Patent ID: 8265874
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A machine to select a fit-for-purpose tool for reservoir saturation monitoring, the machine comprising: a processor positioned to determine a well-logging tool selection responsive to a plurality of characteristics of a well-logging tool for a plurality of well-logging tools from a plurality of vendors and responsive to conditions for a candidate well, the characteristics of a well-logging tool including an outer diameter of the tool and a well-logging technology utilized by the tool; an input/output interface for receiving and displaying data between the processor and a user; and a memory having stored therein a computer program product, stored on a tangible and non-transitory computer memory media, operable on the processor, the computer program product comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a well-logging tool selection by performing the operations of: