Product Description

An update of the PennWell classic nontechnical guide to logging techniques, this text provides an easy to understand overview of the technically complex subject of well logging.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #370430 in Books
• Published on: 2002-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 289 pages

From the Publisher
This text provides an easy-to-understand overview of the technically complex subject of well logging. This book will be very useful to bankers, landmen, geology and engineering technicians, clerks, secretaries, and others who need a basic understanding of well logs to perform their jobs.

Features & Benefits

Use as a handy quick reference for simple interpretation of logs

Read each self-contained chapter as the subjects come up in your business life

Use it as a nontechnical encyclopedia

Make better decisions based on an a basic understanding of well logs

About the Author
David E. Johnson, BSME, University of Tennessee, now retired, worked for Schlumberger Well Services for more than 25 years, serving for more than eight years as a Senior Sales Engineer in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dave is a registered Professional Engineer in Oklahoma, an active member of SPWLA and SPE, and has published technical papers on log interpretation.

Kathryne Pile is a business process analyst for Williams Communications in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Prior to working for Williams, she served as editorial director for PennWell Books and was a technical writing instructor at The University of Tulsa. She continues to provide technical editing service on a consultant basis for professional societies such as the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Customer Reviews

Not so non-technical
This book has some good information but I found it to be more technical than I preferred.