Impac Exploration Service's Geoscience Division provides near real-time analysis of well samples to help clients make informed decisions during drilling. Their services analyze cuttings using techniques like pyrolysis, x-ray diffraction, x-ray fluorescence, and capillary suction time to evaluate reservoirs, identify pay zones, and optimize completions at a fraction of the cost of traditional core analysis. On-site technical staff interpret results to share critical data with clients while wells are being drilled.

1. GEOSCIENCE DIVISION

2. Lab grade geochemical, elemental, mineralogical, and advanced
mud gas analysis can now be obtained in near real time from your
well site. We provide the data and interpretations that can help
you select high potential locations, increase efficiencies during
completions, and maximize your production potential.
Traditionally, core analysis has been the go-to solution to evaluate
reservoir potential. The drilling, recovery and actual analysis of a
core is expensive and the data usually covers a very small portion of
the well bore. Although this method is ideal, is the cost worth it? For
a fraction of the cost, we can provide in kind cuttings analysis for an
entire well bore. Getting your data in a timely manner is important.
The time needed for lab analysis may take more time than your
drilling program allows. Our services give you another option.
Now more than ever, efficiency is key. Integrating Source Rock Data
(Hawk), Mineralogy (XRD), Elemental (XRF), Fluid Sensitivity (CST)
and Advanced Mud Gas Analysis (Real Time Spectral, Mass Spec,
FID), will help you avoid drilling hazards, focus on optimal targets
for production, and establish brittleness and wellbore positioning.
Using Impac at your well site ensures you have the data you need,
to make the most informed decisions you can, before production
begins.
GEOSCIENCE-KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

4. Impac Exploration Service’s Geoscience Division provides accurate and
detailed analysis to evaluate wells while drilling. In the drilling industry, time
is just as valuable as the resources. That is why our Geoscience services
provide near real-time results on site, helping clients make informed
decisions during the drilling process.
Proper sample collection and preparation are the most important steps
when it comes to analyzing samples. At Impac, each sample is prepped
to the highest standard with the focus to provide the most accurate data
possible. No matter if your samples are being prepped in the field or in our
lab, we take the time to make sure it is done right, the first time.
Technical staff is deployed to the field for each well to provide fast
interpretive analysis. This allows for critical information to be shared while
the well is being drilled. Data can easily be correlated to cores, wireline, and
mud logs due to our collection process onsite.
Impac’s services are not limited to onsite. We are able to provide the same
level of analysis on historical samples in our lab. We take a great amount
of pride in the turnaround time that we provide on samples processed in
our lab.
Our dedicated team of experts have experience in every major basin, and
we are focused on improving operations on and off the well site through
scientific and technological advancements.
IMPAC GEOSCIENCE DIVISION

5. GEOSCIENCE-
PROVIDING SOLUTIONS
MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS
NEAR REAL-TIME DATA
COMPLETE WELLBORE EVALUATION AT A FRACTION
OF THE COST OF THE AVERAGE CORE
LESS EXPENSIVE THAN WIRE-LINE LOGS IN LATERALS
DETERMINE IF HYDROCARBONS ARE PRESENT
AND ECONOMIC
IDENTIFY THE MOST ATTRACTIVE ZONES
FOR PRODUCTION
KNOWING THE LOCATION OF THE “SWEET SPOT”
FOR OPTIMAL LATERAL PLACEMENT
IDENTIFY SECONDARY OR PREVIOUSLY
OVERLOOKED PAY ZONES
ESTABLISH BRITTLENESS TO AID IN COMPLETION
ENSURE YOUR COMPLETION FLUIDS ARE IDEAL
BASED ON EXACT ROCK COMPOSITION
BETTER UNDERSTAND A FIELD, ACREAGE OR
AN ENTIRE BASIN

7. LATEST TECHNOLOGY
Our Geoscience Division is equipped with the latest in technology to provide
a comprehensive picture of a well site, giving clients accurate, near real-
time data to inform their decision-making.
Impac Exploration Services clients enjoy access to the following suite of
services:
PROGRAM PYROLYSIS: HAWK
The HAWK instrument performs rapid and accurate analysis on cuttings,
core and outcrop samples and can be used to evaluate conventional and
unconventional petroleum resources. It provides information on pay
zones, secondary pay zones, migration, kerogen typing and quantity of
hydrocarbons.
Analysis provides:
HYDROCARBONS IN PLACE (S1)
HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL (S2)
ORGANIC CARBON DIOXIDE (S3)
RESIDUAL CARBON (S4)
TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC)
THERMAL MATURITY (TMAX)

8. X-RAY DIFFRACTION: MINERALOGY
This technology uses lab-grade instruments to identify and quantify the composition
of rock cuttings. It provides precise answers for completions, including locations to
land horizontally in production zones, brittleness to develop more efficient fracturing
plans, data on possible fluid-sensitive materials and peace of mind knowing where
you are in the well bore.
Analysis provides:
QUANTITATIVE MINERALOGY
QUARTZ TO PYRITE, PLUS ANY UNKNOWNS
TOTAL CLAYS
ACCURATELY DEFINE FORMATION TOPS
BRITTLENESS INDEX
LAB-GRADE GONIOMETER INSTRUMENT

9. X-ray fluorescence uses trace elements to evaluate well bore placements in
homogenous zones. It provides more accurate gamma ray in horizontal vs. wireline,
information on wellbore placement in horizontals, brittleness to help completion
decisions and modeled mineralogy.
Analysis provides:
X-RAY FLUORESCENCE: ELEMENTAL
COMPOSITIONAL MEASUREMENT OF 31 ELEMENTS
(12 MAJORS/19 TRACES)
RESERVOIR STRATIGRAPHY
PALEOREDOX AND PALEOPRODUCTIVITY PROXIES
ELEMENTAL SIGNATURE OF PAY ZONE
VACUUM-SEALED UNIT

10. CAPILLARY SUCTION TIMER
The CST determines the colloidal properties of clay suspensions. It is used to
characterize shales and to optimize the electrolyte concentration in drilling
fluids for minimizing its effect on shale formations.
Analysis provides:
BOREHOLE STABILIZATION TO DETERMINE THE
BEST ELECTROLYTE AND POLYMER TO USE FOR MAXIMUM
SHALE SWELLING INHIBITION
COLLOIDAL SHALE PROPERTIES TO STUDY THE REDUCTION OF
PERMEABILITY OF THE FORMATION AROUND THE WELLBORE
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SOLUBLE SALTS AND
POLYMERS ON CUTTING

11. Geoscience services at Impac Exploration Services have applications in all areas
of well site evaluation, from exploration to production and reservoirs. The data
is more accurate, more affordable and more valuable because it can be analyzed
and applied in near real-time.
EXPLORATION
Our geoscience services provide data to locate the best zones of production.
Historical data can be used with current drilling operations to provide a
comprehensive understanding of leases and basins.
PRODUCTION
Production services provide information showing primary and secondary
pay zones, detailing zones of brittleness to help accurately place staging
fractures and stimulation while avoiding ductile zones. These services also
show migration, kerogen typing and quantity of hydrocarbons. Our production
services can be applied to any reservoir type.
RESERVOIRS
Our services can be applied to conventional and unconventional reservoirs,
including high temp and carbonate reservoirs.
INNOVATION THAT INFORMS

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