Practical Petrophysics

Professor Kennedy obtained his BSc (Hons) at University of Canterbury, and his PhD in bacterial genetics at the University of Auckland and carried out postdoctoral research in leukemia genetics at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge (UK) before returning to University of Otago, Christchurch in 1991. Professor Martin Kennedy's main research interests are psychiatric genetics, pharmacogenomics, and the genetics of complex disease. His current research largely focuses on pharmacogenomics, which aims to understand how drugs and genes interact with the goal of improving drug treatments and reducing adverse drug reactions. For example, analysis of genetic variation in genes such as those that encode drug metabolizing liver enzymes like CYP2D6 and CYP2C19, is helping to determine genetic factors that impact on response to treatments for various diseases.

1. Introduction2. Petrophysical Properties3. Core and Other Real Rock Measurements4. Logs Part I: General Characteristics and Passive Measurements5. Logs Part II: Porosity, Resistivity and Other Tools6. Introduction to Log Analysis: Shale Volume and Parameter Picking7. Log Analysis I: Porosity8. Log Analysis II: Water Saturation9. Hydrocarbon Corrections10. Fluid Distribution11. Permeability Revisited12. Complex Lithology13. Thin Bed Pays: Dealing with the Limitations of Log Resolution14. Geophysical Applications15. Epilogue: High Angle Wells