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Detector Blade Face With Respect to Highside (BFH)
This is the name of a log measured along a well bore (a well-log). The acronym BFH can be found in any (ASCII) log files provided by the logging company. The full name for this log used in the industry is 'Detector Blade Face With Respect to Highside'. This log is not used too often in the industry. Use this log to investigate the angle measured clockwise from top of hole to tool angular reference point in the plane perpendicular to the tool axis, viewed from above the tool.This log usually has the unit 'Plane Angle'. This is the angular displacement between two lines extending from the same point, measured in the plane of the two lines.
Data from this log can be used to investigate the relative bearing of the tool.