Changes

''Digital data'' are created by writing values into a file in numerical form. Wireline data are now routinely captured on a magnetic medium at predetermined sample increments. Increments vary from tool to tool, from service company to service company (even for comparable tools), and according to the depth recording system (English or metric) used by the service company. The quantity of data values recorded at a given depth increment can also vary. Most logging tools record only one value per increment for each specific trace (slow channel data). Others (for example, a full waveform acoustic tool) acquire multiple values at each depth increment (fast channel data) in order to later replicate and use the entire acquired range of values.

''Digital data'' are created by writing values into a file in numerical form. Wireline data are now routinely captured on a magnetic medium at predetermined sample increments. Increments vary from tool to tool, from service company to service company (even for comparable tools), and according to the depth recording system (English or metric) used by the service company. The quantity of data values recorded at a given depth increment can also vary. Most logging tools record only one value per increment for each specific trace (slow channel data). Others (for example, a full waveform acoustic tool) acquire multiple values at each depth increment (fast channel data) in order to later replicate and use the entire acquired range of values.

Each wireline company has its own proprietary format for recording digital data. The two most common formats are LIS (the de facto standard) and BIT. Considerable efforts are being made to standardize all of the various formats into a single industry-wide standard known as the API digital log interchange standard, or DLIS<ref name=pt08r8>Froman, N. L., 1989, DLIS—API Digital Log Interchange Standard: The Log Analyst, v. 30, n. 5, p. 390–394.</ref>.

Each wireline company has its own proprietary format for recording digital data. The two most common formats are LIS (the de facto standard) and BIT. Considerable efforts are being made to standardize all of the various formats into a single industry-wide standard known as the API digital log interchange standard, or DLIS.<ref name=pt08r8>Froman, N. L., 1989, DLIS—API Digital Log Interchange Standard: The Log Analyst, v. 30, n. 5, p. 390–394.</ref>

At the customer's request, digital wireline data can be transmitted from the logging truck's computer directly to (1) the client, (2) other partners, and/or (3) the logging company's main computer for immediate processing, retransmission, or rerecording for delivery to the client. When digital data are read into a computer by a LAP, they are automatically converted to the LAP's internal data format for storage and use.

At the customer's request, digital wireline data can be transmitted from the logging truck's computer directly to (1) the client, (2) other partners, and/or (3) the logging company's main computer for immediate processing, retransmission, or rerecording for delivery to the client. When digital data are read into a computer by a LAP, they are automatically converted to the LAP's internal data format for storage and use.