PPPEDIA was a project initially started by the Data Standards and Best Practices Group in 2006.  It aimed to address some of the Frequently Asked Questions which Formation Evaluation professionals have or get.

The project started as a community-built online reference which we had called  PPPEDIA, for PetroPhysics encycloPEDIA.  Subsequently the project was migrated to Wikipedia as a Wikiproject on Formation Evaluation.

For reference, here are some of the questions which we felt should be addressed:

• Depth: which curve to use as reference?
• How to structure a logging program?
• How to structure a core analysis program?
• How to structure a well log interpretation report
• What remarks to put on the log header?
• Rw catalogue for Western Australia?  (on-going)
• Rw: methods for Rw in the hydrocarbon zone
• Laterolog vs. Induction
• Overview of versions and vintages of logging tools
• Good practices: units, e.g. PU, W/W, V/V, G/CC, G/C3, etc
• Overview of drilling mud names, additives, LCM
• Log header: Time Since Circulation
• Recommended log processing sequence
• Definitions of porosity
• How to edit logs?
• How to determine the correct scales for N-D logs?
• How to choose cutoffs?
• Which GR do I pick as reference for the well?
• What information to record during and after a logging job?
• What does this mud additive / LCM do to my logs?
• How to “integrate” core data to a log interpretation?
• How to “normalize” log data?  
• How to “normalize” core data?
• What is this log mnemonic?
• What is does this log parameter do?
• What is “stick-and-pull” and what to do about it?
• How accurate is MWD depth?
• In what sequence was the log recorded?
• Well / hole naming conventions?
• How to define the required lab conditions for core analysis?

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FESAus, the Formation Evaluation Society of Australia, is the Australian chapter of the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA). It was born in July 2007 of the integration of the Formation Evaluation societies of different states of Australia. 

Its aims are to provide a technical monthly forum for geoscientists focused on all aspects of formation evaluation, from new tools available to new techniques and approaches to analysing reservoirs, and to encourage formation evaluation professionals to network.

In line with the founding principles of the SPWLA, FESAus is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the science of Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation, including well logging, coring, and other formation evaluation techniques and to the application of these techniques to the exploitation of gas, oil and other minerals, particularly in Australia. 

FESAus also aims to provide information services to scientists in the Australian petroleum and mineral industries, to serve as a voice of shared interests in the profession, to play a major role in education in Petrophysics, and to increase awareness of the contribution of Petrophysics to the Oil and Gas industry.

Currently membership (2016) is over 150 geoscientists from all over Australia and beyond. Join our free mailing list to stay informed of our events and activities – or better yet: become a member and enjoy the benefits of FESAus membership.  Membership is free for Australia-based SPWLA members in good standing.

We welcome your input, comments and feedback!  Our contact address is P.O. Box 7081, Shenton Park, WA 6008, and our trading address is 40 Commercial Road, Shenton  Park, Perth WA 6008, Australia.

We are proud that FESAus hosted the 51th SPWLA Annual Symposium in 2010 in Perth, Western Australia.  Other flagship activities include:

• A yearly FESAus “New Technology Day”, in September, with alternating focus on software and hardware;
• A yearly FESAus “Student Day”, in October, with the award of FESAus’s Hugh Crocker Scholarship to support and encourage a particularly meritous student of Formation Evaluation in Australia;
• Regular “Master Classes” which we also aim to take to every capital city of the Australian Federation active in the oil and gas industry;

and more… Read about all this on this website.