2
RHOB RHOB_0 RHOB_C RHOB_E RHOB_J RHOB_V RHOB_X
RHOB_3
RHOB_...

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curve_1
curve_2
curve curve_0 curve_C curve_E curve_J curve_V curve_X
curve_3
curve_...

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Logging While Drilling (LWD) or

Measurement While Drilling (MWD)

1. LWD/MWD Reference by the SPWLA

2. Vital Sperry Sun curves required by EOG.

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