Mudlogging
Gas Detection and Gas Chromatography
Deployment of gas detectors to determine the quantity and character of hydrocarbons released from drilling fluid at the shakers
- Infrared total gas
- Infrared Spectrometers (C1-C5)
- Hotwire chromatographs (C1-C8)
- Gas Ratio interpretation
Cuttings collection and preparation
- Organising drill cuttings collection
- Washing and drying drill cuttings samples
- Drill cuttings logging
- Storing and preservation
Geochemical samples collection
- Gas Iso-tubes
- Bulk cuttings and drilling fluid sampes in isojars and geochem jars
- Cuttings collection for off-site XRD analysis
- On-site XRF analysis
- On-site FTIR analysis
Geochemical analyses are gaining importance and prominence in unconventional reservoirs, when petrographic features are more difficult to discern, and geochemical quantification or drill cuttings and/or core leads to determination of geomechanical properties of the rock drilled.