WO2015006552A1 - System and method for logging isotope fractionation effects during mud gas logging - Google Patents
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- Well bores are drilled to locate and produce hydrocarbons from geologic formations.
- a down hole drilling tool with a bit at an end thereof is advanced into the geologic formation to form a well bore.
- a drilling mud is pumped through the drilling tool and out the drilling tool to cool the drilling tool and carry away cuttings.
- the drilling mud additionally forms a mud cake that lines the well bore.
- Formation evaluation often requires that fluid from the formation be drawn into the down hole tool for testing and/or sampling.
- Various devices such as probes, are extended from the down hole tool to establish fluid communication with the formation surrounding the well bore and to draw fluid into the down hole tool.
- a typical probe is a circular element extended from the down hole tool and positioned against the sidewall of the well bore.
- a rubber packer at the end of the probe is used to create a seal with the wall of the well bore.
- Another device used to form a seal with the well bore is referred to as a dual packer.
- With a dual packer two elastomeric rings expand radially about the tool to isolate a portion of the well bore there between. The rings form a seal with the well bore wall and permit fluid to be drawn into the isolated portion of the well bore and into an inlet in the down hole tool.
- the mud cake lining the well bore is often useful in assisting the probe and/or dual packers in making the seal with the well bore wall.
- fluid from the formation is drawn into the down hole tool through an inlet by lowering the pressure in the down hole tool.
- Examples of probes and/or packers used in down hole tools are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 6,301,959; 4,860,581; 4,936, 139; 6,585,045; 6,609,568 and 6,719,049 and U.S. Patent Application No. 2004/0000433.
- Formation evaluation is typically performed on fluids drawn into the down hole tool. Techniques currently exist for performing various measurements, pretests and/or sample collection of fluids that enter the down hole tool.
- Fluid passing through the down hole tool may be tested to determine various down hole parameters or properties.
- the thermophysical properties of hydrocarbon reservoir fluids such as viscosity, density and phase behavior of the fluid at reservoir conditions, may be used to evaluate potential reserves, determine flow in porous media and design completion, separation, treating, and metering systems, among others.
- Formation evaluation may also be performed on gasses entering the drilling mud.
- One technique for performing this evaluation is known in the art as gas phase chromatography.
- Gas phase chromatography is a technique which may be used for the separation and quantification of mud gas components. Mud gas analysis using gas phase chromatography may allow monitoring of the drilling process for safety and performing a pre-evaluation of the type of fluids encountered in drilled formations.
- a gas extractor (often called degasser) such as the Geoservices Extractor, U.S. Pat. No. 7,032,444 may be used.
- selective membranes and sonication have been used to release gas from the drilling fluid.
- the mud gases may be transported and analyzed directly in a mud logging unit. It may be desirable to perform a qualitative and/or quantitative continuous compositional or isotopic analysis on fluids involved in mud gas analysis to be able to characterize the hydrocarbons present in the drilled formations versus depth. The more measurements performed, the better the level of resolution of gas events described by the mud logging services.
- Real time isotope logging as well as spot sampling introduce many challenges for obtaining isotopic composition of gases representative of the formation gas or results of PVT-sample quality (results comparable to fluid samples taken from reservoir at reservoir pressure and temperature conditions).
- Main challenges include contamination by hydrocarbons generated via bit metamorphism (Faber et al. 1988, Wenger et al. 2009) and by gases recycled in mud during drilling operation. Whether isotopically unchanged or fractionated by surface degassing, the recycled gas will mix with formation gas and to certain extent affect the composition of the measured gas that is coming out with the mud.
- Mud degassing in general, will preferentially leave heavier gas species (e.g. 13 C- enriched) retained in the mud to the degree controlled by i) a and ii) fraction of gas species not- degassed.
- mud gas fraction extracted for analysis in a mud gas extractor will likely by slightly C-depleted, as such extraction is never complete and the liberated gas will be 12 C-enriched.
- the degree of gas retention and recycling in mud as well as the isotopic fractionation during mud degassing can vary with mud and atmospheric conditions (e.g. temperature), time each portion of mud spends at the surface conditions exposed to atmosphere, type of mud (e.g. water based mud or oil based mud), type of additives (e.g. with sorption affinity for hydrocarbon gases, such as lignite), mud salinity, mud density, intensity of mud agitation and/or centrifuging on the surface, type of shale shakers, etc.
- Correction for extraction efficiency coefficient (EEC) for gaseous hydrocarbons has been successfully applied by using isobaric and isothermal conditions in a constant volume- degasser (Frechin and Breviere 2006).
- the present disclosure is directed to techniques to generate isotopic compositions of formation gas entering drilling mud from a geologic formation during a well drilling operation in which drilling mud is recirculated through the well-bore being formed by a drilling tool.
- the isotopic compositions of gas are preferably determined by equipment located outside of the well-bore.
- C and H isotopes in methane) of interest measured at the surface depends on (i) level of retention of a gas species in the mud (recycled gas fraction) and on (ii) isotopic fractionation associated with mud degassing on the surface, as well as (iii) on contribution of the recycled gas in relation to formation gas.
- the system and processes described herein measures the isotopic compositions of formation gas and recycled gas within the drilling mud, and then determines the isotopic composition of the formation gas by correcting for isotopic compositions of the recycled gas.
- the present disclosure describes a mud gas analyzer for analyzing drilling mud.
- the mud gas analyzer is provided with at least one degasser, at least one gas analyzer, and a computer system.
- the degasser is adapted to extract gas from drilling mud passing through a flow path formed at least partially by a drill string within a well and an annulus positioned between an exterior surface of the drill string and a formation surrounding the well at a well-site.
- two degassers for mud IN and mud OUT
- extracted gas may travel towards the analyzer via a gas line, for example.
- Constant gas flow within the gas line may be assured by a gas flow restrictor.
- a gas analyzer might be instead placed directly at the degasser.
- the gas analyzer interacts with the mud gas passing through the flow path and generates a sequence of signals indicative of the gas molecular compositions (methane, ethane, propane, etc.) and ratios of isotopes of a gas species (e.g. 13 C/ 12 C of methane) within the drilling mud.
- the computer system includes a processor adapted to execute logic to cause the processor to receive the sequence of signals and calculate and log isotopic characteristics of formation gas entering the drilling mud at particular locations of the well (i.e. X, Y, Z, e.g. latitude, longitude, TVD).
- Logging isotopic characteristics of formation gas may be accomplished by accessing information indicative of a geometry of the well, a tool string positioned within the well, and optionally other components of the well site, including mud flow pumps, and the like, i) receive the sequence of signals, and ii) calculate and log. Such calculations may include synchronization of gas IN and OUT at the drilling bit, depth projection of time-synchronized data, gas molecular composition, isotopic ratios and any corrections (e.g. for extraction efficiency, contamination or recycling) to finally arrive at gas molecular and isotopic compositions of the formation gas.
- the present disclosure describes a well-site system including a drill string, a container for containing drilling mud, a mud pump, at least one degasser, at least one gas analyzer, and a computer system.
- the drill string includes a drilling tool positioned in a formation to bore a well through the formation thereby creating an annulus between an exterior surface of the drill string and the formation.
- the well has an entrance created by the initial boring of the well.
- a container containing drilling mud is fluidly connected to the entrance of the well to receive drilling mud from the well.
- the mud pump includes an inlet receiving the drilling mud from the container, and an outlet injecting drilling mud into the drill string through a flow path formed at least partially by the drill string and the annulus.
- the degasser is adapted to extract gas from drilling mud passing through a flow path formed at least partially by the drill string within the well and the annulus.
- two degassers for mud IN and mud OUT are required to maintain constant volume, mud flow and temperature (including constant, and same temperatures of the degassers), and to assure direct quantitative comparison of gas IN and gas OUT.
- extracted gas may travel towards the analyzer via a gas line, for example. Constant gas flow within the gas line may be assured by a regulator such as a micrometric valve, a restrictor or any other gas flow regulating device.
- a gas analyzer might be instead placed directly at the degasser.
- the gas analyzer interacts with the mud gas passing through the flow path and generates a sequence of signals indicative of the gas molecular compositions (methane, ethane, propane, etc.) and ratios of isotopes of a gas species (e.g. 13 C/ 12 C of methane) within the drilling mud.
- the at least one gas analyzer is adapted to interact with the gas passing through the flow path, and to generate a sequence of signals indicative of ratios of isotopes of a species of gas extracted from the drilling mud.
- the computer system includes a processor adapted to execute logic to cause the processor to calculate and log the isotopic characteristics of gas entering the drilling mud at particular locations of the well. Calculating and logging isotopic characteristics can be accomplished by accessing information indicative of the geometry of the well and the tool string within the well. .
- the present disclosure describes a computer system including one or more non-transitory computer readable medium storing processor executable code.
- the processor executable code is processed by the one or more processors of the computer system.
- the processor receives information indicative of the geometry of the well, and the geometry of the tool string from one or more communication devices and/or input devices of the computer system.
- the processor receives a sequence of signals indicative of ratios of isotopes of gas species of gas extracted from drilling mud from the one or more communication devices and/or input devices of the computer system.
- the processor receives a signal indicative of a flow rate of the drilling mud passing through the flow path from the one or more communication devices, and/or input devices of the computer system.
- the computer system then processes and calculates and logs isotopic characteristics of gas entering the drilling mud at particular locations of the well (referred to as formation gas) using the information indicative of the geometry of the well, geometry of the tool string, the flow rate of the drilling mud, and the signals indicative of ratios of isotopes of the gas species.
- Figure 1 is a schematic view of one embodiment of a well-site system constructed in accordance with the present disclosure for logging isotopic compositions of gas coming from a geologic formation during continuous real-time mud gas logging.
- Figure 2 is a schematic view of one embodiment of a mud gas analyzer constructed in accordance with the present disclosure.
- Figure 3 is a logic flow diagram of one embodiment of gas analysis logic that causes a processor to calculate and log isotopic characteristics of gas entering the drilling mud at particular locations of the wellbore using a sequence of signals indicative of the ratios of isotopes of a species of gas within the drilling mud generated by at least two gas analyzers (or one gas analyzer emulating two gas analyzers) in accordance with the present disclosure.
- Figure 4 is a logic flow diagram of another embodiment of gas analysis logic that causes a processor to calculate and log isotopic characteristics of gas entering the drilling mud at particular locations of the well using a sequence of signals indicative of the ratios of isotopes of a molecule of gas within the drilling mud generated by a gas analyzer in accordance with the present disclosure.
- Figure 5 is a second embodiment of a portion of a well-site system that is similar in construction to the well-site system of Figure 1, with the exception that the well-site system of Figure 5 is adapted for deep off-shore operations.
- Figure 6 is a logic flow diagram of yet another embodiment of gas analysis logic that causes a processor to calculate and log isotopic characteristics of gas entering the drilling mud at particular locations of the well within the well-site system of Figure 5 that is adapted for deep off-shore operations.
- Figure 7 is a graph showing field observations of isotope fractionation of recycled CI, where the sold line shows observed CI concentrations, and the dashed line shows observations of isotopic compositions values.
- Figure 8 is a graph showing calculated isotope fractionation of CI, C2 and C3 during degassing from the drilling mud.
- Figure 9 is a graph showing exemplary results of a sensitivity study of correction factors of 5 13 C-C1OUT to arrive at 5 13 C-C1 formation using methane (CI) as an example that have been calculated using the formulas described herein.
- Figure 10 is a graph showing exemplary results of another sensitivity study on corrections of 5 13 C-C1OUT to arrive at 5 13 C-Clf or mation using methane (CI) as an example.
- Figure 11 is an exemplary calculated log of isotopic characteristics of a gas species entering the drilling mud at particular locations of the well using information indicative of a flow of the drilling mud, the geometry of the well and the geometry of the tool string or using information from any other source providing particular locations of the well at which mixing of fractions of a gas species occurred.
- This exemplary model log for methane (CI) shows the extent of discrepancy (highlighted as grey area) of 8 13 C-C1OUT measured (dashed line) at the surface without correction described herein and the correct 5 13 C-C1 formation (solid line).
- a wellsite system constructed in accordance with the present disclosure.
- the wellsite system 10 is provided with a drill string 12 connected to a drilling tool 14 being advanced through a geologic formation 16 to form a wellbore 18.
- the drilling tool 14 can be conveyed among one or more (or itself may be) a measurement- while- drilling (MWD) drilling tool, a logging-while-drilling (LWD) drilling tool, or other drilling tool that are known to those skilled in the art.
- MWD measurement- while- drilling
- LWD logging-while-drilling
- the drilling tool 14 is attached to the drill string 12 and is driven by a rig (not shown) to form the wellbore 18 thereby creating an annulus 20 between an exterior surface 22 of the drill string 12 and the geologic formation 16.
- the wellbore 18 may be lined with a casing 21 provided with an entrance 24 through which the drill string 12 passes.
- the wellsite system 10 is also provided with one or more shale shaker 26, positioned adjacent to one or more container 30 containing drilling mud 32.
- the wellsite system 10 is also provided with one or more mud pump 34 circulating the drilling mud 32 through the drill string 12, the drilling tool 14 and the annulus 20 while the drilling tool 14 is being advanced into the geologic formation 16.
- the drilling mud 32 serves a variety of functions including, but not limited to, lubricating the drilling tool 14 and conveying the cuttings to a surface 35 of the geologic formation 16.
- the container 30 is connected to the entrance 24 of the wellbore 18 via a first flow line 36.
- the shale shaker 26 is known in the art and can be implemented in a variety of manners. In general, the shale shaker 26 serves to remove cuttings from the drilling mud 32. In one embodiment, the shale shaker 26 may include a vibrating screen with openings through which the drilling mud 32, but not the cuttings, may pass.
- the container 30 can be constructed in a variety of forms and may be a structure referred to in the art as a "mud pit.”
- the mud pump 34 has an inlet 40 receiving drilling mud 32 from the container 30 via a second flow line 41, and an outlet 42 injecting drilling mud into the drill string 12 through a mud injection line 44.
- the mud injection line 44 is connected to the drill string 12 via a swivel 45 to permit the drill string 12 to be rotated via a kelly (not shown) relative to the mud injection line 44 thereby aiding the drilling tool 14 in forming the wellbore 18.
- the mud pump 34 circulates drilling mud 32 through a flow path 50 (shown by way of arrows in Figure 1) formed sequentially by the mud injection line 44, an inner bore (not shown) of the swivel 45, an inner bore (not shown) of the drill string 12, an inner bore (not shown) of the drilling tool 14, the annulus 20 of the wellbore 18, the first flow line 36, the container 30 and the second flow line 41.
- the drilling mud 32 received from the annulus 20 contains a mixture of gases received from the geologic formation 16, and residual gases (also known as “recycled gas") that were entrained in the drilling mud 32 prior to injection into the drill string 12 via the mud pump 34.
- the drilling mud 32 undergoes a process known in the art as "mud degassing" while the drilling mud 32 is passing through the shale shaker 26 and the container 30 in which gases entrained in the drilling mud 32 are liberated into the surrounding atmosphere.
- lighter isotopes i.e.
- isotopic fractionation the drilling mud 32 that is injected into the drill string 12 after "mud degassing" and “isotopic fractionation” is enriched in heavier isotope gases (e.g. enriched in 13 CH 4 ) relative to lighter isotope gases.
- isotope fractionation of the gas during "mud degassing" is not taking place, formation gas entering the drilling mud 32 may be different from the recycled gas entrained in the drilling mud 32 since new parts of the formation 16 are being exposed during the drilling process.
- the wellsite system 10 is provided with a mud gas analyzer 60 constructed in accordance with the present disclosure.
- the mud gas analyzer 60 may be entirely provided above the surface 35 of the geologic formation 16. Thus, in this example, the mud gas analyzer 60 would not include any components which are located below the surface 35 of the geologic formation 16.
- the mud gas analyzer 60 is provided with at least one gas extractor (degasser) 61, at least one gas analyzer 62, an optional at least one flowmeter 64, and a computer system 66.
- the mud gas analyzer 60 is provided with two degassers 61-1 and 61-2, two gas analyzers 62-1 and 62-2 with the gas analyzer 62-1 being positioned adjacent to and/or within the first flow line 36 between the entrance 24 and the shale shaker 26, and the gas analyzer 62-2 being positioned adjacent to and/or within the second flow line 41 and/or the mud injection line 44.
- the degasser 61-1 extracts gas from the drilling mud 32 and directs the gas to the gas analyzer 62-1 via a third flow line 68-1.
- the degasser 61-2 extracts gas from the drilling mud and directs the gas analyzer 62-2 via a fourth flow line 68-2.
- the at least one degasser 61 can be implemented as any device adapted to extract gas from the drilling mud 32 and direct the gas to the at least one mud gas analyzer 60.
- the at least one degasser 61 can be implemented in a manner taught in U.S. Pat. No. 7,032,444.
- other types of devices and/or processes can be used such as selective membranes and sonication, to release gas from the drilling fluid.
- two degassers 61-1 and 61-2 are required to maintain constant mud flow and temperature (including constant, and same temperatures of the degassers), and to assure direct quantitative comparison of gas ⁇ and gas OUT.
- extracted gas may travel towards the analyzers 62-1 and 62-2 via the third and fourth flow lines 68-1 and 68-2 gas line, for example. Constant gas flow within the third and fourth flow lines 68-1 and 68-2 may be assured by a gas flow restrictor.
- the gas analyzers 62-1 and 62-2 might be instead placed directly at the degassers 61-1 and 61-2.
- the gas analyzers 62-1 and 62-2 interacts with the mud gas passing through the third and fourth flow lines 68-1 and 68-2 and generate a sequence of signals indicative of the gas molecular compositions (methane, ethane, propane, etc.) and ratios of isotopes of a gas species (e.g. 13 C/ 12 C of methane) within the drilling mud.
- the mud gas analyzer 60 is also provided with a first communication link 70-1 connecting the gas analyzer 62-1 to the computer system 66, a second communication link 70-2 connecting the gas analyzer 62-2 to the computer system 66, and a third communication link 70- 3 connecting the flowmeter 64 to the computer system 66.
- the first, second and third communication links 70-1, 70-2, and 70-3 may be implemented via wired or wireless devices, such as a cable or a wireless transceiver.
- the first and second communication links 70-1 and 70-2 establish electrical and/or optical communications between the gas analyzers 62-1 and 62-2 and the computer system 66; and the third communication link 70-3 establishes electrical and/or optical communications between the flowmeter 64 and the computer system 66.
- the gas analyzer 62-1, the gas analyzer 62-2, the flowmeter 64, the computer system 66, the first communication link 70-1, the second communication link 70-2 and the third communication link 70-3 are located above the surface 35 of the geologic formation 16.
- the gas analyzer 62-1 and/or the gas analyzer 62-2 are adapted to interact with the drilling mud 32 as the drilling mud 32 passes through the flow path 50 formed at least partially by the drill string 12 within the wellbore 18 and the annulus 20.
- the gas analyzer 62-1 interacts with the drilling mud 32 passing from the entrance 24 to the shale shaker 26 which drilling mud 32 will be referred to herein as drilling mud OUT.
- the drilling mud OUT contains non-liberated residual gas that is enriched in heavier isotopes.
- the gas analyzer 62-2 interacts with the gas from the drilling mud 32 passing from the container 30 to the drill string 12 which drilling mud 32 will be referred to herein as drilling mud IN.
- the drilling mud IN has been subject to mud degassing as well as isotopic fractionation and thus has an isotopic composition that is different from the drilling mud OUT.
- the at least one gas analyzer 62 such as the gas analyzer 62-1 and/or the gas analyzer 62-2 can be implemented with any type of device and/or circuitry (or devices working together) adapted to determine and generate a sequence of first signals indicative of ratios of isotopes of one or more molecules of gas within the drilling mud 32 at separate (and/or distinct) instants of time.
- any type of gas analyzing device that can measure isotopic concentrations to obtain a ratio of the isotopic measurements can be used.
- the at least one gas analyzer 62 can be implemented as gas chromatograph-isotope ratio mass spectrometer (GC- IRMS), and/or a spectrophotometer or photoacoustic detector working on the TDLAS (Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy) principle or the CRDS 5 Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy) or any other technology able to provide relative concentration of isotopes of a gas species (e.g. 13 C and 12 C in CH 4 or 18 0 and 16 0 in CO 2 , etc.).
- TDLAS Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
- CRDS 5 Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy CRDS 5 Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy
- the mud gas analyzer 60 may include one gas analyzer 62, or more than two gas analyzers 62.
- the mud gas analyzer 60 may include 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, etc. gas analyzers 62.
- the mud gas analyzer 60 may include one of the gas analyzers 62 being used to emulate two or more gas analyzers 62 by using a valve in combination with the gas analyzer 62 to direct more than one flow line to the gas analyzer 62.
- the at least one flowmeter 64 includes suitable devices and/or circuitry to determine a rate of flow of the drilling mud 32 and to generate a sequence of signals as the drilling mud 32 is circulated through the flow path 50 at separate and/or distinct instants of time.
- the sequence of signals, and/or a known flow rate of the drilling mud can be utilized by the computer system 66 to determine a delay time that can be used to synchronize the reading of the drilling mud ⁇ with the reading of the drilling mud OUT and perform the depth projection, so that the isotopic characteristics of the geologic formation 16 can be determined.
- the flowmeter 64 is implemented as a device that determines the flow rate indirectly by counting rotations of a spindle of the mud pump 34 when the mud pump 34 pumps a known amount of drilling mud 32 with each rotation.
- the flowmeter 64 can be implemented in other manners.
- the flowmeter 64 can be implemented in a manner to apply a medium, such as magnetic flux lines, into the drilling mud 32 to directly measure the flow rate of the drilling mud 32.
- the flowmeter 64 would have a transmitter/receiver pair to generate the medium, and receive the medium after the medium has interacted with the drilling mud 32.
- the mud gas analyzer 60 may include 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, etc. flowmeters 64.
- the sequence of signals can be provided in electrical and/or optical formats, for example.
- This disclosure describes the process of isotopic fractionation during recycling of fractions of mud gas during a drilling operation and proposes analytical and mathematical correction methods of the measured ⁇ values to represent the formation gas isotopic composition (5 for mation).
- the disclosure also describes this process by using a sensitivity model to create a log of isotopic characteristics of gas.
- An exemplary log is shown in Figure 1 1, in which calculated values for the formation gas is shown as a solid line, and a gray area is shown as a correction for each depth of the wellbore 18.
- the wellbore 18 intersects three reservoirs, i.e., Reservoir A, Reservoir B and Reservoir C containing the same fluid.
- the log shown in Figure 1 1 also shows an extent of error in 5 13 C-C1 caused by isotope recycling in Reservoirs B and C and in the background intervals.
- Uncorrected 5 13 C-C1 OUT measured implies three compartments with three different 5 13 C-C1, where in reality all have the same 5 13 C-C1 Formation.
- the ⁇ notation is an globally recognized expression of a heavy/light isotope ratio scaled to an international standard, i.e.
- the model shows extent of impact of the isotope recycling on the ⁇
- the computer system 66 includes a processor 80 (shown in Figure 2) that is adapted to execute logic to cause the processor 80 to access information indicative of a geometry of the wellbore 18 and a tool string that includes the drill string (12) and the drilling tool ( 14), receive the sequence of signals, and to calculate and log isotopic characteristics of gas entering the drilling mud 32 at particular locations (e.g., location 52- 1 , location 52-2, and location 52-3) of the geologic formation 16.
- the geometry of the wellbore 18 may include a variety of factors, such as a length 81 of the wellbore 18, a diameter 83 of the wellbore 18 and geometry/volumetrics of the tool string.
- the geometry of the tool string includes diameter and combined length of the drill string 12 and the drilling tool 14 as well as depth of the bit and structural configuration of the drilling tool 14 (e.g., including all elements of the entire bottom hole assembly).
- Information regarding the geometry of the wellbore 18, and the geometry of the tool string can be entered into the computer system 66 by an operator when a change to the tool string is being made, for example.
- the locations 52-1, 52-2 and 52-3 of the geologic formation 16 may be described using any suitable geographic coordinate system including at least one number representing vertical position, and two or three numbers representing horizontal position.
- a suitable geographic coordinate system uses latitude, and longitude to identify horizontal position, and elevation to identify vertical position.
- the logic may be adapted to correct for isotope recycling, via synchronization of readings of drilling mud ⁇ and drilling mud OUT isotopic and quantitative concentration data and by applying a mass balance equation, such as:
- the isotopic composition of the formation gas (5f or mation) will be a result of mass balance calculation of analyzed drilling mud gas IN and drilling mud gas OUT mixture, preferably synchronized at the elevation of the drilling tool 14 (so that both gas portions get assigned back to the same drilled depth and location).
- Such calculation can be applied to each gas species for which isotopic composition is being analyzed, owing to variable level of retention (recycling) and isotopic fractionation for individual gas species.
- correction for extraction efficiency for gaseous hydrocarbons has been successfully applied by using isobaric and isothermal conditions in a constant volume-degasser (Frechin and Breviere 2006).
- a similar framework of thermodynamically-controlled drilling mud gas ⁇ and drilling mud gas OUT degassers might facilitate more accurate correction of the isotopic composition of mud gas.
- an empirical method and the gas analyzer 62- 1 for measuring only drilling mud gas OUT can be used, where rate of degassing and a sur face and degassing rate of the gas species k sur f ace will be measured on-site prior to drilling and their dependence on parameters (mud type, temperature, etc.) may be experimentally established as well.
- This method will require continuous measurement of these parameters as well as of t surface (i.e., time on the surface) of each hypothetical batch of drilling mud, between the locations of the gas analyzers 62-1 and 62-2 for measuring the drilling mud gas OUT and drilling mud gas IN.
- This latter method may pose more challenges and risks of errors than the direct method using two or more gas analyzers 62-1 and 62-2 measuring isotopic analyses of drilling mud gas IN and drilling mud gas OUT.
- the computer system 66 may comprise the processor 80, a non-transitory computer readable medium 82, and processor executable instructions 84 stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium 82.
- the computer system 66 can receive flow/depth information from an operator or a flow/depth providing service.
- the processor 80 may be implemented as any suitable hardware capable of performing the calculations and assisting to generate the logs described herein.
- the processor 80 may include a single processor or multiple processors working together or independently to execute the processor executable instructions 84 described herein.
- Embodiments of the processor 80 may include a digital signal processor (DSP), a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a multi-core processor, an application specific integrated circuit, and combinations thereof.
- the processor 80 is coupled to the non-transitory computer readable medium 82.
- the non-transitory computer readable medium 82 can be implemented as RAM, ROM, flash memory or the like, and may take the form of a magnetic device, optical device or the like.
- the non-transitory computer readable medium 82 can be a single non-transitory computer readable medium, or multiple non-transitory computer readable medium functioning logically together or independently.
- the processor 80 is coupled to and configured to communicate with the non-transitory computer readable medium 82 via a path 86 which can be implemented as a data bus, for example.
- the processor 80 may be capable of communicating with an input device 88 and an output device 90 via paths 92 and 94, respectively.
- Paths 92 and 94 may be implemented similarly to, or differently from path 86.
- paths 92 and 94 may have a same or different number of wires and may or may not include a multidrop topology, a daisy chain topology, or one or more switched hubs.
- the paths 86, 92 and 94 can be a serial topology, a parallel topology, a proprietary topology, or combination thereof.
- the processor 80 is further capable of interfacing and/or communicating with one or more network 96, via the communications device 98 and a communications link 100 such as by exchanging electronic, digital and/or optical signals via the communications device 98 using a network protocol such as TCP/IP.
- the communications device 98 may be a wireless modem, digital subscriber line modem, cable modem, network bridge, Ethernet switch, direct wired connection or any other suitable communications device capable of communicating between the processor 80 and the network 96.
- processors 80 may be located remotely from one another, located in the same location, or comprising a unitary multicore processor (not shown).
- the processor 80 is capable of reading and/or executing the processor executable instructions 84 and/or creating, manipulating, altering, and storing computer data structures into the non-transitory computer readable medium 82.
- the non-transitory computer readable medium 82 stores processor executable instructions 84 and may be implemented as random access memory (RAM), a hard drive, a hard drive array, a solid state drive, a flash drive, a memory card, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a BLU- RAY, a floppy disk, an optical drive, and combinations thereof.
- RAM random access memory
- a hard drive a hard drive array
- solid state drive a flash drive
- a memory card a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a BLU- RAY
- a floppy disk an optical drive, and combinations thereof.
- non-transitory computer readable mediums 82 may be varied and the non-transitory computer readable medium 82 may be implemented as a "cloud memory," i.e. non-transitory computer readable medium 82 which is partially or completely based on or accessed using the network 96.
- the non-transitory computer readable medium 82 stores a database accessible by the computer system 66.
- the input device 88 transmits data to the processor 80, and can be implemented as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch-screen, a camera, a cellular phone, a tablet, a smart phone, a PDA, a microphone, a network adapter, a camera, a scanner, and combinations thereof.
- the input device 88 may be located in the same location as the processor 80, or may be remotely located and/or partially or completely network-based.
- the input device 88 communicates with the processor 80 via path 92.
- the output device 90 transmits information from the processor 80 to a user, such that the information can be perceived by the user.
- the output device 90 may be implemented as a server, a computer monitor, a cell phone, a tablet, a speaker, a website, a PDA, a fax, a printer, a projector, a laptop monitor, and combinations thereof.
- the output device 90 communicates with the processor 80 via the path 94.
- the network 96 may permit bi-directional communication of information and/or data between the processor 80 and the gas analyzers 62-1 and 62-2, as well as the flowmeter 64.
- the network 96 may interface with the processor 80 in a variety of ways, such as by optical and/or electronic interfaces, and may use a plurality of network topographies and protocols, such as Ethernet, TCP/IP, circuit switched paths, file transfer protocol, packet switched wide area networks, and combinations thereof.
- the one or more network 96 may be implemented as the Internet, a LAN, a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan network, a wireless network, a cellular network, a GSM-network, a CDMA network, a 3G network, a 4G network, a satellite network, a radio network, an optical network, a cable network, a public switched telephone network, an Ethernet network, and combinations thereof.
- the network 96 may use a variety of network protocols to permit bi-directional interface and communication of data and/or information between the processor 80 and the network 96.
- the processor 80, the non-transitory computer readable medium 82, the input device 88, the output device 90, and the communications device 98 may be implemented together as a smartphone, a PDA, a tablet device, such as an iPad, a netbook, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, or any other computing device.
- the non-transitory computer readable medium 82 may store the processor executable instructions 84, which may comprise a gas analysis and logging program 84-1.
- the non- transitory computer readable medium 82 may also store other processor executable instructions 84-2 such as an operating system and application programs such as a word processor or spreadsheet program, for example.
- the processor executable instructions for the gas analysis and logging program 84- 1 and the other processor executable instructions 84-2 may be written in any suitable programming language, such as C++, C#, or Java, for example.
- the gas analysis and logging program 84-1 may have processor executable instructions which enable control of the gas analyzers 62-1 and 62-2, the mud pump 34, the flowmeter 64 and combinations thereof.
- the gas analysis and logging program 84-1 may have processor executable instructions for receiving the sequences of first and second signals from the gas analyzers 62-1 and 62-2, and the flowmeter 64.
- the gas analysis and logging program 84-1 may allow for manual control of reading of the gas analyzers 62-1 and/or 62-2, as well as setting the flow rate of the drilling mud 32, as measured by the flowmeter 64, for example.
- the gas analysis and logging program 84-1 may have processor executable instructions, for interpreting and/or outputting information received from the gas analyzers 62 and the flowmeter 64 to create user perceivable outputs, in the form of reports, waveforms, or display screens for example, (an example of which is shown in Figure 1 1) to provide a user with the information indicative of the isotopic characteristics of the formation gas at the particular locations 52-1, 52-2 and 52-2.
- FIG. 3 shown therein is a diagrammatic representation of one embodiment of a method performed by the processor 80 of the mud gas analyzer 60 to measure the isotopic characteristics of the formation gas.
- the most straightforward and likely the most accurate correction of 5 form ation values for recycling of mud gas can be achieved by utilizing gas concentration analysis using constant PVT mud degassing and isotopic analysis of drilling mud gas OUT and IN.
- a mass balance calculation of the 5 for mation based on drilling tool-synchronized CRT measurements of gas fractions and their isotopic compositions can be used. In this case knowledge of a sur face is not necessary.
- the correction value that is applied to measured 5 13 C-C1OUT depends on: a 13 C-Cl sur face, CI IN/C1 OUT ratio, and relative difference between subsequently drilled formations, i.e. CI concentration and 5 13 C-C1 of a gas from freshly drilled interval that mixes with gas not degassed from mud on the surface, that is a remnant of gas from overlying formation.
- the calculation for correction does not require knowledge of the a 13 C-Cl sur face.
- the mud gas analyzer 60 may be used to analyze qualitative and/or quantitative compositional and isotopic characteristics of fluids and gasses involved in mud gas analysis, for the sake of simplicity, the following description will recite the method in relation to the formation gas extracted from the drilling mud 32.
- the mud pump 34 is actuated to circulate the drilling mud 32 past the degassers 61-1 and 61-2 at a known flow rate, or flow rate monitored by the flowmeter 64 or kept constant by the design of the degasser for example.
- a sequence of measurements of the isotopic characteristics of the drilling mud gas IN e.g., 5 13 C-C1
- quantitative CI IN concentration is taken by the gas analyzer 62-2, as shown in block 120.
- the mud gas analyzer 60 can be used for reading other isotopes, and other isotopic characteristics of other types of gases including methane, ethane, propane, iso-butane, butane, CO2, etc., as well as more than one element within one gas species, e.g. C and H isotopes in methane.
- a sequence of measurements of the isotopic characteristics of the drilling mud gas OUT (e.g., 5 13 C-C1) and quantitative CI OUT concentrations is taken by the gas analyzer 62-1, as shown in block 122.
- the sequence of measurements of the CI IN and CI OUT data is synchronized on the bit (i.e., when the drilling mud 32 is located at the bottom of the wellbore 18) as shown in block 124 using data indicative of the geometry of the wellbore 18 the geometry of the tool string, as well as the flow rate of the drilling mud 32 to determine a time-based delay time and use the computation to synchronize gas ⁇ and gas OUT and to calculate a depth at which this synchronization occurs.
- the isotopic characteristics of the formation gas on example of methane may then be calculated using a suitable mass balance equation in a block 126, such as:
- 3 ⁇ 4N is fraction of CI OUT not coming from the formation and is the re- injected residual gas that did not degas from the mud on the surface.
- the isotopic characteristics of the formation gas are then associated with a particular location, such as 52-1, 52-2 and/or 52-3 within the wellbore 18 and/or geologic formation 16.
- FIG 4 shown therein is a diagrammatic representation of another embodiment of a method performed by the processor 80 of the mud gas analyzer 60 to measure the isotopic characteristics of the formation gas using methane (CI) as example.
- the embodiment depicted in Figure 4 differs from the embodiment of Figure 3, in that the mud gas analyzer 60 only measures the sequence of measurements of the isotopic characteristics of the drilling mud gas OUT (e.g., ⁇ C-Cl) and quantitative OUT concentrations (e.g. CI) is taken by the gas analyzer 62-1 (as shown in block 122) during drilling, and uses experimental measurements taken prior to drilling to correct the reading for the residual gases in the drilling mud 32.
- OUT e.g., ⁇ C-Cl
- quantitative OUT concentrations e.g. CI
- Figure 8 shows isotope fractionation of CI, C2 and C3 during degassing from mud and comparisons of relative magnitude. C2 and C3 have higher retentions in drilling mud 32, however calculated isotopic fractionation is smaller due to smaller relative-mass differences between 13 C-containing molecules and 12 C-containing molecules.
- the graph of Figure 8 shows exemplary calculation of 5 13 C fractionation curves based on a 13 C sur face obtained from several field observations.
- a 13 C-Cl surface ⁇ [ln ⁇ (5 13 C-CliN + 1000)/(5 13 C-C1 0 + 1000) ⁇ /ln(f residual )]+l j "1
- 5 13 C-Clo refers to initial 5 13 C-C1 of the original large methane peak observed in gas OUT
- 5 13 C-C1IN stands for 5 13 C-C1 of the recycled portion of methane (C IIN).
- the time that the drilling mud 32 spends degassing at the surface is measured or calculated.
- continuous test measurement of drilling mud gas OUT and drilling mud gas IN fraction of a gas species combined with its isotopic composition will provide information on degree of variability of a sur face, its range and dependence on drilling operation-related factors (e.g. mud properties, weather, etc.).
- drilling operation-related factors e.g. mud properties, weather, etc.
- f residual e ⁇ k surface or e ⁇ (-k surface * t)
- Variables considered in this sensitivity study were: fraction of CI recycled, 5 13 C-C1 difference between initially drilled and underlying formations (formation A and formation B), a 13 C fractionation factor of CI degassing from mud at the surface 35.
- concentration of Cl for mation was kept constant.
- FIG. 10 Shown in Figure 10 is a graph showing the results of another exemplary (using CI) sensitivity study on correction of 5 13 C-C1 to arrive at 5 13 C of formation CI. Variables considered here were: Ratio of CI IN/Cl OUT synchronized at drill bit, 5 13 C-C1 difference between initially drilled and underlying formations (formation A and formation B), a 13 C fractionation factor of CI degassing from mud at the surface. In this study, recycled CI was kept constant at 10%.
- the inventive concepts described herein can also be used where the drilling mud 32 is provided to the wellbore 18 and/or a casing above the wellbore 18 with multiple flow lines, such as when additional drilling mud 32 is provided above the surface 35 of the ocean in off-shore drilling to aid in the collection of the cuttings.
- FIG. 5 Shown in Figure 5 is a partial schematic diagram of an off-shore well-site system 200 that is constructed in a similar manner as the wellsite system 10, discussed above, with the exception: (1) the drill string 12 passes through a second casing 202 extending from a ship (not shown) to the surface 35 of the geologic formation 16, (2) a booster line 206 fluidly connected to the second casing 202 near the surface 35 of the geologic formation is added to inject drilling mud 32 into the second casing 202 to aid in carrying cuttings to the ship.
- drilling mud 32 is injected into the drill string 12 by the mud pump 34 as discussed above at Time 1 at a first flow rate QIN (as indicated by a block 220).
- the drilling mud 32 having the residual gas composition mixes with the formation gas at the drilling device at a Time 2 that depends upon the flow rate of the drilling mud 32.
- the drilling mud 32 having the residual gas composition is also injected through the booster line 206 at a Time 3, and at a second flow rate QIN booster using another mud pump that may be referred to as a booster pump and whose flow rate may be measured by a second flowmeter.
- the drilling mud 32 injected through the drill string 12 is going out of the drilling tool 14, carrying drilled rock cuttings and released formation gas to the ship through the annulus 20 and the second casing 202.
- the drilling mud 32 injected through the booster line 206 is mixing at the sea floor, i.e., surface 35, at a Time 4, and their gas content are mixing as well resulting in a new composition.
- the new composition directly depends on the respective flow rates QIN and QIN booster, gas concentrations and isotopic compositions.
- CI concentration and ⁇ C-C l values for C lbooster are equal to values of CI IN, but at the time of C lbooster injection ( ⁇ CI IN injection).
- fractions of CI IN and CI IN booster may be weighed proportionally to the mud flow ⁇ (QIN) and the booster mud flow (QIN booster).
- the present disclosure also provides a method of assessment of and correction for the extractor-related isotopic fractionation.
- Correction for the mud sample degassing process at the degasser itself can be applied to arrive at accurate 5f orm ation.
- This extractor-correction can be applied by measuring (i) extraction efficiency coefficient (EEC) and (ii) otdegasser, both for individual gas species.
- EEC extraction efficiency coefficient
- otdegasser both for individual gas species.
- the ( degasser will remain constant for a constant PVT degasser but may vary with mud type. However, if different type of degasser is used, again the EEC and ( degasser may need to be re-analyzed for every well section and potentially with every change in mud properties.
- Models presented here on example of CI also show that owing to mixing of formation gas with the recycling gas, the cleanest isotopic signature of the formation gas is expected at highest C lformation concentration or lowest CI ⁇ /C l OUT ratio, when considering methane (CI) as an example. Thanks to continuous isotope logging, one can select the least affected data points for geochemical interpretation. This contributes to a great advantage over spot sampling (e.g. isotubes). Such spot sampling, not only does not correct for molecular and isotopic recycling, but also may be susceptible to a misrepresentation of the 5 13 C-C lf or mation depending on a scenario and on which portion of the CI peak was sampled.
- thermogenic end- member of a CI peak in a reservoir that exhibits mixing trends with underlying and overlying background CI .
- Such solution involves a mass balance calculation using CI concentrations and 5 13 C-C 1 of the background and peak using a suitable formula, such as:
- thermogenic end-member ( ⁇ C Clformation 1 background)/( 1 fbackground)
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