− | The AAPG Computer Applications Committee has proposed the AAPG-B data exchange format for general purpose data transfers among computer systems, applications software, and companies<ref name=pt08r24>Waller, H. O., Guinn, D., Nerkommer, M., Shaw, B., 1990, AAPG-B—committee offers revised exchange format for transferring geologic and petroleum data: Geobyte, v. 5, n. 2, p. 11–21.</ref>. For log curves, the Schlumberger LIS (log information standard) has become a de facto standard, and extensions to it have been proposed<ref name=pt08r8>Froman, N. L., 1989, DLIS—API Digital Log Interchange Standard: The Log Analyst, v. 30, n. 5, p. 390–394.</ref>. Another log data format called LAS, for log ASCII standard, has been proposed by the Canadian Well Logging Society<ref name=pt08r20>Struyk, C., Bishop, R., Fortune, D., Foster, E., Gordon, D., d'Haene, T., Joyce, D., Kenny, S., Kowalchuk, H., Stadnyk, M., 1990, LAS—a floppy disk standard for log data: Geobyte, v. 5, n. 2, p. 23–29.</ref>, which may supplant LIS. The Society of Exploration Geophysicists oversees several standards for seismic data formats, the most common being SEGY for seismic trace data and SEGP1 for location data. A de facto standard for offshore shotpoint location (also called navigation) data is the UKOOA format, from the United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association. A format for transferring wellsite data called WITS, for wellsite information transfer standard, has been proposed by the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC<ref name=pt08r18>Rose, R. J., Taylor, M. R., Jantzen, R. E., 1989, Information transfer standards for well-site data: Geobyte, v. 4, n. 2, p. 9–13.</ref>. | + | The AAPG Computer Applications Committee has proposed the AAPG-B data exchange format for general purpose data transfers among computer systems, applications software, and companies.<ref name=pt08r24>Waller, H. O., Guinn, D., Nerkommer, M., Shaw, B., 1990, AAPG-B—committee offers revised exchange format for transferring geologic and petroleum data: Geobyte, v. 5, n. 2, p. 11–21.</ref> For log curves, the Schlumberger LIS (log information standard) has become a de facto standard, and extensions to it have been proposed.<ref name=pt08r8>Froman, N. L., 1989, DLIS—API Digital Log Interchange Standard: The Log Analyst, v. 30, n. 5, p. 390–394.</ref> Another log data format called LAS, for log ASCII standard, has been proposed by the Canadian Well Logging Society,<ref name=pt08r20>Struyk, C., Bishop, R., Fortune, D., Foster, E., Gordon, D., d'Haene, T., Joyce, D., Kenny, S., Kowalchuk, H., Stadnyk, M., 1990, LAS—a floppy disk standard for log data: Geobyte, v. 5, n. 2, p. 23–29.</ref> which may supplant LIS. The Society of Exploration Geophysicists oversees several standards for seismic data formats, the most common being SEGY for seismic trace data and SEGP1 for location data. A de facto standard for offshore shotpoint location (also called navigation) data is the UKOOA format, from the United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association. A format for transferring wellsite data called WITS, for wellsite information transfer standard, has been proposed by the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC).<ref name=pt08r18>Rose, R. J., Taylor, M. R., Jantzen, R. E., 1989, Information transfer standards for well-site data: Geobyte, v. 4, n. 2, p. 9–13.</ref> |