Well Logging and
Petrophysics
questions
For interview
2025
Abbas Radhi Abbas
Iraq / 2025
1. What are the characteristics of resistivity of rocks?
2. Draw a sketch of the environments of borehole in view of resistivity
3. Describe the Archie’s experiment and the formulas to calculate Sw.
4. Explain the mechanism of the occurrence of SP
5. What are the properties of SP and its applications?
6. What is the principle of focused resistivity logging?
7. Describe the configuration of DLL tool.
8. Explain the measurement principle of DLL method.
9. What are the characteristics of DLL curve?
10. How to determine the fluid type of the formation by using DLL
curves?
11. Explain the principle of DIL method
12. What is the characteristics of DIL curve?
13. How to determine the fluid type of the formation by using DIL
curves?
14. What is the advantages of image resistivity logging?
15. What ’is the configuration and applications of AIT?
16. What is the configuration and applications of FMI?
17. What is the principle of dipmeter logging?
18. What is dip pattern of dipmeter logging presentation?
19. Explain the characteristics of the four dip patterns
respectively?
20. Explain the elastic parameters, such as E, K, l, r.
21. Describe the mechanism of P-wave and S-wave
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22. Derivate the formula of interval transit time for sonic logging,
and how to
eliminate the borehole effect?
23. What is the difference between Acoustic logging and Dipole
shear image
logging?
24. What are the principle and applications of CBL and VDL?
25. What are the advantages of CET, SBT, USI , URS , RBT , RIB ?
26. What is the application of UBI?
27. What are the principle and applications of CBIL?
28. What is the characteristics of GR radioactivity of those
common lithology?
29. Classify the interactions between GR with atoms of rock.
30. What are the applications of GR logs?
31. Explain the definition of bulk density qb, Electron density pe,
and photoelectric index P
e, Bulk photoelectric absorption index U, Hydrogen Index Hx
32. Classify the interactions between the fast neutron with atoms
of rock.
33. How to calculate the decayed energy (△E) of neutron when
they interact with atoms?
34. Describe the principle and applications of CNL and DEN
logging.
35. What is the principle of thermal neutron decay time logs?
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36. What is the principle and applications C/O logging?
37. Give a brief explanatory of nuclear magnetic resonance
38. What is spin–lattice relaxation time (T1) in NMR ?
39. What is spin–spin relaxation time (T2) in NMR ?
40. What are the advantages of LWD-NMR?
41. How to discriminate different porosity based on the T2
distribution in NMR?
42. How to calculate permeability from T2 in NMR
43. What is production logging?
44. Describe the methods to detect the flow rate in the cased hole
45. What are the applications of temperature logging?
46. Comparing with spinner flowmeter, what are the advantages of
the nuclear flowmeter?
47. Explain the process of Tracer-loss logging, and its applications
48. Explain the principle and applications of Repeat Formations
tool
49. How to estimate permeability using RFT data?
50. What are the applications of RAB, especially the azimuthal
resistivity while drilling?
51. Understand the principle and applications of Sonic, Density
and neutron logging while drilling
52. How to discriminate facture by logging methods?
53. What are the advantages of multifinger imaging tool
54. What are the principle of CHFR measurement
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55. What are the principle of Noise log measurement & the
Application ?
56. How many types for casing corrosion logs ?
57. What the principle and applications for fiber optic ?
58. Why run injection logging tools ?
59. What the principle and applications for Oxygen activation
( OA) log ?
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