Acoustics in the Oilfield
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 3:00 p.m. Dr. Fernando García-Osuna Sugar Land Technology Center, Schlumberger Corporation http://www.schlumberger.com Acoustic measurements for geophysical well logging were introduced in the oil industry in the mid-1920s as a companion to seismic exploration to measure compressional velocity. In the 1950s researchers at universities, oil, and service companies extended the theory of…