Smart Tracer Release Systems

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

RESMAN Energy Technology manufactures and delivers bespoke polymer-based tracer release systems that are used in oil and gas production wells, both onshore and offshore, providing a granulated insight into gas/oil vs. water zonal productivity of wells. As these systems are primarily composed of a polymer base within which RESMAN’s tracers are incorporated, the rate at which tracers are released from the polymer into a target fluid is a function of polymer properties. Polymer properties that govern tracer release for a polymer-tracer systems are better understood through investigation of polymer’s structure-property relationship under well conditions. Temperature and chemical environment significantly affect polymer properties, and by extension, the rate at which tracers release. Advanced structural manipulations of the polymers base system can therefore be used as a lever through which the rate of tracer release under different conditions can be toggled to meet RESMAN’s desired lifetime for a system. For long term monitoring, the target lifetime for RESMAN’s release systems is 10 years. The project’s goal is to enhance the quality and reliability of RESMAN’s release systems for use across all types of production wells, from short term specialized applications to complex long term monitoring.