Re: Log analysts vs Paleontologists

[hrlane@xxxxxxxxx]

     
  Yeh, we have to predict ahead of the drillbit, with accuracy.  

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Subject: Re: Log analysts vs Paleontologists
Author:  paleonet-owner (paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk) at unix,in
Date:    12/28/94 9:22 AM


In industry there are two basic types of paleo going on.
     
1. Project based paleo.  This is the kind of study that involves a detailed 
post-mortem of a lot of wells in a basin to provide a regional 
biostratigraphic and paleoecologic framework.  This kind of study takes a 
while and usually results in a very nice written report.
     
2. Operational paleo.  This involves looking at fossils to solve a specific 
problem in a specific hole in the ground.  If it takes a while it isn't worth 
anything.  The work must be fast and accurate. Reports come later. 
     
Ideally, I believe, the first type should lead to the second in order to have 
a healthy environment in industry.  People who do the first type should also 
do the second type.  This allows the framework to match the problems. 
There can even be a blending of the two types wherein operationally obtained 
data is combined into the model to improve it.
Unfortunately there seems to be a twist-off here that is making us 
nonfunctional.  From my communication within the industry, outside the Gulf 
Coast region, there seems to be quite a bit of type 1 paleo being done. 
Unfortunately those involved don't seem to be pushing for their work to 
develop into type 2 paleo.  I think that in order to stay alive as a viable 
profession within the industry we have to sell paleo as an accurate downhole 
tool.  We have to  demonstrate that we affect the bottom line right now in 
addition to providing a background model for sedimentation.  
     
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