Advanced Cutting Analysis
In addition to visual interpretation of the rock cuttings, our wellsite geoscience group can provide quantitative compositional analysis utilizing x-ray diffraction (XRD) and x-ray fluorescence (XRF) technologies
XRD Mineralogy at Wellsite
Direct Measurement of All Major Minerals:
Quartz / K-Feldspar / Plagioclase / Calcite / Dolomite / Siderite / Pyrite / AnhydriteTotal Clay.
Procedures developed from laboratory bulk XRD analysis
XRF Elementary Analysis at Wellsite
Elemental data is used for improved wellbore positioning by
chemostratigraphy, and enhanced mineralogy / brittleness
- Many minerals show considerable variability in their elemental composition, particularly with regard to trace elements.
- These elemental signatures can provide the most detailed stratigraphic information, as well as enhanced mineralogy and mechanical attributes.
