Schlumberger has announced that it has acquired the shares of Techsia, a supplier of petrophysical software based in Montpellier, France.
Techsia, well-known in the industry for its flagship Techlog product, will become the Schlumberger Petrophysics Software Center of Excellence for the development of state-of-the-art solutions for the oil and gas exploration and production industry.
“Techlog will form a powerful complement to the industry-leading Petrel earth model through an integrated approach to log and core petrophysical interpretation. This will be particularly valuable in enabling real-time workflows for well construction. In addition, once operating in the Ocean environment, Techlog will feature the same level of open-platform capability as the rest of our new-generation products,” says Tony Bowman, president of Schlumberger Information Solutions.
Stephanie Gottlib-Zeh, founder, president and chief executive officer of Techsia, adds, “We see this move by Schlumberger as recognition of the high-quality software developed by Techsia. Accessing the Schlumberger global sales and business development organisation will directly allow Techlog to achieve greater market penetration and accelerate the realisation of integrated workflows from the wellbore to the reservoir to change the game for reservoir management. I am convinced that the cultural fit between Techsia and Schlumberger will foster increasing innovation and create further opportunities.”
Techsia, currently employing 53 people, will continue to operate under its own name. Future product development will benefit from collaboration with a number of Schlumberger research and development centers that offer knowledge and expertise in geomechanics, well placement, production logging and fluid characterisation. In addition, the introduction of the Techsia Malcom solution for the chromatographic analysis of fluid samples will be enhanced by the global reach of Schlumberger.
NEW TELEMETRY PLATFORM
Earlier, Schlumberger announced the release of its new Orion II telemetry platform. The new platform enables reliable communication with bottomhole assemblies whether drilling at high penetration rates or longer boreholes.
“With Orion II, more quality data and higher resolution images can be transmitted, at greater depths, enabling better drilling decisions to be made in real time,” says Ian Falconer, marketing manager, Drilling and Measurements, Schlumberger.
“Both drilling efficiency and geosteering accuracy are enhanced by the system, which holds the records for world’s deepest downlink, deepest logging-while-drilling (LWD) and measurement-while-drilling (MWD) transmission and deepest directional control.”
The new generation Orion II telemetry platform combines new data compression technology housed in the MWD/LWD tool with new surface and downhole sensors that modulate and demodulate signals and overcome interference from drilling and rig noise, even in harsh environments. Downlink commands are sent in real time while drilling without affecting delivery of measurement data to surface.
The recent extended-reach drilling record by Maersk Oil Qatar was successfully drilled and geosteered using a PowerDrive rotary steerable system, geoVision imaging-while-drilling service, adnVision azimuthal density neutron tool, and TeleScope high-speed telemetry service running the Orion II telemetry platform.
Presently available on IMPulse, adnVision475 and EcoScope LWD services, as well as TeleScope and SlimPulse telemetry systems, the Orion II platform is scheduled for rapid deployment to other tools in the company’s LWD/MWD fleet.
Schlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry worldwide.
Schlumberger has principal offices in Paris, Houston and The Hague and reported consolidated revenues of $27.16 billion in 2008.
