Mar 19 2008
Intellection’s global diversification into the oil and gas sector has been consolidated, with the recent purchase of a QEMSCAN® automated mineral analysis solution by Fugro Robertson Limited (FRL)
UK-based FRL is one of the largest and most highly regarded international geoscience service providers in the upstream oil and gas sector
While Intellection already provides QEMSCAN® based commercial laboratory services to oil and gas companies, the FRL order represents the first use of the QEMSCAN® technology by an established oil and gas technical services organisation for the development of its own extended services
Intellection CEO Calvin Treacy said, “Following so closely on the success of our own commercial QEMSCAN® analytical services in this sector, this purchase is a fantastic endorsement of the QEMSCAN® technology for oil and gas applications
“FRL has an outstanding reputation for the quality of its services and technical research capabilities, and we are extremely proud they have chosen QEMSCAN® to add to the depth of their Stratigraphic ToolboxTM.
The choice follows extensive assessment of QEMSCAN® by FRL personnel who visited Intellection’s operations in Brisbane, Australia to see the solution in action, meet the developers of the technology, and personally conduct test analyses to appraise the technology’s capabilities and suitability.
FRL Director Guy Oliver said, “We have been watching the growth of Intellection and rapid evolution of QEMSCAN® for some years now. QEMSCAN® has now grown into a unique, mature analytical technology that we believe significantly extends the services we can offer our customers.
“The ability of QEMSCAN® to rapidly measure, quantify and report the mineralogy and thence lithotyping of large numbers of samples provides an important ability to fill in the information gaps where wireline or geophysical data is either missing, inconclusive or at best qualitative. QEMSCAN® digital information will help our customers better understand and overcome the challenges they may face on a given project.”
FRL will locate the QEMSCAN® at the organisation’s North Wales headquarters, where it will be used on commercial projects and in internal research and development of new capabilities in the analysis of cores, plugs and cuttings.
Intellection has also recently established an office in North Wales, following its merger with X-Ray Mineral Services to form Intellection (UK) Ltd. The company is therefore ideally placed to provide local support and training to Fugro Robertson in this new venture.
To date, Intellection has provided more than 60 QEMSCAN® solutions world-wide to customers across six continents.