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Aberdeen Events
| A Decade of Formation Testing | |
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27 January 2010 at 18:30
Open on Wednesday | |
| Location | Aberdeen |
| Venue | Douglas Hotel, Aberdeen |
| Category | EVENING MEETING |
| Description | Over a decade has passed since the introduction of the third-generation (pumping) formation testing tools. Representative formation samples and pressures are now possible even in the toughest environmental conditions. These successes come as a result of numerous trials, failures and learnings. The learnings include how to manipulate the available technology downhole and at surface in order to overcome averse conditions. This lecture will review the best practices, tricks of the trade and the state of the art techniques that we have employed to avoid failures and to successfully assess reservoir fluid properties in the early stages of a discovery. Some o the challenges that will be discussed include successful sampling of low under-saturated hydrocarbon accumulations, as well as how to sample low condensate gas ratio. (CGR) and other near-critical fluids. These measures help insure proper fluid input to system selection and development options. The lecture will also discuss common problems that relate to pressure gradients interpretation and its major effects on discovery volumes. The effects of wettability and supercharging on pressure points and how to avoid them will be discussed. A new method of pressure acquisition will be proposed to avoid these pitfalls. It can possibly detect inaccuracies in assessing fluid contacts form pressure gradients. Finally, alterations of the PVT samples due to common mishandling practices will be pointed out. The critical value of formation sampling and testing to formation evaluation will be demonstrated. Formation testing has come a long way in the last decade |
| Cost | £25, £20 (members) £5 students (via chapters) |
| Contact | Hulse Rodger & Co |
| Phone | 01224 495051 |
| WebSite | www.hulse-rodger.com |
| spe@hulse-rodger.com | |
| Files |  MNH SPE Distinguished Lecturer 2009 Rev1.pdf (PDF 780.9 KB) Download time approx. 4m 49s at 28 Kbps Download time approx. 2m 54s at 56 Kbps Download time approx. 1m 50s at 128 Kbps Download time approx. 0m 12s at 512 Kbps |