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August 2008: we are advised of the publication of a new book of relevance to Formation Evaluation:

"Formation Testing Pressure Transient and Contamination Analysis," by Wilson C. Chin, Ph.D., MIT.  Numerous forward and inverse models for pressure and permeability interpretation, and methods for multiphase contamination and cleanup analysis, together with detailed calculated examples, are given (417 pages, 214 figures).  Mr. Chin, previously a key researcher at Halliburton responsible for designing a number of interpretation, supercharge modeling and two-phase cleanup methods, was supported by four prestigious Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the United States Department of Energy, and also awards from CNOOC and COSL.  The book summarizes more than a decade of research and perspectives on formation testing job planning.  The attached (pdf) "Announcement" contains a detailed Table of Contents as well as author and contact information.  For further information, please visit the developer's website at www.stratamagnetic.com

Regional Formation Evaluation and related Societies

1. Formation Evaluation Society of Indonesia
2. Japan Formation Evaluation Society
3. Formation Evaluation Society of Malaysia
4. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) - Western Australia Section 

Regulatory authorities

1. Government of Western Australia Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR)
2. Australian Government Geoscience Australia

3. If you work offshore: Maritime Security Identification Cards (MSICs) (from August 2006)

International Organisations

1. Society of Petrophysicists and Well log Analysts (SPWLA)
2. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
3. Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
4. Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
5. Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
6. Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB)
7. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE)
8. Society of Core Analysts (SCA)

National organisations

1. Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG)
2. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)
3. Society of Petroleum Engineers - Australiasia (SPE Australasia)
4. Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA)

Other Petrophysical Societies

1. Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES)
2. London Petrophysical Society (LPS)
3. Norwegian Formation Evaluation Society (NFES)
4. Dutch petrophysical Society (DPS)

Public Domain Databases

1. National Energy Technology Laboratory Public Database
2. United States Geological Survey Rock Catalogue
3. Kansas Geological Survey Gemini Rock Catalogue
4. Kansas Geological Survey Abyss Rock Catalogue


Carbonate Petrophysics material
(courtesy of Gene Ballay)

1. Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas
2. Ross Crain's On-line Tutorial
3. Kansas Geological Survey (John Doveton) Tutorial
4. Schlumberger material (OilField Review & ME Well Review)


... and more interesting sites

1. An online guide to Sequence Stratigraphy
2.
Regional petroleum geology of Australia