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detail log
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A log with a depth scale chosen to show sufficient detail of the formation. The most common scales are 1/200 or 5 in. /100 ft.
borehole gravity meter
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A logging instrument capable of making relative gravity measurements at stations along the borehole with a sensitivity and repeatability in the microGal range (about 1 part in 10 ...
casing collar log
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A log provided by a casing collar locator tool that generally incorporates a gamma ray log to correlate the relative position of casing string features, such as the location of a ...
electrical log
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A log recorded using an electrical wireline. In this sense, the term refers to any log recorded on a wireline, whether it measures an electrical quantity or not. The term dates ...
correlation log
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A log run for the purpose of correlating between wells. The most common logs used for this purpose are the gamma ray, the resistivity and the acoustic log; the most common depth ...
collar log
Oil & gas; Oilfield
A log showing the depth or relative position of casing or tubing collars that is used to correlate depth for depth-sensitive applications such as perforating or isolation ...
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