Analyzing Hydrocarbons in the Borehole

Oilfield Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Betancourt, Soraya ^a,c,d,e   Fujisawa, Go ^a,c,d   Mullins, Oliver C ^a,c   Carnegie, Andrew ^a   Dong, Chengli ^a,d   Kurkjian, Andrew ^a,c,d,h   Eriksen, Kåre Otto ^a,f   Haggag, Mostafa ^b   Jaramillo, Antonio R ^b,g   Terabayashi, Harry ^a,d  

^a Ridgefield CT ^*

^b ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

^c SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^e PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^f STATOIL   (Norway)

^g EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^h SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID ANALYSIS; FLUID COMPOSITION;

COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID FUELS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPECTROMETERS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0346778574     PISSN: 09231730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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2. Andrews RJ, Beck G, Castelijns K, Chen A, Cribbs ME, Fadnes FH, Irvine-Fortescua J, Williams S, Hashem M, Jamaluddin A, Kurkjian A, Sass B, Mullins OC, Rylander E and Van Dusen A: "Quantifying Contamination Using Color of Crude and Condensate," Oilfield Review 13, no. 3 (Autumn 2001): 24-43.
3. For more on phase diagrams and pseudofluids: "Composing Pseudofluids" in: Afilaka JO, Bahamaish J, Bowen G, Bratvedt K, Holmes JA, Miller T, Fjerstad P, Grinestaff G, Jalali Y, Lucas C, Jimenez Z, Lolomari T, May E and Randall E: "Improving the Virtual Reservoir," Oilfield Review 13, no. 1 (Spring 2001): 44-45.
4. Andrews et al, reference 2.
5. Mullins OC, Beck GF, Cribbs ME, Terebayeshi T and Kegasawa K: "Downhole Determination of GOR on Single-Phase Fluids by Optical Spectroscopy," Transactions of the SPWLA 42nd Annual Logging Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, June 17-20, 2001, paper M. Dong C, Hegeman PS, Elshahawi H, Mullins OC, Fujisawa G and Kurkjian A: "Advances in Downhole Contamination Monitoring and GOR Measurement of Formation Fluid Samples," Transactions of the SPWLA 44th Annual Logging Symposium, Galveston, Texas, USA, June 22-25, 2003, paper FF.
6. Mullins OC, Beck GF, Cribbs ME, Terebayeshi T and Kegasawa K: "Downhole Determination of GOR on Single-Phase Fluids by Optical Spectroscopy," Transactions of the SPWLA 42nd Annual Logging Symposium, Houston, Texas, USA, June 17-20, 2001, paper M. Dong C, Hegeman PS, Elshahawi H, Mullins OC, Fujisawa G and Kurkjian A: "Advances in Downhole Contamination Monitoring and GOR Measurement of Formation Fluid Samples," Transactions of the SPWLA 44th Annual Logging Symposium, Galveston, Texas, USA, June 22-25, 2003, paper FF.
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8. For more on visible and near-infrared light interactions with crude oil: Andrews et al, reference 2.
9. Nonhydrocarbon compounds found in oil, such as those containing nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, also contribute to color. Dark oils can contain large amounts of these components.
10. 2-connects to a carbon atom on each side of the indicated carbon atom.
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12. Van Agthoven MA, Fujisawa G, Rabbito P and Mullins OC: "Near-Infrared Spectral Analysis of Gas Mixtures," Applied Spectroscopy 56, no. 5 (2002): 593-598. Fujisawa G, van Agthoven MA, Jenet F, Rabbito PA and Mullins OC: "Near-Infrared Compositional Analysis of Gas and Condensate Reservoir Fluids at Elevated Pressures and Temperatures," Applied Spectroscopy 56, no. 12(2002): 1615-1620.
13. 4.
14. 3]; and gases have GOR greater than 50,000 scf/bbl.
15. Fujisawa G, Mullins OC, Dong C, Carnegie A, Betancourt SS, Terabayashi T, Yoshida S, Jaramillo AR and Haggag M: "Analyzing Reservoir Fluid Composition In-Situ in Real Time: Case Study in a Carbonate Reservoir," paper SPE 64092, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, USA, October 5-8, 2003.
16. Høier L and Whltson CH: "Compositional Grading - Theory and Practice," paper SPE 63085, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, October 1-4, 2000. For another compositional-gradient example: Metcalfe RS, Vogel JL and Morris RW: "Compositional Gradients in the Anschutz Ranch East Field," paper SPE 14412, SPE Reservoir Engineering 3, no. 3 (August 1988): 1025-1032.
17. Høier L and Whltson CH: "Compositional Grading - Theory and Practice," paper SPE 63085, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, USA, October 1-4, 2000. For another compositional-gradient example: Metcalfe RS, Vogel JL and Morris RW: "Compositional Gradients in the Anschutz Ranch East Field," paper SPE 14412, SPE Reservoir Engineering 3, no. 3 (August 1988): 1025-1032.
18. One way for a molecule to decay from an excited state is by emitting a photon. If some of the excitation energy has dissipated, for example through collision, the reemitted light is at a lower energy than the absorbed light.