PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Schlumberger introduces new wireline services

Schlumberger Oilfield Services has introduced a new family of wireline measurement services. Known as “Scanner,” the new services will deliver “more simultaneous radial measurements, in true 3D, and at multiple depths of investigation, to help clients fully characterize the subsurface environment and better understand their reservoirs,” the company said. The three initial Scanner services consist of an acoustic scanning platform, a multiarray triaxial induction tool and a nuclear magnetic resonance logging tool.

“At Schlumberger, we continually test the limits of existing technology, in an effort to respond to the technical and economic challenges of complex reservoirs and extreme environments,” said Sami Iskander, president, wireline, Schlumberger. “The innovative Scanner family of services reduces uncertainty and helps clients to better understand their subsurface formations, which ultimately leads to vastly improved technical and business decisions for the lifetime performance of their oil or gas asset.”

The acoustic platform, known as Sonic Scanner, uses state-of-the-art technology to provide “multiple depths of investigation, excellent waveform quality and user-friendly presentations that simplify the complexity of sonic logging, without compromising the quality and quantity of information,” the company said. The induction tool, known as Rt Scanner, “provides direct measurements to evaluate the vertical and horizontal resistivity around the wellbore, as well as the dip and azimuth of the formation, in true 3D.” The nuclear magnetic resonance tool, known as MR Scanner, provides “a detailed formation evaluation of the near-wellbore region, fluid identification and in-situ hydrocarbon characterization.”

Schlumberger says that use of the new services has already improved well data collection in several locations, including places where the geology is especially difficult to log.

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