Schlumberger, Conrad
Published: August 22, 2008, 5:03 pm
Updated: August 22, 2008, 5:03 pm
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Conrad Schlumberger
Conrad Schlumberger (1878-1936), a German geophysicist who invented, with his brother Marcel, electrical well logging, a technology that eliminated much of the guesswork associated with determining whether a formation holds oil or natural gas (1921). Electric well logs record the conductivity of interstitial water in rocks, the movement of drilling mud into porous strata, and the movement of formation water into the well bore. In 1927, a 1,640-ft (500-m) well in France’s Pechelbronn field successfully employed the world’s first electric log using successive resistivity readings to create a resistivity curve.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Schlumberger, Conrad". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 22, 2008; Last revised Date August 22, 2008; Retrieved May 24, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Schlumberger,_Conrad>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Conrad Schlumberger
Conrad Schlumberger (1878-1936), a German geophysicist who invented, with his brother Marcel, electrical well logging, a technology that eliminated much of the guesswork associated with determining whether a formation holds oil or natural gas (1921). Electric well logs record the conductivity of interstitial water in rocks, the movement of drilling mud into porous strata, and the movement of formation water into the well bore. In 1927, a 1,640-ft (500-m) well in France’s Pechelbronn field successfully employed the world’s first electric log using successive resistivity readings to create a resistivity curve.
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