Reservoir And Fluid Analysis News

 

New technologies for changing environments and reservoirs

Sep 01, 2014

SBM Offshore discusses some of the company’s developing technologies and how it is working toward unlocking reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. Exploration for fields further offshore and in deeper waters is leading to the development of more complex reservoirs…

ONS: Schlumberger picks up innovation award

Aug 27, 2014

Schlumberger has picked up this year's ONS innovation award for GeoSphere, its reservoir mapping while drilling service. The ONS SME innovation award went to Fishbones for its stimulation system and Tore Halvorsen, FMC Technologies' senior vice president responsible for global subsea…

Sampling the pre-salt

Aug 01, 2014

Internal and external rupture disks. Photos from Halliburton.  Halliburton’s Antônio Mataruco…

SBM Offshore discusses new fluid swivel

Jun 09, 2014

EnergyMakers' Russ Capper interviews SBM Offshore's Group Technology Director Michael Wyllie about the company's very high pressure (VHP) fluid swivel technology. The swivel earned SBM Offshore a Spotlight award at the 2014 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston…

Schlumberger launches new drilling and mapping technology

May 21, 2014

Schlumberger has launched a new technology, the GeoSphere reservoir mapping-while-drilling service, which has been tested in more than 140 wells worldwide. The new technology gives operators an opportunity to optimize well landing operations…

Rock analysis enters new area

Apr 08, 2014

Scanning electron microscope(SEM)imaging and analysis offers 2D and 3D images to visualize texture and pore connectivity in unconventional reservoirs. Schlumberger's CoreFlow services combine…

Kenya well Sunbird-1 inconclusive

Mar 17, 2014

The Sunbird-1 exploration well in area L10A offshore southern Kenya is to be plugged and abandoned after finding hydrocarbons. Pancontinental Oil & Gas, which holds 18.75% WI in the BG Group-operated well, said while hydrocarbons were found…

Tracerco opens Muscat facility

Jan 30, 2014

Tracerco is expanding its reservoir-tracing services in the Middle East with a move to a larger premises in Oman and a new purpose built lab in Abu Dhabi, adding to the existing operational base. The new Oman building sits in an industrial area of Muscat called Al Jufneen…

Well situation on Snorre A

Jan 20, 2014

Statoil is working to secure a well drilled from its Snorre A platform in the North Sea, after drilling fluid was lost during operations on Saturday night.Drilling fluid is used to maintain pressure in a well during drilling. Statoil…

Subsea multiphase sampling

Dec 04, 2013

Subsea sampling can help increase PVT accuracy and improve subsea multiphase meter performance.  Test lines for subsea well testing cost as much as US$60 million and come with logistical and well intervention challenges. Eivind Gransaether explains…

ATCE13: Schlumberger releases HD imaging-while-drilling service

Sep 30, 2013

Schlumberger announced today the release of the MicroScope high-definition (HD) imaging-while-drilling service. The MicroScope HD service provides logging-while-drilling (LWD) imaging for reservoir description to enable detailed fracture…

ATCE13: Senergy launches new well data analysis tool

Sep 30, 2013

Senergy Software released its latest generation, multi-discipline, well data analysis and interpretation tool, IPTM. The powerful IPTM version 4.2, which has been further developed and enhanced by Senergy Software’s team of technical experts…

ALS acquires Reservoir Group

Sep 01, 2013

ALS Ltd moved to acquire Reservoir Group for US$533 million from SCF Partners. Reservoir’s existing senior management team has committed to continue in the business and is rolling over approximately 50% of their equity in Reservoir into ALS shares…

Speedy, accurate assessment of deepwater reservoirs

Sep 01, 2013

Standard coring methods often yield incomplete reservoir fluid information. Doug Kinsella, managing director of Corpro, describes a new coring system that provides better information while saving rig time. Deepwater finds are now playing a crucial role in replacing global reserves…

ALS acquires Reservoir and Earth Data

Aug 23, 2013

ALS entered into an agreement to acquire Reservoir Group for US $533 million (9.6 x Reservoir's FY2013 EBITDA). The transaction follows extensive due diligence undertaken by ALS on Reservoir as a part of an exclusive sale process. Reservoir…

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