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HALLIBURTON COMPANY RELEASES NMR LOGGING PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
DALLAS, Texas - Halliburton Energy Services recently released NMR Logging Principles and Applications, an important resource book that summarizes the applications and benefits of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) logging to formation evaluation. NUMAR, a product service line of Halliburton Energy Services and a world leader in the field of NMR logging technology, prepared the book as a means of sharing both proven and exciting new developments occurring in the industry. The book was also written to further convey to the industry the principles, as well as applications of magnetic resonance in formation evaluation. Halliburton Energy Services is a business unit of Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL).
With the assistance of more than two dozen experts in the field, the book was authored by internationally-recognized NMR in well logging specialists - NUMAR President Manfred G. Prammer, Retired Halliburton Houston Technology Center Director of Reservoir Applications George R. Coates, and Halliburton Senior Research Scientist Dr. Lizhi Xiao.
"Halliburton Energy Services is pleased to contribute this important technical volume on NMR Logging to the petroleum industry and to petroleum engineering and geoscience students around the world," said Dick Cheney, chairman and chief executive officer, Halliburton Company, who contributed the foreword to the book. "This book was developed by three of our finest NMR experts in Halliburton, and was reviewed by many recognized experts from our organization, from clients' organizations, and from other institutions."
NMR Logging Principles & Applications provides a comprehensive overview of NMR physics and of fundamentals of NMR petrophysics and hydrocarbon typing, in addition to an in-depth discussion of NMR applications and of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Logging (MRIL) tool principles, job planning and quality control.
The 234-page, nine-chapter book is intended as a reference for experts in the field, as well as a text for students and all those who are interested in formation evaluation technology. Available for purchase through Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas (ISBN-0-9679026-0-6), at www.gpcbooks.com, copies of the book have been provided to various Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience Departments at universities around the world.
Halliburton Energy Services provides products, services, and integrated solutions for oil and gas exploration, development, and production. Capabilities range from initial evaluation of producing formations to drilling, completion, production enhancement, and well maintenance - for a single well or an entire field. With more than 300 service centers in more than 90 countries, Halliburton possesses the global perspective that is increasingly important for energy exploration and production.
Founded in 1919, Halliburton Company is the world's leading diversified energy services, engineering, energy equipment, construction and maintenance company. In 1999, Halliburton's consolidated revenues were $14.9 billion and it conducted business with a workforce of approximately 100,000 in more than 120 countries. The company's World Wide Web site can be accessed at http://www.halliburton.com
Contact
Dirk Vande Beek
Halliburton Company
(p) 713.676.4371
dirk.vande.beek@halliburton.com
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