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PRACTICAL PETROLEUM GEOLOGY Monitoring the Well
Petroleum Extension-The University of Texas at Austin
In this chapter:
• Methods for logging 6
• Formation testing
• Completion methods and equipment
• Initiation of flow and exploration success Monitoring
the Well
The commitment to drill an exploratory well sets in motion a long chain
of events. Well plans are engineered, and the site is surveyed and prepared
for the drilling rig (fig. 6.1).
Figure 6.1 Surveying using a
global positioning system
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