At this year's Offshore Technology Conference, oilfield services company Schlumberger unveiled the industry's first service that delivers downhole fluid composition during drilling. SpectraSphere is designed to service a range of environments, from exploration wells to highly-deviated development wells. The service offers real-time fluid mapping by providing insight into fluid properties — such as typing, compositions, fractions and gas to oil ratios — in real time while drilling is taking place. Field tests of SpectraSphere were conducted in Africa, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, the Middle East and offshore Malaysia.
At this year's Offshore Technology Conference, oilfield services company Schlumberger unveiled the industry's first service that delivers downhole fluid composition during drilling. SpectraSphere is designed to service a range of environments, from exploration wells to highly-deviated development wells. The service offers real-time fluid mapping by providing insight into fluid properties — such as typing, compositions, fractions and gas to oil ratios — in real time while drilling is taking place. Field tests of SpectraSphere were conducted in the Middle East, the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, Africa and offshore Malaysia.