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Electrical Properties (Focused Current and Spontaneous Potential) Logging

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In this chapter I continue the discussion of resistivity logging with focused current resistivity tools and the natural borehole potential or spontaneous potential (SP) log.

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Etnyre, L.M. (1989). Electrical Properties (Focused Current and Spontaneous Potential) Logging. In: Finding Oil and Gas from Well Logs. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5230-4_6

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