Leverage absolute residence time assessments of petroleum fluids to gain a better understanding of fluid migration in petroleum and other fluid storage plays.
Gain critical insights & find the answers you’ve been looking for
Through proprietary techniques, reliable data, and high-quality analyses, GeoNap Tracker fills a fundamental gap that exists today in constraining the accuracy of the time of events in petroleum system models.
Backed by years of research and innovation, GeoNap Tracker leverages state-of-the-art technologies to introduce a radiolysis-based method for measuring and providing absolute residence timing of petroleum fluids in reservoirs.
Key Benefits
- Get answers sooner, save time and capital.
- Reduce risks of exploration and high-capital decisions.
- Drive efficiencies with reliable data and expert analyses.
“Until now, there have been no reliable ways to estimate the absolute timing of oil charge in a given reservoir, leaving petroleum systems models largely unconstrained in this way. GeoNap Tracker changes this.” (Renzo Silva, CEO)
FAQ
+ What are the benefits & use cases for GeoNap Tracker?
Conducting and analyzing the results of a GeoNap Tracker assessment enables you to:
* Decouple charges and migration pathways, where different scenarios would fill reservoirs in different time spans.
* Extract the maximum information on the petroleum reservoir system when minimum fluid occurrences are available.
* Constrain petroleum system models.
+ What data, samples, or other information is required?
The following data/samples should be provided for best results:
* Produced or DST oil or condensate samples.
* Gamma ray well-logs and/or radionuclide abundance, if measured.
* General reservoir properties*
*These can be estimated if they are not readily available.
If no sample information is provided, we can still run our methods and provide results which can be highly-valuable for our customers. Of note, however, is that with no supporting information, our capability for troubleshooting will be limited.
+ What should I expect and how will results be shared?
Once the assessment has been conducted, our method outputs are quite straightforward to interpret. Your samples will be positioned within the plot below, at which point several inferences regarding their reservoir residence times will be made possible:
Our team will guide you through your results in detail to ensure the outputs are meaningful and useful to your company.
+ What are the expected costs for a GeoNap Tracker project?
Costs vary depending on the scope of the project and the number of samples provided. A typical project comprising approximately 6 samples would require an investment of $25-50k CAD, with varying turnaround times.
We do recommend clients to contract our extended geochemical assessment to get the greatest value possible from their investment. Our rates are determined on a case-by-case basis and we pride ourselves on being both flexible and reasonable. Please contact us if you have any questions; we will be more than happy to discuss your options.
+ Where can I go to learn more?
The ‘dating petroleum reservoir fluid residence times’ patent pending technology US 16802506 is licensed by LysisLogic from Innovate Calgary, the technology transfer office from the University of Calgary.
The paper series below describes the basic science and understanding behind the use of radiolysis approaches to dating fluid residence time in subsurface reservoirs:
Steve Larter, Renzo C. Silva, Norka Marcano, Lloyd R. Snowdon, Eduardo Villarreal-Barajas, Roshanak Sonei, Lydia C. Paredes Gutiérrez, Haiping Huang, Andrew Stopford, Thomas B.P. Oldenburg, Jing Zhao, Priyanthi Weerawardhena, Michael Nightingale, Bernhard Mayer, Jon H. Pedersen, Rolando di Primio. (2019) The dating of petroleum fluid residence time in subsurface reservoirs. Part 1: A radiolysis-based geochemical toolbox. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 261, 305-326.
Renzo C. Silva, Lloyd R. Snowdon, Haiping Huang, Steve Larter. (2021) The dating of petroleum fluid residence time in subsurface reservoirs. Part 2: Tracking effects of radiolysis on crude oil by comprehensive molecular analysis. Organic Geochemistry 152, 104142.
First evidence to suggest that radioactive source rocks can produce gases through organic matter radiolysis that have unique and light carbon isotopic signatures:
Renzo C. Silva, Lloyd R. Snowdon, Haiping Huang, Michael Nightingale, Veith Becker, Stephen Taylor, Bernhard Mayer, Jon H. Pedersen, Rolando di Primio, Steve Larter. (2019) Radiolysis as a source of 13C depleted natural gases in the geosphere. Organic Geochemistry, 138, 103911.
If you’re interested in learning more and finding out if GeoNap Tracker is a good-fit for your use case, get in touch with our team.