Saturn 3D radial probe

Enabling, efficient, derisking, and flexible

With its unique combination of a
large circumferential flow area, zero sump,
and the ability to support rock, the Saturn* 3D
radial probe is the enabling technology for conducting
wireline-conveyed formation testing that can deliver
the information necessary to optimize performance across
a well’s life cycle.

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 Applications
■ Downhole fluid analysis (DFA) Saturn
■ Fluid compositional gradient determination 3D radial probe
■ Formation fluid sampling for laboratory analysis
■ Far-field permeability measurement
and anisotropy determination
Pressure transient analysis
Features
■

■ Conventional formation pressure tests

Benefits
■ Enabling: pressure measurement, DFA, fluid sampling,
and other formation testing objectives in a broad range
of challenging environments
– Wide permeability range, extending down to 0.01 mD
– Heavy oil
– Near-critical fluids
– Unconsolidated formations
– Thinly laminated formations
– Rugose and unstable boreholes
■ Efficient: significant rig-time savings
■ Derisking: reduced station time and assured retraction
■ Flexible: deployable across a wide range of hole sizes, temperatures,
and pressures on all conveyance options, from wireline to the
TLC* tough logging conditions system to openhole tractors
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■ Industry’s largest total surface flow area: 79.44 in2 for
7-in and 9-in versions, 159.49 in2 for the extralarge 7-in
version, and 59.49 in2 for 5-in version
■ Fast setting and retracting time
■ Zero sump and low storage effect to eliminate mixing
fluids with stationary mud
■ Option of vertical interference testing with monitoring
probe positioned 4 ft above the probe’s radial inlet
■ High differential pressure rating
■ Self-sealing drain assembly for excellent seal
maintenance and wellbore support during sampling
in any-quality borehole
■ Combinable with the MDT Forte* rugged modular
formation dynamics tester, MDT Forte-HT* rugged high-
temperature modular formation dynamics tester, MDT*
modular formation dynamics tester, and InSitu Fluid
Analyzer* real-time downhole fluid analysis system
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Understanding fluids to drive success
across the reservoir life cycle
Over the lifetime of a well, reservoir characterization is key to developing the
necessary understanding for optimizing production and recovery. One of the
primary data sources for reservoir characterization is the accurate downhole
measurement of rock and fluid properties.

Beginning in the exploration and appraisal phases, knowledge of formation pressure and fluid composition is the foundation for developing
a formation and fluid model and establishing early understanding of reservoir potential and possible production challenges. In the development
and production phases, fluid properties are important for facilities design, production optimization, and salability of the hydrocarbon produced.
Concurrently, the downstream phase requires detailed fluid chemistry toward providing quality assurance of the individual petroleum
cuts and products.
The accuracy of the decisions resulting from formation pressure and fluid properties data is highly dependent on data integration within the ongoing
reservoir characterization process. Instead of the conventional piecemeal approach, Schlumberger employs a digital, integrated strategy. Harnessing
the power of data in combination with scientific knowledge and domain expertise within a secure, cloud-based space facilitates collaboration,
which in turn drives new insight to reduce uncertainties and risk, from pore to pipeline.

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 However, as the shift in operations to more complex
environments continues, successfully obtaining real-time
pressure measurements, DFA, and low-contamination
samples as critical components of this digitally integrated
approach also becomes a greater challenge.

The self-sealing drain assembly incorporating the four ports

circumferentially extracts fluid from the formation instead of
localizing flow at a single probe.

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Defining the limits of possible

Employing traditional single probes and

dual packers for pressure testing and fluid
sampling faces numerous challenges, can
pose significant operational risk, and limits
the addressable range of conditions.

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Each self-sealing port incorporates a filter to capture
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any dislodged matrix and prevent plugging.
Pressure testing and fluid sampling require sealing a downhole tool
to the wellbore wall and establishing flow from the reservoir that is
isolated from the hydrostatic mud column. For sampling and DFA
applications, the fluid must be pumped from the reservoir rock into
the tool for a sufficient time to decrease the presence of near-
wellbore contamination without plugging the tool, collapsing the
formation, or allowing a pressure change in the fluid that can cause
a phase change to nonrepresentative conditions. For an interval
pressure transient test (IPTT) to deliver meaningful drawdown and
buildup data, the fluid must similarly be pumped for a sufficient time
to create a pressure disturbance far beyond the near-borehole rock
damaged by drilling.
The traditional methods for connecting with the reservoir are
single probes and the use of dual packers. Single probes can
perform efficiently in high-mobility environments, but because
fluid flow is directed to a single small inlet, their functionality is
greatly limited by low-permeability and low-homogeneity rocks,
formations prone to sanding, and high-viscosity fluids. Isolating
a wellbore interval with dual packers provides a huge increase
in the flow area for withdrawing fluid and a fully radial inlet,
but the integrity of the unsupported formation can be damaged,
and both cleanup of the large sump area prior to sampling and
inflating and deflating the packers at each station greatly add to
operational time and risk.
The Saturn 3D radial probe’s integral radial
inlet provides the industry’s largest flow area
to efficiently overcome these conventional
challenges and slash operational risk. 07
Setting the standard in downhole
formation testing
The Saturn 3D radial probe deploys multiple self-sealing ports Reduced stationary time and assured retraction from every seal
around the borehole wall to establish and sustain true 3D yield significant derisking for operations. Flexible deployment is
circumferential flow in the formation around the borehole. Filtrate supported by the multiple sizes of the Saturn probe, covering a
is quickly removed to draw in formation fluid, enabling highly wide range of borehole diameters while mechanically supporting
accurate pressure measurement and high-purity fluid acquisition the borehole. Sandface filters on each port prevent plugging inside
for sample collection and DFA in what are considered challenging the flowline of the MDT tester string if any matrix is disengaged
conditions for conventional wireline formation testing: during flow by preventing entry into the Saturn probe.
■ rugose or unstable boreholes
■ thinly laminated formations
■ tight, low-permeability formations
■ unconsolidated formations The Saturn 3D radial probe
heavy oil or near-critical fluid types.
increases the probe surface
■

The Saturn probe’s fast setting and retracting times, zero sump area by more than 90 times.
for a low storage effect and elimination of stationary mud mixing,
and largest inlet flow area in the industry—up to 79.44 in2 for the
regular tool sizes and 159.49 in2 for the extralarge 7-in version—
facilitate efficient operations across a wide range of reservoir rock,
permeability, and fluid types in a single trip in a well.

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 0.85 59.49 79.44 159.49
Surface flow area, in2 Surface flow area, in2 Surface flow area, in2 Surface flow area, in2
Standard large- 5-in Saturn 3D 7- and 9-in Saturn Extralarge 7-in Saturn
diameter probe radial probe 3D radial probe 3D radial probe†

09 Images not to scale †Available on request 09

Enabling formation testing
where not previously possible
As the permeability of a formation decreases, the performance improvement of the Saturn 3D radial
probe over conventional single and focused probes widens significantly. As shown in comparison
with an extralarge-diameter conventional probe for achieving 5% contamination, the Saturn 3D
radial probe improves sampling efficiency beginning at formation mobilities of 500 mD/cP, with
the performance gap greatly expanding as the mobility decreases. Once mobility decreases below
10 mD/cP, conventional single and focused probes cannot reliably move the formation fluid,
whereas the Saturn 3D radial probe is an enabling technology. Dual packers can assist sampling
at low mobility but are limited in terms of their capability in unconsolidated rocks and heavy fluids
and of efficiency due to their large sump. The Saturn probe addresses both of these issues, enabling
targeting new environments with unprecedented efficiency.

Completing pressure surveys in low-permeability,

low-mobility formations
The technology that makes the Saturn 3D radial probe excel at fluid extraction also delivers a step
change in formation pressure testing. The highest performing pressure-specific formation testing
tools can be applied in mobilities down to 0.1 mD/cP. The Saturn probe can extend this range down
by an order of magnitude, to 0.01 mD/cP.

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 4-in invasion, 300-psi drawdown, kv/kh = 1
25

Sample enabling in low mobility Sample efficiency

20

Time to reach 5% contamination, h

Conventional
15 extralarge-diameter probe
Saturn 3D radial probe

10

0
1 10 100
Mobility, mD/cP

Modeled cleanup times for the Saturn 3D radial probe and a conventional extralarge-diameter probe show
the increase in sampling efficiency possible. The Saturn 3D radial probe is an enabling technology for
sampling at mobilities less than 10 mD/cP, at which the conventional probe can no longer perform effectively.

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Accomplishing goals, whatever
the well conditions
Available in 5-in, 7-in, and 9-in -tool diameters and an
extralarge 7-in version on request, the Saturn probe
brings the efficiency of zero-sump, large inlet area,
radial fluid flow to boreholes sizes from 57/8 to 14½ in.
The HPHT rating of the Saturn probe family at up to 30,000 psi and 400 degF extends coverage across
practically all downhole environments.
The material used for the probe and its active retraction mechanism minimizes the chance of sticking
and optimizes the number of settings possible in a single descent. Qualified for 20 settings at 8,000-psi
differential pressure per descent, the Saturn 3D radial probe has achieved up to 60 settings in the field
to enable extended deployment. This reliable downhole performance in combination with assured
retraction of the self-sealing ports after every station makes it possible to accomplish ambitious formation
testing objectives.

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 The mechanical retract mechanism of the Saturn 3D radial probe reliably secures the drain assembly when
not deployed.

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Assuring sampling when the going gets heavy

The impact of heavy oil’s high viscosity

on mobility has traditionally challenged
sampling operations.
This challenge is compounded when the oil-bearing formation is poorly
consolidated or has a low unconfined compressive strength because the
differential pressure required to move the oil across the sandface can cause
it to collapse, breaking the necessary seal or plugging the tool’s flowline. Dual
packers exacerbate the effect, exposing a large area of unsupported formation.
In some cases, operators resort to expensive and time-consuming alternatives
of setting casing across prospective intervals to enable sample collection or
waiting to sample during well completion.
The innovative design of the Saturn probe easily solves the problems posed in
sampling heavy oil. The self-sealing drain assembly not only reliably maintains
the seal to the borehole wall but also minimizes the differential pressure
required to move high-viscosity fluids while simultaneously supporting the
formation and preventing its collapse. This approach has enabled acquisition
The Saturn 3D radial probe reliably enables sampling of highly viscous oils.
of high-quality heavy oil samples with viscosities up to 1,000 cP.

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Customers
61
Countries
2,400
Samples Acquired
1,183
Jobs

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NORWEGIAN
CONTINENTAL SHELF

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5 SAKHALIN
OFFSHORE
ONSHORE CASPIAN SEA &
MEXICO KAZAKHSTAN
7
7 5
GULF OF
MEXICO TUNISIA

9
OFFSHORE
MEXICO
7
MIDDLE
EAST GULF OF 7
THAILAND

9
7
DEEPWATER
BRAZIL DEEPWATER OFFSHORE NW
ANGOLA
AUSTRALIA 7

Probe Size 9 in Probe Size 7 in Probe Size 5 in

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Case Study

5 Reserves
7 9 Identified and Water Influx Tied to Crossflow by Fluid Sampling
and DFA with 5-in Saturn Probe
Upper Reservoir
Gas/oil ratio Low quality Medium quality High quality
400

During drilling of a high-temperature 6.5-in exploration well offshore m3/m3 200

Mexico, a large water influx occurred that required control with 1.0
CO2 C1 C2 C3–C5 C6+

managed pressure drilling. To efficiently resolve whether the water 0.5

was indicative of well construction problems or a dry hole, the 5-in 0.6
Fluorescence channel 0 Fluorescence channel 1 Fluorescence ratio Fluorescence reflection

0.4

Saturn probe was deployed with the MDT Forte-HT high-temperature 0.2
0

formation tester. 1.0 Oil Water Highly absorbing fluid flag

0.5

Despite the well’s poor prognosis, the formation testing program 0

15 Quartz gauge pressure Computed total pumpout flow rate
12,000

returned representative pressure and fluid composition data to provide

10 11,000
Pressure,
cm3/s 10,000
psi
5 9,000
8,000

a new perspective on reservoir potential. Water identified at the top of

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Elapsed time, min

the reservoir section suggested possible crossflow from another zone. Lower Reservoir
A sample collected by the Saturn probe in this zone confirmed that the 400
Gas/oil ratio Low quality Medium quality High quality

salinity corresponded to water from the overlying Cretaceous formation,

600
m3/m3 400
200

indicating a poor cement job instead of a dry well.

0

CO2 C1 C2 C3–C5 C6+

1.0

Both oil and near-critical light hydrocarbons were identified in the 0.5

main reservoir by DFA, proving the well to be hydrocarbon bearing 2.0

1.5
Fluorescence channel 0 Fluorescence channel 1 Fluorescence ratio Fluorescence reflection

and guiding adjustment of the completion design. 1.0

0.5
0
Oil Water Highly absorbing fluid flag
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0

0.4 Quartz gauge pressure Computed total pumpout flow rate

12,000

Real-time DFA conducted at stations in the upper (top) and

10 11,000 Pressure,
cm3/s psi
5 10,000

lower (bottom) sections of the reservoir documents the 9,000

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0

difference in composition within the hydrocarbon column. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Elapsed time, min
140 160 180 200 220 240
Case Study

5 High-Quality
7 9 Fluid Samples and Pressure Measurements
at 0.05-mD/cP Mobility in Overpressured Subsalt Carbonate
Formation testing was imperative for an operator’s first exploration well 30
8,000
in the subsalt carbonate reservoir of an offshore field in the Caspian Sea Quartz gauge pressure
Computed total pumpout flow rate 25
7,000
because no prior information about formation permeability and fluid 6,000 20
properties was available. However, obtaining pressure data and fluid Pressure, 5,000 15 Flow rate,
samples from the overpressured formation would have to be conducted psi
4,000
10
cm3/s

with maximum efficiency in consideration of the high sticking risk and 3,000
5
weather conditions. 2,000
0
0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5
The 5-in version of the Saturn radial probe was deployed in the 6-in Elapsed time, h

well to successfully collect two oil samples at differential pressures 1.0

Hydrocarbon Water Highly absorbing fluid flag

ranging from 5,500 psi to 6,500 psi—well outside of the operating range 0
for a conventional dual-packer configuration. Following sampling, 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000
Elapsed time, h
an extended buildup was conducted to calculate accurate formation
permeability. The permeability measurement was 0.05 md/cP, which Pressure measurement and concurrent optical monitoring of the fluid extracted
is outside of the operating range for a conventional single probe. The by the 5-in Saturn probe confirmed low sample contamination at a station with
0.05-mD/cP mobility.
wealth of critical information acquired in only 4.5 h on station minimized
rig time and mitigated risk while enabling the operator to confidently
continue exploration and appraisal work.

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 Case Study

5 7 Mobile
9 Oil Confirmed in a Low-Permeability Sakhalin Reservoir
at 85% Water Saturation
An operator sought to assess the productivity potential for low-water- Quartz gauge pressure Pumped volume

content oil from a low-permeability reservoir with high water saturation.

3,500
60,000
3,000

Pressure, psi

Volume, cm3
However, conventionally using dual packers to isolate intervals for
40,000
2,500
20,000

testing would create a strong wellbore storage effect that would bias
2,000

pressure measurements and compromise the quality of any fluid 1,000

Low quality Medium quality High quality

samples while the required long pumping times would increase

Gas/oil ratio, ft3/bbl

800

sticking risk. 600

For these reasons, the 7-in Saturn 3D radial probe was deployed on the

Cumulative hydrocarbon
CO2 C1 C2 C3–C5 C6+

composition ratio
1.0

TLC system in a sidetrack well with a maximum deviation of 77°. The 0.5

probe’s unique combination of zero sump, large flow area, and fully Hydrocarbon Highly absorbing fluid flag Water

circumferential flow withdrew a total of 274 L of fluid at four stations 1.0

0.8

with mobilities ranging from 0.1 to 1,000 mD/cP in 136 h of operating 0.6
0.4

time with zero lost time. 0.2

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

DFA conducted on the low-contamination fluid acquired by the Saturn

Elapsed time, min

probe confirmed mobile oil at water saturations as high as 85%. The C1 component of the hydrocarbon composition clearly distinguished reservoir
oil from oil-based mud filtrate as the Saturn probe efficiently sampled fluids, even
The compositional and pressure information obtained by using the in permeability as low as 0.1 mD.
Saturn probe in a single run in an environment where conventional
technologies would not be able to function enabled the operator to
better align the development approach.

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 Case Study

5 7 Successful
9 Permeability Measurement and Fluid Sampling
in 0.1-mD/cP Mobility, Deepwater Angola
Pressure measurements and fluid compositional data were needed for 10 0.80
InSitu Density* sensor
a deepwater appraisal well offshore Angola, but a conventional single 9 0.78

probe would not be able to effectively perform in the low-permeability 8 0.76

consolidated sandstone and a dual-packer inlet would have significantly 7 0.74
increased testing time.
6 0.72

The 7-in Saturn probe easily initiated and maintained circumferential

Density, g/cm3
Viscosity, cP
5 0.70

flow from the reservoir, even in zones with 0.1-mD/cP mobility, to make 4 0.68

multiple valid pressure measurements and retrieve samples with an 3 0.66

average pumping time of little more than 4 h per station. At each IPTT 2 0.64
station, the Saturn probe pumped twice the volume of fluid that a single 1
Vibrating wire viscosity sensor
0.62
probe would have been able to extract and obtained it in half the time.
0 0.60

DFA of the sampled fluid employed a vibrating wire sensor to measure 0.58

in situ fluid viscosity to complement density measurement. Having these 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000

accurate measurements well in advance of laboratory analysis made it Elapsed time, s

possible to derive reservoir permeability and furthered the interpretation The high quality of the density and viscosity measurements is flagged green in the
of permeability anisotropy from two IPTTs efficiently conducted with bottom track.
the Saturn probe spaced only 1.23 m from a monitoring probe in the
toolstring.

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 Case Study

5 7 DFA
9 and Sampling in <1 h from Low-Resistivity, Tight, Laminated Sand
Identifies Oil and Water Intervals
Extensive diagenesis, including chloritization,
5,000 Radial derivative
siderite cementation, and quartz overgrowth, of Quartz gauge Delta pressure
pressure

Pressure, psi
a reservoir’s interbedded sand and shale layers 4,000
Cleanup Mini-DST
had altered the usual clastic porosity-permeability 3,000

Pressure and pressure derivative, psi

103
relationship. The resulting abnormally low 2,000

resistivity response prevented the determination 0 20 40

Elapsed time, min
60
102
of saturations, necessitating formation testing to Oil
Water
obtain this data. However, previous attempts at Mud filtrate
1
pressure measurements and sample acquisition

Volume fraction
101

with a conventional probe had not been successful 0.5

because of poor sealing in the typically rugose 0

100 101 102 103
0 20 40 60
boreholes and low mobility causing long, 5,000 Elapsed time, min Radial derivative Elapsed time, min
Quartz gauge
unproductive station times. pressure
Delta pressure
Pressure, psi

4,000
Cleanup Mini-DST
At this station in 11-mD/cP mobility, the Saturn probe
The Saturn 3D radial probe performed flawlessly, 3,000

Pressure and pressure derivative, psi

efficiently initiated and maintained flow from the 103

establishing a seal to the rugose sandface in less 2,000

formation for quick cleanup and collection of a fluid
than 11 min on average, completing DFA in 15–45 min,
0 sample after 4020 min, followed 40by a mini–drillstem
60 test.
Elapsed time, min 102
and collecting samples within 60 min, all in mobilities Oil
Water
as low as 0.4 mD/cP. With the oil- and water-bearing Mud filtrate
1
Volume fraction

intervals now defined, the operator was able to 101

0.5
precisely target the completion design.
0
100 101 102 103
0 20 40 60

20
Elapsed time, min Elapsed time, min
 Case Study

7 9 IPTT in High-Permeability Interval Conducted with Saturn Probe

to Formation Test While Tripping Quartz gauge delta pressure buildup 3
Quartz gauge delta pressure buildup 4
Quartz gauge pressure derivative buildup 3
Quartz gauge pressure derivative buildup 4
Quartz gauge delta pressure buildup 5 Quartz gauge pressure derivative buildup 5
Modeled delta and derivative quartz gauge pressures buildup 3
Modeled delta and derivative quartz gauge pressures buildup 4
Although IPTTs are a proven method for efficiently determining the Modeled delta and derivative quartz gauge pressures buildup 5

permeability and permeability anisotropy of formations, in a high-

permeability formation they may not provide sufficient information.

Delta pressure and pressure derivative, bar

100

Conventional execution on wireline limits the maximum flow rate for

pumping formation fluid, which in turn prevents achieving sufficient
drawdown in a high-permeability formation to produce a measurable 10–1

pressure transient laterally and vertically. The radius of investigation

is usually only tens of meters, which is often not enough to determine
10–2
reservoir boundaries and the presence of faults.

To extend testing capabilities, Schlumberger has helped develop

formation testing while tripping (FTWT). FTWT was paired with a 9-in 10–4 10–3 10–2 10–1 100
Elapsed time, h
Saturn probe for deployment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to
Quartz gauge pressure Modeled quartz gauge pressure
conduct an IPTT in a sandstone with 11-darcy permeability. Total station 193.0

Pressure, bar
192.5

time was 26 h, with the longest flow period lasting nearly 6 h at a rate
192.0
191.5
191.0

of 128 cm3/s. For assumed radial flow, this produced a 576-m radius of
190.5
190.0
Flow rate
investigation, the distance where a 0.01-psi pressure drop could be
Flow rate, L/min 8
6

detected. This longer transient enabled efficiently investigating deeper 4

2

into the reservoir than possible with a conventional IPTT, which would 0
0 5 10 15 20 25

have achieved only a 200-m radius with that sensitivity after 2 h Elapsed time, h

flowing 30 cm3/s. A radial flow regime was easily determined for the high-permeability reservoir from
the extended test and high-quality data delivered by the Saturn probe. Overlay of
the derivatives for all three buildup periods increases confidence in the data.

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7 9 Acquisition of Ultralow-Contamination Single-Phase Samples from

Unconsolidated Reservoir in 80% Less Time
Fluid samples were needed from a 12.25-in wellbore in a high- Array Induction
AT90

permeability, highly laminated deepwater reservoir in the Gulf of Mexico. 0.2 ohm.m 20
Shale
However, a previous sampling attempt in a similar unconsolidated Array Induction
AT10
Gas OBMI2*
Drawdown Mobility
laminated sand in a nearby well by using a conventional single probe Formation Pressure
0.2 ohm.m 20
Horizontal Resistivity Depth, ft
Thermal Neutron
Porosity (Sandstone) Magnetic
Dynamic Image

0 ohm.m 2.6e+02

had not gone well. Only one of five stations could be sampled, and that
Resonance
0.2 mD/cP 2,000 0 0.2
psi 0.2 ohm.m 200 TVD MD 0.6 ft3/ft3 0 Image Orientation, °
Timur-Coates

operation took more than 12 h because the tool’s seal to the wellbore Vertical Resistivity DFA Composition
T2
Gamma Ray Permeability Density Distribution N E S W N
CO2 C1 C2 C3–5 C6 ms
0 gAPI 200 0.2 ohm.m 200 0 1 0.2 mD 2,000 1.65 g/cm3 2.65 0.3 3,000 0 90 180 270 360
could not be maintained, which also adversely affected sample quality.

Because its elliptical ports self-seal to the borehole wall while the 0.425 g/cm3 (gas)
XX00 XX02

drain assembly helps circumferentially support unconsolidated Oil

Gas/oil contact

formations, the 9-in Saturn probe readily overcame the challenges 0.623 g/cm3 (oil)
XX25 XX27

faced by the single probe. In only 2.5 h for cleanup and sampling—
one-fifth the time previously required—the Saturn probe collected Tight test

single-phase samples from a high-mobility (200-mD/cP) layer with only

XX50 XX52

1.2-wt% contamination measured by DFA, as subsequently confirmed

by laboratory analysis.
Connectivity was evaluated by conducting transient testing and vertical
interference testing with a probe set at a 4-ft interval above the Saturn
probe in the toolstring to quantify vertical communication across the sands.
The 9-in Saturn probe obtained ultralow-contamination samples (Track 1) to confirm
the gas/oil contact indicated by the density-porosity crossover (Track 5) in the high-
mobility (Track 4), highly laminated (Track 7) sands.

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Saturn
Saturn 3D Radial Probe
5 in 7 in 9 in
Inlet flow area, in2 59.49 79.44 79.44
Extralarge 7 in: 159.49†
Measurement
Output Ultralow-contamination formation fluids, formation pressure, fluid mobility,
downhole fluid analysis, permeability anisotropy
Logging speed Stationary
Mud type or weight limitations None
Combinability Fully integrates with all modules of the MDT Forte, MDT Forte-HT, and MDT
testers and InSitu Family* sensors
Special applications Low-permeability formations, heavy oil, near-critical fluids, unconsolidated
formations, rugose boreholes, high temperatures
Mechanical
Temperature rating, degF [degC] 400 [204] 350 [177] 350 [177]
400 [204]
Pressure rating, psi [MPa] 20,000 [138] 20,000 [138] 20,000 [138]
30,000 [207] 30,000 [207]
Differential pressure, psi [MPa] 8,000 [55] 8,000 [55] 8,000 [55]
Borehole size—min., in [cm] 5.875 [14.92] 7.875 [20.0] 9.875 [25.08]
Borehole size—max., in [cm] 7 [17.78] 9.5 [24.13] 14.5 [36.83]
Max. hole ovality, % 20 20 20
Length, ft [m] 5.7 [1.74] 5.7 [1.74] 5.7 [1.74]
With Modular Reservoir With MRSE: 12.4 [3.78]] With MRSE: 12.4 [3.78]
Sonde and Electronics
(MRSE): 12.4 [3.78]
Weight in air, lbm [kg] 264 [120] 385 [175] 485 [220]

†Available on request

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