The energy industry is responding to market demands by revisiting oil and gas fields previously considered unprofitable. Oil and gas drilling activity, in the Appalachian Basin, for instance, has increased significantly in recent years. To meet the needs of this industry, ARM has evaluated its borehole geophysical capabilities and identified methods available to address oil and gas exploration and development needs.
ARM's logging services provide cost effective determination of rock and fluid properties (e.g., porosity, formation thickness, fluid saturation, etc.) that are key to characterizing and understanding oil and gas reservoirs. These data allow geologists and engineers to determine potential hydrocarbon reserves and reservoir producibility, decide where to complete wells, how to stimulate production, and where to drill the next well.
Since earlier developments in oil and gas well logging, advances in computer and electronics capabilities have facilitated dramatic improvements in well logging technologies and reduced the costs of logging oil and gas wells. These improvements have led to the development of new imaging tools that provide more detailed views of reservoirs and source rocks. ARM geologists and geophysicists use imaging technologies to determine the orientation of fractures and bedding planes as well as to provide detailed information about composition, structure, and stratigraphy.
Logging Services Provided By ARM:
- Density
- Neutron
- Gamma Ray
- Spectral Gamma
- Guard Resistivity
- Normal Resistivity
- Single Point Resistance
- Spontaneous Potential
- Acoustic Televiewer
- Optical Televiewer
- Full Waveform Sonic
- Cement Bond
- Induction
- Temperature
- Deviation
- Caliper
In addition to standard logs such as density, neutron, and resistivity suites, ARM provides imaging technologies that can be run in air-filled or “empty” holes. ARM geologists can provide subsurface mapping services and three-dimensional modeling to provide a more complete understanding of the subsurface.