1. n. [Production Logging]

A two-dimensional display, using colors or different grey scales, of the holdup around the borehole versus depth. The x-axis of the image shows different segments of the borehole, normally inside a casing, displayed from the top of the hole clockwise around through the bottom and back to the top again. Depth is in the z-axis, while the values of holdup are represented by different colors or changes from black to white. The holdup image is constructed from between four and eight local probe measurements using interpolation within constraints. Images, sometimes called maps, are also made for bubble count and bubble velocity.

See related terms: bubble count,  electric probe,  local holdup,  optical probe,  production log,  velocity image