DATE-dip algorithm testing and evaluating workbench

Dipmeter is a well logging tool for measuring formation dip, that is, the angle and the direction of the tilt of the underground formation. It does this by measuring focused microresistivity in a few places on the circumference of the hole. If the formation is dipping the resulting measurements will be displaced in relation to each other. From these displacements one can compute the dip by applying standard formulas of analytical geometry. However, finding these displacements is far from a standard problem. The need for effective reservoir description poses ever great challenges and necessitates the development of better, more stable and precise dip computation algorithms. This paper describes a development environment which was designed and programmed specifically to develop and test dip computation algorithms. The author describes the geological considerations that went into the design and their implementation. The author also briefly discusses the results achieved using this environment, namely, new dip computation algorithms. The immediate benefit of the DATE workbench is therefore the development of new dip computation algorithms. In addition, it can serve either as a base or as a model for developing processing algorithms for other tools