Schlumberger announces breakthrough in production logging technology
Schlumberger Oilfield Services announced a breakthrough in production logging technology. The new technology, called
PS PLATFORM, provides E&P operators with the most advanced method of measuring and interpreting fluid flow in
producing wells in the most cost effective manner.
"PS PLATFORM is the next-generation of production logging systems, offering greater reliability, better efficiency
and real-time flow quantification," says Rod Nelson, Vice President of Product Development for Schlumberger Wireline
& Testing. "Its innovative sensors identify the nature of wellbore flow regimes as well as help to significantly
improve confidence in the production diagnosis.
These new sensors also provide pinpoint accuracy to eliminate inconclusive surveys, even in difficult production log
environments such as deviated or high water cut wells."
The PS PLATFORM string is compact and has been designed with flexibility in mind, with the operator having the choice
of acquiring data in real time orstoring it inside the tool's memory, for retrieval after completion of the
operation. Significantly, both modes of operation utilise the same sensors allowing superior resolution and coherent
data sets. Compared with standard measurement tools, PS PLATFORM is smaller, faster, more reliable and more efficient
to run.
"During world-wide field testing over a wide range of environmental and geographical conditions, the tool's
reliability and efficiency provided significant savings to our clients, enhancing recovery and improving management
of oil company assets. This new service will prove to be of tremendous value to producers in today's cost-sensitive
environment and when combined with additional new Production technology currently in testing, operators will have
unprecedented capability to modify and therefore maximise production," added Nelson.
