Oil Well Drilling and Production

Hyne, N.H. (1995). Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling and Production. Penn Well Publ. Co., Tulsa, OK.

Formation Evaluation

Books and chart books of the varous wireline service companies are essential (and free), but some assume an understanding of the subject. Other useful books include:

• Bateman, R.M. (1995). Open-Hole Log Analysis and Formation Evaluation. IHRDC, Boston.

  Hurst, A., Lovell, M.A., and Moreton, A.C., eds. (1990). Geological Application of Wireline Logs, Spec. Publ. No. 48. Geol. Soc. London, London.

• Hurst, A., Griffiths, C.M., and Worthington, P.F., eds. (1992). Geological Applications of Wireline Logs 2, Spec. Publ. No. 65. Geol. Soc. London, London.

Geophysics

Books that cover gravity, magnetic, and seismic surveying:

• Backus, G., Parker, R., and Constable, C. (1996). Foundations of Geomagnetism. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

• Milsom, J. (1991). Field Geophysics. Wiley, Chichester.

• Telford, W.M., Geldart, L.P., and Sheriff, R.E. (1991). Applied Geophysics, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

For seismic prospecting only, see:

• Doyle, H. (1995). Seismology. Wiley, Chichester.

• Sheriff, R.E., and Geldert, L.P. (1995). Exploration Seismology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Remote Sensing

Lillesand, T.M., and Kiefer, R.W. (1994). Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 3rd ed. Wiley, New York.

Sabins, F.F. (1996). Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation, 3rd ed. Freeman, San Francisco.