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Title: Realism In Oil Measurement
Author: L. m. Davis
Source: 1975 International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
Year Published: 1975
Abstract: Realists in any human endeavour usually get a bad name from Idealists. That famous exponent of Realpolitik Prince Bismarck, for example, said in effect that history is not determined by Resolutions passed at democratic congresses, but by blood and iron. The idealists insist that Bismarck advocated a policy of blood and iron. Realists reply that he did not advocate it, but simply said thats how history seems to develop. Realism applied to oil measurement seeks to keep in mind the practical limits of accuracy, and to guard against excursions into fantasy to bring the whole process into perspective, so that the measurement practitioner will neither waste time pursuing the impossible nor put up with sloppiness. To paraphrase Bismarcks famous dictum, a measurement realist would say that accuracy is not achieved by High Hopes or Government Regulators, but by software and hardware.

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