Cardinal Surveys Company

Welcome to Cardinal Surveys Company's Home Page. Our intent is to construct a web site that will be useful to any petroleum professional in the oil and gas industry who is interested in production logs, injection profiles, radioactive tracers, radiation safety, and after stimulation logs. You will find information on preparation, general procedures, safety, and regulatory concerns.

This site was designed to be compatible with both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Explorer, and now Mozella Firefox. Graphics have been kept as small and simple as possible to reduce dead time at our site.

Services Offered

ANNULUS TRAC-III

Annulus Production Logging on pumping wells. The 7/8" O.D. logging tool string allows us to travel down the tubing annulus and document producing conditions on a real time basis.

FLOWING TRAC-III

Production Logging on flowing wells.

TAGMASTER

High pressure tagging system that injects radioactive material down stream of all pumps, blenders, and manifolds.

GAMMA-TROL II

Temperature and Gamma Ray Log used to determine the placement of well stimulations and treatments.

INJECTION PROFILE

Used by the oilfield industry to determine the destination of injected fluids in secondary and tertiary flood projects. Profiles are also used by chemical and other industies to confirm wastes are being injected safely in appropriate zones in hazardous waste wells.

INTERFACE LOG

Proven method for accurately controlling placement of profile modification sealants and treatment chemicals.

GAMMA SpecTrol

Spectral Gamma Ray logging used to determine the placement of well stimulations and treatments traced with multi-isotopes.

Other Services:

          ● Real-time Surface Read Out pressure monitoring, including Step Rate Testing with portable flow trailer for flow measurement.

● Memory tool production logging - coiled tubing (CT) conveyed

 

Spectral Gamma Ray Stimulation Evaluation:

Multi-channel gamma spectrum logging. Recognizes scandium, antimony, and iridium used to trace stimulation fluids. May be run in conjunction with temperature logs. Merged and analyzed data available in field immediately after logging passes are completed. Tool size: 1 ¼ in. May be run as soon as stimulation treatment is completed.  New, improved analysis algorithm and simplified telemetry.

Coalbed Methane Wells:

Production logs of coalbed methane (CBM) gas producers.  The Annulus Trac III log is used to identify the actual productive zones, and verify downhole mechanical configuration.  In a recent application, 10 wells were logged using the exclusive 7/8" O. D. logging tools.  Modification of the down-hole configuration of one well paid for the cost of logging all 10 wells in less than one month!  Further workovers are planned to increase production for the lease based on the diagnostic results from the Trac III logs.  If you expect a continuing firming in the natural gas market place, now is the time to diagnose and plan workovers for coal-seam wells!  Cardinal Surveys has more experience in logging coalbed methane wells while under actual producing conditions than anyone in the World.

Food for Thought on Technology...

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 Celsius.

The Russians used a pencil.

            Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

               - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

          Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

             - Albert Einstein, (attributed) (1879 - 1955)

Points Of Interest

Cardinal Log Archive

 

Example Logs

(All in Adobe .PDF format)

 

Metric Conversion Chart

(Not what you'd expect!)

 

He has the Knack!

(Humorous, unless you're a sensitive engineer...)

 

Literature (Adobe .PDF Format)

Includes link to Adobe's web site for free Adobe Acrobat® reader.

 

Cardinal Surveys Photo Gallery (New: 2006 Rock Springs, Wy)

Photos of our people, equipment, and locations we've served on.

Phillips Petroleum Company - DOE Oil Recovery Project

We were selected to provide injection profile services on one of Phillips' horizontal injection wells in the South Cowden Unit. Information on equipment, tools, procedures, and log plots are included.

RADIATION AGREEMENT

Cardinal Surveys Company is required to have working agreements with all our customers and fellow contractors concerning the proper proceedures and responsibilites for radioactive materials used in our services

FEED BACK AND E-MAIL LISTING

Drop us a line if we can help you with a specific well problem or let us know what you think about this site.

RADIATION SAFETY & INFORMATION

Basic radiation safety, information on radiation dosage, and other uses for radioactive materials.

Look in the GLOSSARY for any definitions you may need.

Check out the Cool Links Page.

A little humor from Steven Wright.

More humor from Yogi Berra.

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