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LWD Log Headers – 3 Styles to Suit Your Requirements

Mezintel Gamma features three LWD log header styles with variation in format, bit run holding capacity, and content (e.g. emphasis on either casings info or mud properties).
A brief summary of these three headers is as follows:

1. Standard Header

LWD Log Header

Basic header for logs with 6 bit runs maximum.

The standard header is a brief, suitable for short jobs with a maximum of six bit runs. This header includes all baseline info for an MWD/LWD drilling job as shown here.
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Switching Between MWD Tags and WITS for Communication

The job templates in Mezintel Gamma software are preconfigured to understand appropriate data formats for each MWD platform / system.
So for example, if you choose the XXT Template then your job will only understand incoming MWD data in the form Tag data (i.e. qTalk):

Gamma = Value

This configuration is correct if your Mezintel Gamma PC is receiving data directly from the XXT device, but if the data is coming from an XXT PC then that data is actually WITS data.
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