Neuralog, LP

Our Mission
Our mission is to develop and deliver technologies and services that contribute to our customers’ success, while creating a corporate environment that fosters employees’ professional growth and well being.

Strategic Vision
Our goal is to be the leading provider of automated data selection, preparation, quality control and archiving solutions and services. By facilitating this fundamental and essential workflow, we will provide seamless interconnectivity to industry-standard systems so that customers may more quickly convert their data to knowledge.


•Develop and deliver best-of-class products and quality service

•Focus on core competencies of imaging, mapping, and the ability to match technical solutions/workflows to problems

•Use enabling technology wherever possible to enhance product delivery

•Facilitate the conversion of data into knowledge

•Maintain strategic alliances with customers and 3rd party vendors so that we can quickly respond to changing needs

•Select best-in-field professionals to ensure customer satisfaction which will be an essential element of our corporate growth
Company Profile
Neuralog was founded in 1991 to find creative solutions for problems in the petroleum industry through the application of advanced computer science technologies and client direction. Today Neuralog software solutions are recognized around the world as the best digitizing and exploration reconnaissance tools available. Currently, over 1000 customers in 70 countries use Neuralog products. These include majors, small independents, and many digitizing service centers. Neuralog has signed agreements with several of the world's largest computer-aided exploration software companies to be incorporated with, and enhance, their own software solutions.

Neuralog is committed to remaining customer focused. Our staff trains and supports Neuralog users, providing service both before and after purchase. We at Neuralog understand that our success is tied to our customers' success and we strive to ensure both through excellent products and service. We are dedicated to maintaining our leadership in the field of paper to vector data capture and other cutting-edge products that enable the geoscientist to be more efficient and accurate.

Product History
1991
Upon completion of initial market evaluations, it became clear that although there was a variety of software available for petroleum exploration, there was no efficient means of converting maps and well logs into digital form so computers could use the information.

1992
NeuraLog is introduced at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts annual conferences. Utilizing neural network driven automatic curve tracing and incorporating suggestions from NeuraLog users, it becomes known as the best well log digitizing tool available.

1995
NeuraMap is created to automate data capture for maps and drawings. Designed primarily through customer input and modeled after NeuraLog, it is selected by Landmark Graphics as a replacement product for ZCAP. NeuraMap’s vast capabilities enable it to be applied to other industries such as Environmental Planning and Protection as well as the Petroleum Industry.

1998
NeuraSection, is released as the world's first hybrid cross section tool. It utilizes standard raster well log images or digital well log files, allowing the geoscientist to create fully functional cross sections in a matter of minutes. NeuraSection greatly reduces evaluation time thereby significantly increasing productivity.

Neuralog Consulting Services is formed at the request of Neuralog clients to aid them in retrieving valuable data in a timely and cost effective manner. Neuralog's staff of highly qualified and experienced technicians, as well as a full time geologist, ensures accurate data capture and rapid turn around time.

1999
NeuraScanner is developed as the first continuous feed, unlimited length scanner and copier produced specifically for the Oil and Gas Industry. It is designed to fit into a standard size briefcase and weigh less than 15 pounds. Now previously inaccessible data can be regenerated and utilized at the convenience of the geoscientist.

2000 - 2006
Improvements are made to all Neuralog software applications in the Neuralog Professional Suite with regular releases. Development of NeuraDB begins, Neuralog's database and archival application.

2004
Neuralog begins offering the NeuraLaser well log printer.

2006
NeuraScanner 2 is released with significant improvements in both board and image sensor technology. The new NeuraScanner produces a crisper image, is quieter, and scans significantly faster than its predecessor.

2007
NeuraDB is released in both North and South America. Volumetrics and Reserves functionality is added to the NeuraMap Digitizing Software.

2009
Neuralog releases the NeuraLaserColor, an innovative high speed color well log printer. With the fastest print speeds on the market, quality well logs can be produced efficiently and cost effectively.

2011
NeuraJet17 is added to the product line to enable customers to print new wider well log displays up to 17 inches wide.

2012
Neuralog develops a solution for the chemical labeling market to allow for more efficient in-house printing. NeuraLabel is a high speed color, one-pass drum label printer that meets GHS requirements.

Management Team/Staff
Neuralog is a privately held company founded in 1991 by Mr. Robert Best and Mr. Kenneth Land. Neuralog was established to find creative solutions for problems in the petroleum industry through the application of advanced computer science technologies and client interaction. Previously, Mr. Best and Mr. Land worked together in the aerospace industry developing communication simulation software for NASA's space shuttle and space station programs.

Robert E. Best serves as President and CEO of Neuralog. He holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A& M University. Mr. Best is the third generation of his family to be involved in exploration aspects of the Oil and Gas Industry and is a member of the Society of Professional Well Log Analyst as well as other industry associations. Mr. Best cultivates and maintains relationships with other software and data providers that will furnish our mutual customers with a totally integrated workflow solution. Through intensive client interaction, Mr. Best serves a conduit of information regarding the issues and needs of the Neuralog customer directly to the Neuralog development staff. His expertise in workflow design and industry software applications provides him with an appreciation of the economic and technical complexities facing the geoscientist today.

Kenneth P.Land serves as Executive Vice President of Research and Development and as a board member. He also holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A & M University and is an expert in image processing and neural network applications. Mr. Land actively researches advancements in computer technology and applications across a number of industries, incorporating those that would most benefit Neuralog clients. He is also leading the effort to provide Neuralog clients instant product information and interaction via the web. Mr. Land’s extensive product development experience has allowed Neuralog to respond quickly to the changing needs of the Oil and Gas Industry.

The Board of Directors of Neuralog is comprised of Robert Best, President and CEO, Kenneth Land, Executive Vice President of Research and Development and Mr. James Downing, who has served as a director and consultant to Neuralog since December of 1996. Mr. Downing has been involved in the development of Computer Aided Exploration Systems for over 30 years. He founded Zycor, Inc. in 1979 for the purpose of building the petroleum industry’s first interactive mapping and modeling system, ZMAP Plus. Mr. Downing served as President, CEO, and Board Chairman of Zycor until its merger with Landmark Graphics in 1989. In 1992, he was invited to serve on the Board of Directors of Landmark, a position he held until Halliburton Company acquired Landmark Graphics in 1996. While at Landmark, Mr. Downing led a number of major integration activities as well as the development of OpenWorks. With the acquisition of Landmark Graphics by Halliburton Company, Mr. Downing elected to retire from full time employment with the company and pursue other interests, at which time he joined the Neuralog Board of Directors.

The Employees of Neuralog are highly skilled and motivated people. They draw upon a vast array of experiences, which enables Neuralog to provide its customers with imaginative and successful software solutions and services. Our technical skills include software engineering and development, advanced software technologies, and human-computer interface design as well as geology and petroleum engineering experience. It is this set of expertise, along with other supporting skills, that allow us to develop efficient and sophisticated products for the geoscience professional.