Geostatistics and Petroleum Geology (Computer Methods in the Geosciences) - Hardcover

Hohn, Michael E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0442232691 ISBN 13: 9780442232696

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988

Synopsis

This is the sixth contribution to the Computer Methods in the Geosciences series­ and it continues the tradition of being practical, germaine, and easy to read. Michael Hohn in his presentation, Geostatistics and Petroleum Geology, nicely compliments the other books in the series and brings to the readers some new techniques by which to analyze their data. New approaches always result in new ideas or enhancement of old ones. The French School of Geostatistiques (Fontainebleau, France) was founded and developed by Georges Matheron in response to problems in mining explo­ ration and exploitation. This approach has been used successfully in that industry since the mid-1960s, but only recently applied to similar problems in petroleum. Likewise, these applications have been successful in this applied field as well and here Hohn gives examples. Standard subjects of the field of geostatistics are explored and discussed-the semivariogram, kriging, cokriging, nonlinear and parametric estimation, and conditional simulation. These may be unrecognizable terms to the readers now, but upon completion of reading the book, they will be fimiliar ones. Each subject is discussed in detail with appropriate and pertinent case studies, taken from the author's own research or from the literature. The author notes the book is for working geologists in the petroleum industry.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Edward Hohn is a senior research geologist with the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey.

Review

`I reviewed that first edition ... with the following conclusion: "This is a highly recommendable book, a starter text for both students and practitioners, and a complementary text to more thoery-oriented publications." I would maintain in all points that recommendation for this long overdue second edition. ... it is easily accessible, it speaks common sense and articulates the theory around examples with real data backed with geological interpretation. I definitely would add Michael Hohn's second edition of Geostatistics and Petroleum Geology to the list of required readings for any introductory class in geostatistics. The book delivers a global picture of the practice of geostatistics in clear, understandable terms. The examples are models of concision, the trademark of a good teacher.'
Andre G. Journel in Mathematical Geology, 32:1 (2000)

Edition details

• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0442232691
• ISBN 13: 9780442232696
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264