Halliburton uses new high-pressure reservoir sampler

Offshore staff

ABERDEEN, UK Halliburton has deployed its Armada sampling system to capture bottomhole samples of reservoir fluid for Oilexco North Sea Ltd. The system was loaded and collected nine samples in a drillstem test at 228°F (109°C) and 3,500 psi well conditions.

A second well was sampled at bottomhole temperature of 260°F (127°C) and 10,170 psi bottomhole static pressure. Samples were collected uncontaminated by drilling fluids while expediting turnaround time and eliminated the use of wireline.

The Armada sampling system requires minimal rig-up and run-in time plus operates in normal or hostile cased hole environments. Because samples are maintained in a single phase, the sampler also eliminates surface re-combinations.

09/05/2007