FEI Introduces New HeliScan MicroCT Advanced Imaging System for Oil and Gas During the Grand Opening of Its New Houston Digit...
February 19 2015 - 8:30AM
FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) introduced its new HeliScan™ microCT advanced
imaging system during the grand opening of its Digital Rock Lab in
Houston today. HeliScan provides highly accurate, high-resolution
three-dimensional (3D) images used by oil exploration &
production (E&P) operators and research institutes to support
the imaging, analysis, and modeling of reservoir rocks in
hydrocarbon assets, and is now available for demonstration at FEI's
Houston lab.
"The opening of our new Digital Rock Lab in Houston and the
introduction of HeliScan are two significant strategic milestones
for our oil and gas division," said Rudy Kellner, vice president of
FEI's Industry Group. "One year ago we announced the acquisition of
the industry's leading digital rock analysis expert, Lithicon, and
formed a technology partnership with The Australian National
University (ANU). To deliver key petrophysical insights to the oil
and gas industry, we recognized a need to provide not only the
highest quality instruments for precision pore scale imaging, but
also digital rock expertise to convert these images to answers used
to make business decisions. Today, we bring to market a more robust
and commercially-viable HeliScan, a unique microCT system with a
long and impressive track-record as a game-changing technology that
has been used to solve some of the toughest reservoir challenges
within the ANU Digital Rock Consortium. We are also opening our
Houston Digital Rock Lab to further demonstrate our commitment and
capacity to help our clients understand and resolve complex
reservoir issues."
The HeliScan microCT system is part of a multi-scale imaging
solution providing E&P operators a digital approach to
visualizing the pore scale internal structure of their rocks. As
the primary input to the generation of key static and dynamic
petrophysical properties, high-resolution multi-scale imaging and
analysis helps with understanding flow in oil and gas reservoirs.
At each stage of the process, exploration geologists,
petrophysicists and reservoir engineers can gain a more accurate
understanding of reservoir behavior by integrating the datasets
generated by HeliScan microCT, QEMSCAN® automated mineralogy, and
nano-scale resolution scanning electron microscope (SEM) and
focused ion beam/SEM (FIB-SEM) images. This multi-scale imaging
approach offers understanding of reservoir systems at the pore
scale and is emerging as a key building block in improved reservoir
evaluation and characterization, development optimization and
performance prediction.
Kellner adds, "The need to understand structural properties of
reservoir rock at smaller scales is particularly important as
operators are trying to economically recover hydrocarbons from
increasingly complicated reservoir conditions. Tight sands,
unconventional exploration and enhanced recovery programs in mature
carbonates each have very unique reservoir challenges. They can
benefit from the answers provided by digital rock imaging and
expert multi-disciplinary analysis to help reduce risk, enable more
confident predictions and improve development and production
decisions."
Associate Professor Adrian Sheppard, head of the Department of
Applied Mathematics, ANU, stated, "No other tomographic system
could give data with sufficient geometric fidelity to permit
quantitative image analysis," when describing the reason ANU
developed the technology within the HeliScan. "With higher imaging
accuracy, we can create far more precise digital models and
simulated properties," according to Sheppard.
The HeliScan system provides distortion-free imaging by
combining proprietary methods, such as dynamic auto focus and drift
correction, which reduces image acquisition time compared to
conventional microCT. Helical scanning empowers the efficient
acquisition of taller, more representative volumes that are
uniquely artifact free without stitching commonly faced in
conventional microCT systems. The HeliScan microCT comes packaged
with Avizo® 3D data visualization and analysis software, which
provides scientists and engineers with a powerful tool to more
accurately explore and characterize the reconstructed 3D
images.
For more information about HeliScan, visit
www.fei.com/HeliScan-uCT, or contact FEI to schedule a
demonstration of the system at the new Digital Rock Lab, located at
16700 Park Row, Houston, TX 77084, USA.
About FEI
FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) designs, manufactures and supports a
broad range of high-performance microscopy workflow solutions that
provide images and answers at the micro-, nano- and picometer
scales. Its innovation and leadership enable customers in industry
and science to increase productivity and make breakthrough
discoveries. Headquartered in Hillsboro, Ore., USA, FEI has over
2,600 employees and sales and service operations in more than 50
countries around the world.
FEI is a leading digital rock solutions provider that offers a
complete portfolio of advanced imaging systems; visualization
software; and analysis, interpretation and modelling services. FEI
helps its customers explore reservoir rock to understand how
lithology, porosity, wettability, mineralogy, connectivity,
permeability and microporosity impact fluid flow and reservoir
behavior. In addition, FEI provides high-end software solutions
that range from 3D components for application developers (Open
Inventor®) to advanced 3D visualization software (Avizo®). More
information can be found at: www.fei.com.
FEI Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements that
include statements regarding the performance capabilities and
benefits of the HeliScan microCT, QEMSCAN and Avizo 3D data
visualization and analysis software. Factors that could affect
these forward-looking statements include but are not limited to our
ability to manufacture, ship, deliver and install the tools or
software as expected; failure of the product or technology to
perform as expected; unexpected technology problems and challenges;
changes to the technology; the inability of FEI, its suppliers or
project partners to make the technological advances required for
the technology to achieve anticipated results; and the inability of
the customer to deploy the tools or develop and deploy the expected
new applications or workflows. Please also refer to our Form 10-K,
Forms 10-Q, Forms 8-K and other filings with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission for additional information on these factors
and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements. FEI assumes no duty
to update forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: For more information contact:
Sandy Fewkes (media contact for FEI)
MindWrite Communications, Inc.
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FEI Company
Jason Willey (investors and analysts)
Investor Relations
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Jason.willey@fei.com
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