Geochemistry While Drilling for

reservoir evaluation
Standard rock sample analysis

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What geochemical analysis on cuttings is for?

On-site geochemical lab

XRD & XRF ANALYZERS

TOC & PYROLISIS ANALYZERS

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 Analytical Equipment and Workflow

XRF
XRD
TOC
S1 S2

Field geochemical laboratory

 Analytical Equipment and Workflow

Field geochemical laboratory

 Production zones isolated thanks to data While
Drilling by X-Ray Fluorescence Tool

well in Middle East – heavy oil base mud, HPHT

Si Al Fe K Ti S Zr Co Mo Cl Ca Cr As Ni Zn V Sn
Portable XRF
Detector
Chemical
markers enable
to identify fault
– formation
change:
production
packers are set
to isolate the
section where
XRF indicates
non-clean
sands. Section isolated with production packers

Case History 710 6

 XRF data vs Azimuthal Resistivity
The elements Al, Zr, V, K, show abundance matching faults identified
by azimuthal resistivity.

Fault

Fault

Landing

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 XRD – Mineralogy log of Gas Shales

well in Europe– mineralogy composition of shale interval

Field XRD Detector

Depth chart
Depth Log

Variation in clay mineral percentage is QUANTIFIED.

Calcite spikes indicate limestone stringers.
Calcite increase at lithological change.

Case History 705 8

 XRD + XRF for carbonates
How to identify XRD XRF
Dolomite in bad
quality samples
(destroyed/cooked by
PDC)?
Calcimetry
Microscopy
With coupled XRD/XRF
the true Dolomitic % is
obtained. Secondary
porosity estimation is
possible.

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Characterization of source rock and organic matter

Data Validation Real-Time geochemistry

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Identification of reservoir quality from chemical
markers

Real-Time geochemical analysis supports Geosteering

Evaluation of unconventional resource play

2013 SPWLA Symposium – New Orleans, June 2013

Evaluation of carbonate reservoir in difficult
HPHT well

Advanced real time mineralogical and

chemical analysis to improve carbonate
characterization in an HP-HT reservoir
(Po Valley – Northern Italy)

Stefano Mazzoni
Operations Geology Team Leader, eni e&p, Italy
C. Carugo, G. Palmeri, E. Previde-Massara, F. Sirtori, S. Venturini (eni
e&p, Italy), G. Ferroni, F. Rivolta (GEOLOG International, Italy).

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