Chemical Constitution of Crude Oil
Crude oil contains organic compounds, heteroatom compounds (S,N,O), hydrocarbons (C, H), metals…
4 major types of crude oil
Extracted in its natural unrefined state from the ground, crude oil significantly…
Petroleum Production
Production phase aims to the recovery of the reservoir fluids to surface…
Petroleum Exploration
The role of exploration is to provide the information required to exploit…
Drilling fluid
In geotechnical engineering, drilling fluid, also called drilling mud, is used to aid the drilling…
DrillingTechnologies
Oil well drilling is a complex operation and the drilling industry engages…
Resistivity logging
Resistivity logs are electrical well logs that record the resistivity of a…
Acoustic logging
Petroleum applications of acoustic-wave-propagation theory and physics include both: · Surface-geophysical methods · Borehole-geophysical…
Neutron porosity logs
The neutron-porosity log first appeared in 1940. It consisted of an isotopic…
Density Logging
The measurement of formation density is an essential component in accurate reservoir…


