Class Schedule and Reading Assignments

Week	Date (TR)	Lecture Number and Title	Readings	Assignment
1	Jan 10, 12	Introduction to coring and well logging; The Logging Environment	Ellis and Singer Chapter 1 Rider & Kennedy, Chapters 1 and 2 Selected tools from the Geophysical toolbox
2	Jan 17, 19	Logging Methods overview Thermcon & Caliper logging	Ellis and Singer Chapter 2 Rider & Kennedy, Chapters 4 and 5 Selected tools from the Geophysical toolbox
3	Jan 24, 26	Electric Logging: Spontaneous Potential and Resistivity	Ellis and Singer Chapter 3, 4 Rider & Kennedy, Chapters 6 and 7	Grads Select Term project
4	Jan 31, Feb 2	Microresistivity	Ellis and Singer Chapter 5, 6 Rider & Kennedy, Chapters 7, 15 Bonner et al., Resistivity while Drilling-Images from the string, Oilfield Review, 4-19, Spring 1996.
5	Feb 7, 9	Color Theory, Visible (VIS) reflectance derivative spectroscopy, Near Infrared (nIR) Theory and applications	Reflectance Spectra by R. Clark (urls or handout to be provided.) Color Theory	Exam 1: Feb 9
6	Feb 14, 16	Nuclear processes	Ellis and Singer Chapter 10 Rider & Kennedy, Chapters 8.1-8.3	Grads Term Project bibliography
7	Feb 21, 23	Active Gamma Methods (Gamma Density and Photoelectric effect)	Ellis and Singer Chapter 12 Rider & Kennedy, Chapters 10 Chi and Mienert Mar. Geo 131, 57-74, 1996. Bucker and Rybach, Mar. Pet. Geo., 13, 373-375, 1996.
8	Feb 28, Mar 1	Passive Gamma Methods (Total Natural Gamma and Spectral Natural Gamma)	Ellis and Singer Chapter 11 Rider & Kennedy, Chapter 8	Exam 2: Mar 1
9	Mar 6, 8	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	Ellis and Singer Chapter 16 Rider & Kennedy, Chapters 13 Kenyon et al., Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging- Technology for the 21st Century, Oilfield Review, 19-33, Autumn, 1995. Legchenko et al., J. App.Geophy., 50, 21-46, 2000.
10	Mar 13, 15	Neutron Porosity Logging	Ellis and Singer Chapter 13, 14 Rider & Kennedy, Chapters 11	Grads Term Project Outline
	Mar 19-25	No Classes; Spring Break
11	Mar 27, 29	Sonic or Acoustic logging methods	Ellis and Singer Chapter 17 Rider & Kennedy, Chapters 9 Rebesco et al., Sed. Geo. 135, 65-74, 2000.
12	Apr 3, 5	Magnetic logging	Blum, ODP Physical properties Handbook, Chapter 4, Nov. 1997. Sun and Liu, EPSL 180, 287-296, 2000.	Grads Term Project First Draft
13	Apr 10, 12	XRF Elemental Core logging	Richter et al., ODP SR 175 Chapter 13. Jansen and Dupont, ODP SR 175 Chapter 20.
14	Apr 17, 19	Multi-sensor core logging	Weber et al., Mar Geo, 136, 151-172, 1997.
15	Apr 24, 26	MWD, LWD, and Formation evaluation	Ellis and Singer Chapter 6, 20 Rider & Kennedy, Section 9.4, 15.3, Chapters 12, 16	Grads Term Project Final Version
		*End of class sessions*
16 Finals Week	May 3	Cumulative Final Exam McGilvrey Hall Room 307 7:45 - 10:00 am Thursday May 3rd, 2012