Technical Services
Petrel Robertson’s staff and associates offer a great variety of subsurface geoscience and engineering skills. These are applied to:
- Regional Exploration Analyses
- Exploration Prospect Generation
- Basin Analysis
- Structural Analysis
- Development Planning
- Property Evaluations
- Operations Support
Our people have extensive academic training, applied work experience in different operating environments, and many years of consulting expertise gained through interaction with many clients. Here’s more detail on the skills PRCL offers:
- Core Logging
- Subsurface Mapping and reservoir appraisal
- Structural, Stratigraphic and Sedimentologic Interpretation
- Biostratigraphy and ichnology
- Hydrostratigraphy
- Seismic Acquisition Planning
- 2D-4D Seismic Interpretation
- Seismic Data Processing Supervision
- Seismic Attribute Analysis
- 2D and 3D Seismic Survey Design
- AVO/Inversion Mapping and Modelling
- Structural Interpretation and Validation
- Forward Modelling
- EM and Gravity Data Acquisition/Interpretation
- Petrographic Description and Interpretation
- Quantitative Well Log Analysis
- Integration of Well Log Data in Static Geologic Models
- Structural Modeling
- Facies Modeling
- Property Modeling
- Multiple Realizations
- Upscaling
- Critical Analysis of 3rd Part Models
- Subsurface Reservoir Analysis
- Reserve / Resource Determination
- Dynamic Reservoir Modeling (engineering affiliates)
- Economic Analysis (for various resources)
- Surface Operating Facility Analysis and Recommendations
- Schlumberger – Petrel
- SeisWare
- Kingdom
- HDS 2008 (Petrophysical Analysis)
- geoLOGIC systems – geoSCOUT
- ALT – WellCAD
- ESRI – ArcGIS
- Eclipse
- Mosaic (Economics and Planning)
- @RISK (Monte Carlo Simulation)
- Landmark – GeoGraphix
- SeisVision
- LogM
- GeoAtlas
- Various advanced software systems are leased and operated by PRCL experts, as required for specific projects and clients
PRCL facilitates 21st century Energy Transitions
We apply our subsurface geoscience and engineering expertise to oil and gas, water resource characterization, geothermal resources, subsurface energy storage and carbon sequestration, and exploration for helium and other strategic commodities
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THE 21st CENTURY ENERGY TRANSITION
Petrel Robertson is playing an important role as Canada and the world transition to more diverse energy sources and storage.
Oil and gas will be critical for energy and petrochemicals for decades to come. PRCL supports orderly, efficient, and environmentally responsible development of oil and gas resources. Much of our oil- and gas-related work now supports initiatives such as identifying water source and disposal opportunities for unconventional oil and gas, while ensuring protection of fresh water resources.
We are also finding opportunities to leverage our subsurface skill sets beyond oil and gas, including:
- Exploring for and developing other resources, such as minerals-rich saline brines and helium, found in deep gas reservoirs
- Characterizing saline water resources in deep aquifers to supply water for hydraulic fracturing, and to safely dispose of waste water from petroleum and other industrial processes
- Characterizing fresh water resources in shallow aquifers, as water supply for many uses, and to guard against contamination
- Mapping areas at risk from induced seismicity
- Evaluating and planning geothermal energy development
- Assessing and planning subsurface energy storage, as in caverns and fracture systems
News
PRCL President Brad Hayes presented Carbon Capture and Storage – Assessing the Subsurface at the Fort McMurray Oil Sands Conference and Trade Show
PRCL President Brad Hayes presented “Carbon Capture and Storage: Assessing the Subsurface” at the Fort McMurray Oil Sands Conference and Trade Show on September 13 2023. He also participated in a panel discussion sponsored by Canadian Heavy Oil Association, examining...
