TRONDHEIM/STAVANGER, NORWAY – Eni Norge AS and RESMAN are partners in a DEMO2000 sponsored project to develop environmentally friendly tracers for oil production monitoring. The technology can be used to reduce environmental impact in sensitive areas like the Barents Sea and in the Arctic.
Protecting the environment is a first priority for Eni when exploiting hydrocarbon reserves in sensitive areas. This technology can help in optimizing production and reducing the amount of produced water without adding harmful substances to the environment.
According to RESMAN CEO Oddvar Solemsli, “Tracer technology is playing an ever more important role in production monitoring in the oil sector, which means that the quantity of tracer material installed in wells is increasing. It is therefore imperative for us to make sure that our tracers are environmentally friendly and this project will be a milestone in that development.”
The objective of the DEMO2000 project is to develop a new class of green tracers based on biological molecules with extremely low detection limits and negligible environmental impact. The project includes development of design criteria for tracer molecules, analysis of tracer behavior in different well fluids and chemical stability in Arctic conditions. The developed systems will be tested in a field trial in Alaska.