Advanced Gas Detection

Formation Evaluation
Table of Contents

1. DUALFID STAR
2. CASE HISTORIES
3. QUALITY CONTROL
4. NEW INSTRUMENTS
5. CONCLUSIONS

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 What is DualFid Star for?
DualFid

DualFid Star

•Helps accurate identification of fluid contacts (Gas-Oil Contact, Oil-

Water contact ) while drilling
•Provides Formation fluid characterization while drilling
•Identifies formation testing points
•Supports LWD data or provides insurance data in case of LWD data
unavailability
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 Utilization of the Data
Can we get more value out of the data?
5 Hexane
7 Benzene
In the interval between nC5 and nC8 we have identified 32 gas 8 Cyclohexane
species (single-branched, multi-branched, cycloalkanes, 10 Heptane
11 MethylCyclohexane
aromatics). 14 Toluene

1
2

3 5

10 11
6 8
4
9
b
7 15 17
12 13 14 16
a c

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 Dualfid Star as part of an Advanced
Gas Detection System
Advanced Gas
flow control

Advanced
gas
Mud Heater extraction

Dual FID Star Dual FID

nC6 to Toluene C1 to C5
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3

Advanced formation Rigorous

fluid interpretation data QC

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Case History – Fluid Identification
Gas Chromatography

DualFid DualFid Star

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Case History – Fluid Identification
Wetness & Balance | C1/sumHC

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Case History – Fluid Identification
Fluid Prediction Crossplot

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Case History – Fluid Identification
Heavy Gas Analysis

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Case History – Fluid Identification
Pixler Plot

Carbonaceus
or dead oil

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 Case History - Identification of Oil Reservoir
with heavy gas detector
well in Romania –Oil Reservoir identified by DualFid Star

Heavy gas peaks

DualFid Star – heavy match very well
gas detection thin sand stringers.

Light Gases do not

provide sharp
Top Gas
indication of top of
oil. Heavy Gases GOC
(nC6 to Toluene )
do.

Gas-Oil Contact
(GOC): gradual
increase of C3-C5,
but clear
identification from
heavy species at
Light Gases Heavy Gases
2784m.

Case History 203 11

Case History
Identified unprognosed light oil interval

Heavy gases
peak

Light Gases Heavy Gases

Case History 206 12

 Case History - Identification of different fluids
while drilling with DualFID Star
Gas Ratio from C6
and C7 heavy
components confirms Light Gases Heavy Gases
DualFid Star and better defines
fluid contact.

Sum C5

GAS

LIGHT OIL /
CONDENSATE

Sum C7 Sum C6
Ternary Plot
Case History 208 13
Case History
Oil-Water Contact identification
NMR data vs Heavy Gas Data

Formation fluids
inferred from NMR
data confirm the heavy
gas data obtained
while drilling.

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 Composition vs PVT

1 fluid compositions of PVT

lab test and field mud gas
detection data are
remarkably similar.
PVT Well1 Gas Well1

All Wells

PVT Well4
Well1 Well5
Well2 Well6
Well3 Well7

a clear fingerprint
emerges comparing PVT
data and the mud gas
composition from other
wells in the block.
 Different Fields, Different Signatures

BC A

Oil reservoir
Oil reservoir
A Gas A
Gas Reservoir
Quantitative Gas Data

Raw Gas Data Quality Recycled Gas

Constant Vol, T and P Control identification

Extraction efficiency Correction for mud

coefficient calculation and gas flow

Quantitative Gas
Data

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 The next step:
DualFid Star Full Scan
Through a series of tests we identified all hydrocarbons eluting between nC5 and nC8:

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Potential of the new instrument

• More complete spectrum of hydrocarbons

• More accurate bulk analysis (vs PVT)
• Advanced geochemical analysis

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Field Results

Identification of full spectrum of C6, C7, C8 HC

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Heavy Gas Ratios

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Maturity Ratio
Application of existing geochemical ratio charts

Maturity increases to the right

From Application of
light hydrocarbons
(C4-C13) to oil/source
rock correlations,
Odden, Patience, Van
Graas, Statoil, 1998

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 Contamination from mud: Alkene Detector

Methane = 1000ppm

Ethylene = 1000ppm
Ethane= 1000ppm Ethylene
Methane
Propylene = 1000ppm Ethane
Propane = 1000ppm

Propylene
Propane

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 Conclusions

• Extraction and detection procedures are crucial for a proper gas analysis.
• Heavy gases analysis extends the high-resolution chromatography of DualFid.
• Measurement of heavy gases and analysis of their ratios improve Real-Time
formation evaluation.
• Heavy hydrocarbon components confirm and often better define fluid contacts
identified by light gases chromatography.
• Identification and characterization of formation fluids is possible thanks to a
full advanced gas detection system.
• Formation fluid signatures are defined more accurately.

Track record: since 2009 more than 100 wells in 4 continents: ENI, Total,
Chevron, KOC, Wintershall, Maersk, OMV/Petrom, Cepsa, Repsol, etc…
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