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Chemical Constitution of Crude Oil
Crude oil contains organic compounds, heteroatom compounds (S,N,O), hydrocarbons (C, H), metals and organic (Ni, V, Fe) and inorganic (Na+,…
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4 major types of crude oil
Extracted in its natural unrefined state from the ground, crude oil significantly varies in its consistency and density – from…
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Petroleum Production
Production phase aims to the recovery of the reservoir fluids to surface followed by their processing. All production and maintenance…
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Petroleum Exploration
The role of exploration is to provide the information required to exploit the best opportunities presented in the choice of…
Drilling fluid
In geotechnical engineering, drilling fluid, also called drilling mud, is used to aid the drilling of boreholes into the earth. Often used while drilling oil and natural gas wells…
DrillingTechnologies
Oil well drilling is a complex operation and the drilling industry engages the services of personnel and a complicated array…
Resistivity logging
Resistivity logs are electrical well logs that record the resistivity of a formation. Resistivity is usually recorded in ohm meters…
Acoustic logging
Petroleum applications of acoustic-wave-propagation theory and physics include both: · Surface-geophysical methods · Borehole-geophysical methods Acoustic logging is a subset of borehole-geophysical…
Neutron porosity logs
The neutron-porosity log first appeared in 1940. It consisted of an isotopic source, most often plutonium-beryllium, and a single detector.…
Density Logging
The measurement of formation density is an essential component in accurate reservoir evaluation, helping the petrophysicist to determine the porosity…
Openhole caliper logs
Openhole caliper logs provide data used in completion planning. Openhole calipers can be used with different types of logging tools…
Gamma ray logs
The radioactivity of rocks has been used for many years to help derive lithologies. Natural occurring radioactive materials (NORM) include…
