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Petrographic image logging system

Conference · · AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States)
OSTI ID:7024798
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Mobil Exploration and Producing U.S. Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
  2. Advanced Logging Technologies, Beaumont, TX (United States)
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The Petrographic Image Logging System (PILS) is a logging system data base for Macintosh computers that allows the merging of traditional wire-line, core, and mud log data with petrographic images. The system is flexible; it allows the user to record, manipulate, and display almost any type of character, graphic, and image information. Character and graphic data are linked and entry in either mode automatically generates the alternate mode. Character/graphic data may include such items as ROP, wire-line log data, interpreted lithologies, ditch cutting lith-percentages, porosity grade and type, grain size, core/DST information, and sample descriptions. Image data may include petrographic and SEM images of cuttings, core, and thin sections. All data are tied to depth. Data are entered quickly and easily in an interactive manner with a mouse, keyboard, and digitizing tablet or may be imported and immediately autoplotted from a variety of environments via modem, network, or removable disk. Color log displays, including petrographic images, are easily available on CRT or as hardcopy. The system consists of a petrographic microscope, video camera, Macintosh computer, video framegrabber and digitizing tablet. Hardcopy is scaleable and can be generated by a variety of color printing devices. The software is written in Supertalk, a color superset of the standard Apple Hypercard programming language, hypertalk. This system is being tested by Mobil in the lab and at the well site. Implementation has provided near 'real-time' core and cuttings images from drilling wells to the geologist back at the office.
OSTI ID:
7024798
Report Number(s):
CONF-910403--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States) Journal Volume: 75:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020200* -- Petroleum-- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration
03 NATURAL GAS
030200 -- Natural Gas-- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200 -- Mathematics & Computers
APPLE COMPUTERS
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
COMPUTERS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRIC LOGGING
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MANAGEMENT
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICROPROCESSORS
MICROSCOPES
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
PETROGRAPHY
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PROCESSING
RESOURCES
WELL LOGGING