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Field proof of technology

TRONDHEIM, NORWAY - StatoilHydro agreed to use RESMAN's tracer system in a well in its Skinfaks field. Formation water was detected by the multiphase meter and was later verified by the RESMAN tracer system, providing the first proof of the technology through a field test.

"We decided to try out the tracer-based permanent monitoring in a well with sufficient instrumentation to verify the technology.  When we observed water breakthrough, we shut in the different DIACS zones and concluded from the muiltiphase meter that the water was coming from the toe," said Eirik Aspenes, Process Engineer of StatoilHydro. "RESMAN's tracer system verified that the water was coming from the toe section,  which indicates that  the technology works."

"We are not surprised although delighted that what we see in the lab also works in the field.  With what we are currently seeing in the lab, production monitoring is going to change dramatically to the better in the next few months," said CEO Oddvar Solemsli of RESMAN.