Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 William E. Kline ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company The Rock: Geology and Physics of Hydrocarbon Production or The Top Ten Reasons We are Really in the Same Business!

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #10 It All Starts with Biological Processes Life flourishes, capturing solar energy Generates piles of organic and earth sediment Sediment is naturally buried Sediment cooks for millions of years Organic sediment forms hydrocarbons Inorganic sediment forms rock Jed Clampett shoots at some food Energy is re-extracted Civilization flourishes Driving the need for air conditioners and medical care Pumps & Pipes symposium organized So We Study Hydrocarbon Systems How was a potential deposit formed? Did it migrate from its source? Is it oil or gas? How is it embedded in the rock?

Life flourishes, capturing solar energy

Generates piles of organic and earth sediment

Sediment is naturally buried

Sediment cooks for millions of years

Organic sediment forms hydrocarbons

Inorganic sediment forms rock

Jed Clampett shoots at some food

Energy is re-extracted

Civilization flourishes

Driving the need for air conditioners and medical care

Pumps & Pipes symposium organized

How was a potential deposit formed?

Did it migrate from its source?

Is it oil or gas?

How is it embedded in the rock?

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #9 Just Seeing our Work Is Half the Battle Borehole Televiewer Colonoscopy So We Study Imaging From orbital mapping to the bottom of wellbores Where are the sediments? What are the structures? How do we get to them?

From orbital mapping to the bottom of wellbores

Where are the sediments?

What are the structures?

How do we get to them?

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #8 Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys Surgeons Drillers Our Office Your Office So We Study ‘ Makin’ Hole Keeping it stable Steering to an objective Rate of penetration Bit wear and longevity

Keeping it stable

Steering to an objective

Rate of penetration

Bit wear and longevity

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #7 We Both Work Through Long, Thin Tubes Piping Systems Vascular Systems So We Study Through Tubing Operations Friction Buckling Tensile stresses Mechanical Manipulation Well sketch

Friction

Buckling

Tensile stresses

Mechanical Manipulation

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #6 Those Tubes Can Get Clogged Up! So We Study Flow Assurance Corrosion Mineral Scale Wax Gas Hydrates Mineral Scale in Tubing String Coronary Artery Deposits

Corrosion

Mineral Scale

Wax

Gas Hydrates

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #5 Samples Tell Us a Lot So We Study Rock Coring and Fluid Sampling Recovery Preservation Reconstitution Analysis Rock Coring Tissue Sampling

Recovery

Preservation

Reconstitution

Analysis

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #4 Where There Are Pipes, There Are Pumps So We Study Artificial Lift Hydraulics Drive Mechanisms Motors Control Systems Horsehead Pumping Unit Heart Pump

Hydraulics

Drive Mechanisms

Motors

Control Systems

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #3 Plumbing Requires Connections So We Study Connections and Junctions Threaded Connections Seals of all types Cements Remote Testing Threaded connections Arterial Grafts

Threaded Connections

Seals of all types

Cements

Remote Testing

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #2 Yes, Even Molecular Engineering So We Study Product Optimization Better energy intensity Safer handling and transport Fewer pollutants Petroleomics Genomics

Better energy intensity

Safer handling and transport

Fewer pollutants

Pumps & Pipes 1 November 12, 2007 Reason #1 We Both Have Really Cool Uniforms