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(1) Usually, the projecting portion of the body of a sonde, containing detection and measuring devices, which is pressed firmly against the face of the formation with enough force to cut into mud cake. This minimizes the effects of the borehole when using shallow investigative svstems (i.e., density, sidewall neutron techniques, etc.)

(2) Sometimes referred to as pad.

terms/skid.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/22 08:42 by 127.0.0.1