Exploiting the
Web to Deliver Petrotechnical Reference Data
Hatleberg, Eric1, Gretchen M.
Gillis2 (1) Schlumberger Information Solutions,
Obtaining, managing, and interpreting
detailed petrotechnical data is an enormous challenge for geoscientists. The
volume, complexity, and specialization of petrotechnical data are growing at a
staggering rate. Nowhere is this more evident than in well log datasets, which
currently include more than 50,000 specific curves, with approximately one
thousand new curves being added every year.
Individual logs may comprise several
hundred curves. Although petrophysicists may be satisfied with logs they use on
a regular basis, new measurements greatly improve subsurface characterization.
A drawback, however, to using these new logging capabilities is obtaining and
understanding the associated log-curve mnemonics.
Traditional hard-copy sources for log
mnemonics and vital related information are difficult to maintain and deliver.
The Web provides a delivery mechanism that is fast, accurate, and readily
updated. A new Web database of log mnemonics enhances understanding of well log
data by also delivering log-curve descriptions, log-property-measurement
definitions, mineral properties, and relevant units of measure used by the
service company. An interactive demonstration reveals how this real-time
delivery mechanism improves the acquisition, processing, and interpretation
workflows.
Web delivery of petrotechnical data and
other information offers distinct advantages over other delivery methods:
worldwide, unlimited access on demand; evergreen content; robust query
mechanisms to deliver specifically desired information; and the potential to
obtain additional information by judicious inclusion of hyperlinks.
AAPG Search and Discover Article #90063©2007 AAPG Annual Convention, Long Beach, California