proVISION Plus

Magnetic resonance-while-drilling service

Unlocking the full potential of complex reservoirs

proVISION Plus
By providing lithology-independent porosity,
pore-size distribution, continuous permeability,
and direct hydrocarbon detection, the
proVISION Plus* service delivers a step change
in real-time producibility assessment for
complex reservoirs.
Applications

Continuous, real-time, lithology-independent

porosity without chemical sources

Continuous, real-time permeability evaluation

Resistivity-independent pay identification

Thin-bed characterization

Carbonate facies characterization

Irreducible water saturation

Gas-bearing reservoir evaluation

Heavy oil and tar identification

Benefits

Optimizes well placement to maximize

well productivity

Enhances perforation and stimulation design

Provides pore size distribution to assess

reservoir storage and flow capacity

Saves rig time through early formation

evaluation

Prevents plug-and-abandon and sidetrack

decisions by avoiding water-cut situations

Features

Real-time, continuous measurement

of T2 distribution

Calculation from T2 distribution of continuous

permeability, lithology-independent porosity,
producible and irreducible fluid volumes,
and pore size distribution

Turbine power to eliminate trips to

replace batteries

Single-sleeve stabilizer that minimizes

motion without affecting tendency

Ability to be placed anywhere in BHA

Providing a complete petrophysical answer

RESERVOIR QUALITY

Bound Fluid

The proVISION Plus service measures magnetic resonance and complements other
LWD data to provide advanced petrophysical evaluation of complex reservoirs in real
time. By fully evaluating rock and fluid properties with the proVISION Plus service,
you can reveal bypassed pay zones and determine permeability.

Free Fluid
Magnetic Resonance
Porosity
0.6

T2 Distribution

ms

5,000

0.6

ms

ft3/ft3

5,000

0.3

g/cm3

310 ms
1030 ms

Formation
Pressure-WhileDrilling Permeability
0.1

mD

10,000

30100 ms
100300 ms

Density Porosity

T2 Cutoff
0.5

< 3 ms
0

Bound Fluid
Volume

T2 Logarithmic Mean
0.5

ft3/ft3

> 300 ms

Magnetic Resonance
Permeability
0.1

mD

10,000

Using T2 distribution, the proVISION Plus service calculates continuous permeability,

lithology-independent porosity, producible and irreducible fluid volumes, and pore
size distribution. These capabilities make it possible to identify pay zones in shaly
sands that would otherwise be bypassed and accurately determine permeability
in heterogeneous carbonates. This evaluation method provides the final piece for
a complete petrophysical answer.

ONE MEASUREMENT, FOUR ANSWERS

T2=

Facies Analysis
Pore Size Distribution

Signal distribution

Signal distribution

Mineralogy-Independent
Porosity

T2, msec

T2, msec

T2, msec

Continuous
Permeability

Signal distribution

Signal distribution

Irreducible Water
and Free-Fluid

k(NMR)=(NMR,T2LM)

T2, msec

COMPLETION QUALITY
By identifying bypassed pay zones and areas of high permeability, the proVISION
Plus service provides information critical to optimizing your completion design.
This service provides insight that can improve the effectiveness of your entire
completion strategy and creates opportunities to increase production and
decrease completion cost.
The service identifies areas of low permeability, helping you make better
decisions about where and how to produce. When additional pay zones are
discovered, you can use the data to create a targeted completion design.

Using pore size distribution, the proVISION Plus service helps you assess reservoir storage and
flow capacity.

CASE STUDY

Describing
heterogeneous
carbonates

While drilling a well with a challenging trajectory to target a complex carbonate reservoir offshore Brazil, an
operator required an LWD analysis to identify producible zones.
Schlumberger recommended the proVISION Plus service to evaluate rock and fluid properties and obtain accurate
lithology-independent porosity and continuous permeability. In combination with the EcoScope* multifunctionwhile-drilling service, logs from the proVISION Plus service would enable the operator to determine if the reservoir
required testing, perforation, or acid stimulation.
The high-quality, real-time magnetic resonance data from the proVISION Plus service provided a comprehensive
description of the carbonate reservoir rocks, including permeability, to optimize placement of the wellbore. The
advanced petrophysical evaluation improved testing and completion design and calculated reservoir producibility
for this offshore well.

0
Caliper
105

in

cu
Gamma Ray

510

gAPI

ohm.m

2,000

0.6

ft3/ft3

Phase Shift Resistivity,

28-in Spacing
40 0.2

ohm.m

2,000

Density
1.71

Phase Shift Resistivity,

16-in Spacing
150 0.2

ohm.m

2,000

g/cm3

2.71

ft3/ft3

0.50

1.2

g/cm3

6.50

0.3

3.1

0.3

ms

6,000 0.3

T2 Cutoff

Spectroscopy

Density Image

Neutron Porosity
0.6

2.60

T2 Distribution
T2 Logarithmic Mean

Spectroscopy

Density image
2.19

Free Fluid
Magnetic Resonance
Porosity

0.3

ms

ft3/ft3

Bound Fluid
Volume
ft3/ft3

0.50

Density Porosity
6,000 0.3

g/cm3

3.50
Porosity
Partitioning

0.3

Formation
Pressure-While-Drilling
Permeability
0.01

mD

100

Magnetic Resonance
Permeability
0

0.01

mD

100

Macro porosity
Macro meso porosity
Meso porosity
Macro micro porosity
Meso micro porosity
Micro macro porosity
Micro meso porosity
Micro porosity
Illite
Bound water
Quartz
Calcite
Dolomite
Anhydrite
Pyrite
Free water
Oil volume
Irreducible water

Formation Sigma

0 0.2

Magnetic Resonance
Porosity

Volume of
macroporosity

m/h

2,000

Phase Shift Resistivity,

40-in spacing

Volume of
mesoporosity

Rate of Penetration
100

ohm.m

Dry-weight fraction of clay

0.2

Bound Fluid

Microporosity

2,000

Dry-weight fraction of pyrite

ohm.m

Attenuation Resistivity
at 16-in Spacing

Dry-weight fraction of anhydrite

0.2

Dry-weight fraction of dolomite

2,000

Dry-weight fraction of calcite

ohm.m

Attenuation Resistivity
at 28-in Spacing

Dry-weight fraction of quartz, feldspar, and mica

Attenuation Resistivity
at 40-in spacing
0.2

0.50

10.50

Volumetrics

ft /ft
3

Pay zone

Pay zone
Pay zone

The proVISION Plus service provided continuous permeability in real time across the entire interval. As a result of data
from the proVISION Plus, EcoScope, and StethoScope* formation pressure-while-drilling services, the operator was able
to accurately calcuate the producibility of the reservoir.

CASE STUDY

An operator drilling a deepwater well offshore Africa needed to evaluate potential pay zones in a thinly bedded
sandstone reservoir. Because of good vertical connectivity, thinly bedded sandstone reservoirs can contribute
to increased well production. However, evaluating potential pay zones within individual sandstone layers is
challenging in such complex reservoirs.

Predicting
production rates
in sandstone

Using the proVISION Plus service, a thin-bed analysis was performed to interpret the porosity as it related to well
performance. This analysis would help in evaluating the wells reservoir volumes and capturing the contribution of
each pore system.

ohm.m

2,000

0.2
Rate of Penetration
100

m/h

in

40

510

gAPI

0.2

ohm.m

Magnetic Resonance
Porosity

2,000 0.6

0.2

ohm.m

150

0.2

ohm.m

ft3/ft3

Density

2,000 1.65

Phase Shift Resistivity,

16-in Spacing

Gamma Ray

Caliper
105

cu

2,000

Phase Shift Resistivity,

40-in Spacing

Phase Shift Resistivity

at 28-in Spacing

Formation Sigma
0

ohm.m

Dry-weight fraction of clay

Attenuation Resistivity
at 16-in Spacing

g/cm3

Density Image
2.65

Neutron Porosity

2,000 0.6

ft3/ft3

Spectroscopy

2.33 0.50

1.96

Density Image
0 0.68

g/cm3

Bound Fluid
Free Fluid
Magnetic Resonance
Porosity
T2 Distribution

ms
T2 Cutoff

1 0.5

ms

ft3/ft3

Bound Fluid
Volume

T2 Logarithmic Mean

4.50 0.5
Spectroscopy

3.9 0

0.6

5,000 0.6

ft3/ft3

1030 ms
0

g/cm3

30100 ms
100300 ms

Density Porosity
5,000 0.3

< 3 ms
310 ms

> 300 ms

Formation
Pressure-WhileDrilling Permeability
0.1

mD

10,000 0.5

Magnetic Resonance
Permeability
0.1

mD

Thin-Bed
Analysis

Volume fraction of carbonates

Volume fraction of pyrite
Free water
Oil volume
Irreducible water

0.2

Volume fraction of clay

Bound water
Volume fraction of quartz, feldspar, mica

2,000

Dry-weight fraction of pyrite

ohm.m

Attenuation Resistivity
at 28-in Spacing

Dry-weight fraction of carbon

Attenuation Resistivity
at 40-in Spacing
0.2

Dry-weight fraction of quartz, feldspar, and mica

The thin-bed analysis provided advanced interpretation of the deepwater reservoirs porosity. The T2 distribution
relaxation times enabled the operator to characterize the two laminated sand-shale sequences in real time,
resulting in a 60% increase in calculated reserves. Net-to-gross and continuous permeability were also estimated
for perforation interval selection and completion design optimization.

Cumulative Porosity Net

Cumulative Porosity Gross
Cumulative Porosity Gross

3.5

Thin-Bed
Analysis

0.50

10,000 0 unitless 1 0

8.50

ft3/ft3

15

Cumulative Porosity Net

Volumetrics
1 0

15

Thin-bed
pay zone

Thin-bed
pay zone

The EcoScope service clearly identified two distinct thin bed pay zones. When the logs from the EcoScope service were
combined with logs from the proVISION Plus service, two additional laminated sand-shale sequences were revealed,
leading to a 60% increase of reserves in place.

proVISION Plus
Measurement Specifications
Hole size
Range of measurement
Uncorrected porosity
Min. echo spacing
T2 distribution
Vertical resolution
Static
Dynamic
Precision
Depth of investigation
Min. mud resistivity
Others
Data capacity
Power supply
Combinability
Mechanical Specifications
Nominal collar OD
Min. ID
Length
Weight
Thread connections
Joint yield torque
Max. operating temperature
Max. operating pressure
Max. flow range
Pressure drop constant
Stabilizer
Downhole distance
OD range
Total flow area (TFA)
Max. dogleg severity
Sliding
Rotating
Max. system shock level

proVISION Plus 675

8.375 to 10.625 in [21.273 to 26.988 cm]

proVISION Plus 825

10.25 to 12.625 in [26.035 to 32.068 cm]

0 to 100%
600 us
0.5 to 5,000 ms

0 to 100%
600 us
0.5 to 5,000 ms

4 in [10.16 cm]
10 in at 50 ft/h [25.4 cm at 15 m/h]
20 in at 100 ft/h [50.8 cm at 30 m/h]
1%
14 in [38.1 cm]
0.02 ohm.m

4 in [10.16 cm]
10 in at 50 ft/h [25.4 cm at 15 m/h]
20 in at 100 ft/h [50.8 cm at 30 m/h]
1%
17 in [43.2 cm]
0.02 ohm.m

420 operating h
Turbine
Fully compatible with all Schlumberger LWD tools

420 operating h
Turbine
Fully compatible with all Schlumberger LWD tools

6.75-in [17.15 cm] API tolerance

2.00 in [5.1 cm]
37.31 ft [11.37 m]
3,900 lbm [1,769 kg]
5 12 FH Box API
46,000 ft.lbf [62,367.628 N.m]
300 degF [150 degC]
20,000 psi [137.9 MPa]
800 galUS/min [3 m3/min]
30,000 psi

8.25-in [20.955 cm] Nominal API

2.5 in [6.35 cm]
38.47 ft [11.73 m]
5,800 lbm [2,630 kg]
6 58 FH Box API
91,000 ft.lbf [123,400 N.m]
300 degF [150 degC]
20,000 psi [137.9 MPa]
1,200 galUS/min [4.5 m3/min]
82,000 psi

2.5 ft [0.76 m]
8.25 to 10.375 in [20.96 to 26.35 cm]
14%

3 ft [0.91 m]
10 to 12.125 in [25.40 to 30.79 cm]
14%

16/100 ft [16/ 30 m]

14/100 ft [14/30 ft]

8/100 ft [8/ 30 m]
30 min at Shock Level 5 (50-gn threshold or
accumulated 200,000 shocks above 50 gn)

7/100 ft [7/30 ft]

30 min at Shock Level 3 (50-gn threshold or
accumulated 200,000 shocks above 50 gn)

From

radio-frequency antenna aperture.

With three-level averaging and 1% precision for sandstone configuration.
At 25 degC [77 degF] and with three-level averaging.
Diameter of cylindrical measurement volume.
Providing 90-in [228.6-cm] vertical resolution at 50 ft/h [15.24 m/h] logging speed.
Including upper crossover.
Minimum and maximum depend on turbine setup.
Pressure drop, psi = [(mud weight, lbm/galUS) ((flow , galUS/min)2)]/(Pressure drop constant, psi).
Stabilizer sleeves available in several sizes.
TFA in in2 is more than 14% of annular flow section (equivalent collar).

proVISION Plus

The real-time solution for advanced

petrophysical evaluation of complex reservoirs.

Find out more about proVISION Plus at slb.com/proVISIONPlus

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Other company, product, and service names are the properties of their respective owners.

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), formerly Japan National Oil
Corporation (JNOC), and Schlumberger collaborated on a research project to develop LWD
technology that reduces the need for traditional chemical sources. Designed around the pulsed
neutron generator (PNG), EcoScope service uses technology that resulted from this collaboration.
The PNG and the comprehensive suite of measurements in a single collar are key components of
the EcoScope service that deliver game-changing LWD technology.
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