Jaxon Caines，Hart Energy 技术记者：我和 Jaxon Caines 出席在休斯顿举行的 2024 年 URTeC 会议，讨论一些最新的非常规资源和技术。首先，我们将与 QuantumPro 进行交谈，了解他们的新 FloTrac 技术。

JC：我和 Quantum Pro 的 John Oliver 以及 Quan Guo 一起出席 URTeC 2024，我们想和他们谈谈他们的新 FloTrac 技术。那么就从这里开始吧。FloTrac 是什么？它到底是如何工作的？

QuantumPro 董事会成员兼顾问 John Oliver： Jaxon，FloTrac 是一种固体纳米颗粒示踪剂，我们在井下条件下使用它来绘制井流图和井间通信图。因此，它是一种新一代示踪剂，不同于传统的化学示踪剂，我们已将其用于石油和天然气、CCUS、地热等许多不同的应用领域。

JC：那么，您为什么说这个行业需要这项技术呢？

JO：嗯，我们需要更详细地了解井下的情况。这样我们才能真正看到井中流体的流动位置，无论是油气井中的流体来自哪里，还是地热井或碳储存井中的流体注入到哪里。

JC：那么，你们与哪些客户合作？FloTrac 在哪里使用？

JO：实际上，我们在世界各地都使用 FloTrac，在美国，我们在沙特、阿曼、中东和哈萨克斯坦也有业务。就客户而言，从小型私募股权客户到埃克森美孚、雷普索尔、英国石油公司和大型企业，应有尽有。

JC：现在，我问你一个问题，Quan。你们接下来打算对 FloTrac 采取什么措施？

Quan Guo，QuantumPro 地质力学顾问：是的，我们正在开展多个方面的工作。让我重点介绍其中之一。我们最近刚刚推出了一种用于获得群集级别或穿孔级别的流动测绘的技术。在这种情况下，我们将示踪剂嵌入到炸药衬管中，在炸药爆炸过程中，衬管塌陷并将示踪剂注入地层。因此，我们获得了群集级别或穿孔级别的监测。这可以用于生产井、注入井，我们对这项新技术感到非常兴奋。

JC：好的，这就是 URTeC 与 Quantum Pro 合作的全部内容。

我今天在 URTeC 与 Grace Instrument 的 Mitch Alvis 一起。Grace Instrument 有许多不同的产品，但今天我们想谈谈他们的 M2200。那么 Mitch，M2200 到底是什么？为什么您认为行业需要它？

Mitch Alvis，Grace Instrument 技术销售：好的，谢谢 Jaxon。感谢您抽出时间。是的，钻井显然是石油和天然气行业最重要的操作之一。专家们一直梦想着能够在钻井之前模拟实际钻井操作。基本上，这种仪器可以节省成本，并提高性能，因为它能够预测实际地层中的钻井、扭矩、流体损失和阻力参数。但让我总结一下，我们可以为公司节省资金、培训时间和实验室空间，因为我们在一个台式装置中配备了三台机器。

JC：M2200 部署在哪里？

MA：实际上我们已经在这个行业工作了 24 年，我们的实验室遍布全球，我们的客户遍布全世界大大小小的公司。

JC：伙计，看来你们有很多事情要做。能够更多地了解你们真是太棒了。谢谢。

MA：非常感谢。非常感谢。好吧，

JC：我和 Encino Environmental Services 的 Scott McCurdy 一起来到 URTeC，我们来这里是为了了解他们的新相机技术。那么 Scott，是什么让您的 QOGI 技术如此特别，它是如何被使用的呢？

Encino 环境服务公司首席执行官 Scott McCurdy：好的。首先，感谢您的邀请。我只想花五秒钟介绍一下 Encino。Encino 是一家位于休斯顿的排放管理解决方案提供商。首先，关于 OGI 或 QOGI，我将解释一下它是什么。OGI 代表“光学气体成像”，它在摄像技术中已经存在多年。这本身就非常了不起，因为您可以发现不可见的泄漏，并通过摄像机使其可见。事实上，这是我们每天在现场使用的 QOGI 手持式摄像机之一。现在，当您谈到 QOGI 并在其上添加 Q 时，您不仅在谈论看到泄漏，而且还在量化泄漏。这有点新。事实上，这款相机和 Sensia（我们所属的制造商，使用其相机技术）实际上是第一个在机上集成量化功能的。

这意味着它是在摄像机中完成的，不需要外部平板电脑或类似的东西来进行量化，就像我们在运营中使用它一样。所以我们每天都在现场使用这种手持技术为我们的客户进行泄漏检测调查。这些摄像机还有固定版本，可用于更固定的连续监测，用于气体检测和量化的连续监测、火炬监测、破坏清除效率、火灾、泄漏，然后只是一般的监视和安全应用。事实上，我们有一个移动系统的专利，我们可以把一个固定摄像机放在拖车上，拖车上有服务器和通信设备，可以移动它，真正为我们的客户提供最大的灵活性和效率。

JC：那么斯科特，您为什么说这个行业需要这项技术呢？

SM：首先，这项技术在世界各地都有应用，但我要谈一谈法规。显然，美国已经出台了许多新法规。就在过去的几个月和几周里。大多数法规都与 OGI 标准有关。因此，任何替代技术通常都以 OGI 技术为衡量标准。因此，客户开始看到他们必须对更多资产进行调查。他们必须更频繁地进行调查，但他们现在也面临着 IRA 产生的废物排放费等问题，他们试图减少这些费用。所有这些的主要目的是超越排放因素。通常，EPA 或其他组织会根据设备所在的位置、所做的事情以及运行时间长短，为某台设备应用一个系数。因此，现在基本上公司想知道它实际排放了什么，而不仅仅是使用该系数。因此，利用我们的手持设备、固定摄像机等技术是开始实现这一目标的好方法。

JC：现在你们打算利用这项技术采取哪些下一步措施呢？

SM：当然。首先，我经常与客户交流，他们听说我们做什么，然后说：“哇，你们什么都做！”但我们实际上什么都做。但我们做了很多事情，通常一家公司可能会去五六个不同的供应商那里寻找我们做的所有事情，然后乘以他们运营的盆地数量，他们可能有 15 或 20 个。所以我说的是更多的整合。我们提供卫星甲烷监测，因此整合卫星以实现高重访率，这是一种超级排放器计划，带有固定摄像机，可以进行更连续的监测，并不断寻找泄漏，甚至手持摄像机也可以提供地面服务，以持续寻找泄漏或寻找泄漏，传感器或某些东西可以告诉您有泄漏但不知道在哪里。所以这是第一点。

我想说，这样做对客户的好处是，我们能够用同一家公司做更多的事情，用更少的钱做更多的事情。我们的目标不仅是为客户提供尖端技术，还要为他们提供见解、信息，帮助他们学习和理解法规，并提出切实可行的见解来减少排放。

JC：斯科特，很高兴能了解到 QOGI 相机。谢谢您抽出时间。

SM：当然了。谢谢你们的邀请。非常感谢。

JC：我是 Jaxon Caines，URTeC 的节目到此结束。请继续关注 hartenergy.com/EP，我们将深入探讨为石油田提供能源的技术。

Jaxon Caines, technology reporter, Hart Energy: I’m Jaxon Caines and I’m here at the 2024 URTeC Conference in Houston to talk about some of the latest in unconventional resources and technology. First, we’re going to talk with QuantumPro and learn about their new FloTrac technology.

JC: I’m here with John Oliver and Quan Guo of Quantum Pro here at URTeC 2024, and we want to talk with them about their new FloTrac technology. So start things off. What is FloTrac and how does it really work?

John Oliver, board member and advisor, QuantumPro: So Jaxon, FloTrac is a solid nanoparticle tracer, which we use in downhole conditions to map well flow and also cross-well communications. So it’s a new generation tracer, different from traditional chemical tracers and we’ve used it in applications in oil and gas, CCUS, geothermal—in many different applications.

JC: Now, why would you say that the industry needs this technology?

JO: Well, we need to understand what’s happening downhole in more granular detail. So this allows us to actually individually see where the well is flowing, either in the case of oil and gas wells, where the flow is coming from, or in the case of a geothermal well or a carbon storage well, where the injection is going to.

JC: Now, who are some of the clients you guys work with and where is FloTrac being used?

JO: Well, we use FloTrac across the world actually—here in the U.S., we have a presence in Saudi, Oman, the Middle East and in Kazakhstan as well. And in terms of customers, everybody from the small private equity based customers up to the Exxon Mobil, Repsol, BP and the majors.

JC: Now, question for you, Quan. What are some of the next steps you guys look to take with FloTrac?

Quan Guo, geomechanics advisor, QuantumPro: Yeah, we are working on several fronts. Let me focus on one. We just introduced recently to get the cluster level or perforation level of flow mapping. And in this case we embedded the tracer into the charge liners and during the charge detonation, the liner collapses and injects the tracer into the formation. And so we get the cluster level or perforation level of monitoring. This can be used for producers, injectors and we are very excited about this new technology.

JC: Okay, and that’s all at URTeC with Quantum Pro.

I’m here at URTeC with Mitch Alvis of Grace Instrument. Grace Instrument has a number of different products, but today we want to talk about their M2200. So Mitch, what exactly is the M2200 and why would you say the industry needs this?

Mitch Alvis, technical sales, Grace Instrument: Well, thank you Jaxon. Appreciate your time. And yes, so drilling is obviously one of the most important operations in the oil and gas industry. And experts have long dreamed about being able to simulate the actual drilling operations before drilling the well. Basically this instrument can save costs as well as improve performance by being able to predict drilling, torque, fluid loss and drag parameters that are found in the actual formation. But let me just sum it up and say that we’re able to save companies money, training time and lab space because we have three machines in one benchtop unit.

JC: Where is the M2200 being deployed at?

MA: So we actually have been in business for 24 years and we are in labs all over the world internationally and we’re in large to small companies throughout the world.

JC: Man, this seems like you guys got a lot coming up the pipeline. It’s amazing to learn more about you guys. Thank you.

MA: Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Alright,

JC: I’m here at URTeC with Scott McCurdy of Encino Environmental Services and we’re here to learn about their new camera technology. So Scott, what makes your QOGI technology so special and how’s it being used?

Scott McCurdy, CEO, Encino Environmental Services: Sure. First off, thanks for having me. Appreciate you having me. And just five seconds about Encino. Encino is an emissions management solutions provider based here in Houston. First off, with regards to OGI or QOGI, I’ll explain what it is. So OGI stands for 'optical gas imaging' and it’s basically been around in camera technology for a number of years. That in itself is pretty amazing because you’re taking an invisible leak and making it visible through the camera. In fact, here’s one of our QOGI handheld version of our camera that we utilize out in the field every day. Now when you talk about QOGI and add the Q to it, you’re talking about not only seeing that leak but also quantifying that leak. That’s a little bit newer. In fact, this camera and Sensia, who is the manufacturer that we are part of and use their camera technology, was actually the first to integrate the quantification onboard.

That means it’s done in the camera, doesn’t need an external tablet or anything like that to do the quantification as for how we use it in our operations. So we use this handheld technology in the field every day to do leak detection surveys for our customers. There’s also fixed versions of these cameras that can be used for more fixed continuous monitoring for just continuous monitoring for gas detection and quantification, flare monitoring, for destruction removal efficiencies, fire, spills, and then just general surveillance and security applications. In fact, we have a patent on a mobile system where we can take one of the fixed cameras, use it on a trailer with a server and communications and everything to be able to move it around and really provide the most flexibility and efficiency for our customers.

JC: So Scott, why would you say that the industry needs this technology?

SM: Well, this technology is used all over the world first and foremost, but I’ll talk a little bit about regulations. So here in the US obviously there’s been a number of new regulations. Now it’s just over the last couple months and weeks. Most of the regulations tie back to OGI being the standard. And so any alternative technology is typically measured against OGI technology. So customers are starting to see where they have to do surveys of more assets. They have to do surveys more frequently, but they also have things now like the Waste Emissions Charge that came out of the IRA that they try to reduce. The main purpose of all this is to move beyond emissions factors. Typically, the EPA or other organizations would have a factor that you apply to a certain piece of equipment based on where it was, what it did and how long it ran. And so now basically companies want to know what it’s actually emitting and not just use that factor. And so utilizing technology like our handheld, our fixed cameras, that’s a great way to start to do that.

JC: Now what are some of the next steps you guys look to take with this technology?

SM: Sure. So first off, I talk to customers all the time and they hear about what we do and they say, ‘Oh wow, you guys do everything!’ But we don’t really do everything. But we do a lot of things and typically a company might go to five or six different vendors to find everything that we do, and then you multiply that by the number of basins they operate in and they might have 15 or 20. And so I’d say more integration. We provide satellite methane monitoring, and so integrating the satellite for high revisitation, kind of a super emitter program with a fixed camera that’s doing more continuous monitoring and constantly looking for leaks down to the handheld cameras where we can provide the boots on the ground service to continually be looking for leaks or go find leaks that a sensor or something that can tell you there is a leak but not where might find. And so that’s number one.

I would say the benefit to our customers with that is being able to do more with the same company and more with less. Our goal is really to not only have cutting edge technology for our customers, but also give them insights, give them information, help them learn and understand the regulations and have actionable insights to reduce their emissions.

JC: Well, Scott, it was a pleasure to learn about the QOGI camera. Thank you for your time.

SM: Absolutely. Thank you for having me. Appreciate it.

JC: I’m Jaxon Caines and that’s a wrap here at URTeC. Check back with us at hartenergy.com/EP as we drill into the tech that fuels the oil patch.