Services Overview

WellDog has developed and commercially released a proprietary and patented field-based downhole chemical laboratory. This laboratory serves as a platform technology that is currently deployed to enhance unconventional natural gas development, reduce environmental impact of coalbed methane co-produced water and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG).

WellDog technology is built on an optical spectrometer that utilizes an 80-year-old Nobel Prize winning technique called Raman Spectroscopy. This technique is particularly suited to analysis of fluids and came into active use with the advent of the laser. WellDog ruggedized and miniaturized a spectrometer that is capable of performing full-spectrum chemical analysis in underground harsh fluid environments. Data collected by the downhole spectrometer are monitored real time on-site and then transmitted via satellite for complete analysis at WellDog’s Data Interpretation and Analysis Center.

WellDog’s first commercial proving ground is the coalbed methane marketplace (CBM). WellDog has the only services capable of testing a CBM well throughout its lifecycle. These services enhance CBM (natural gas) development by:

Increasing a CBM operator’s Return on Investment by assessing the economic value of wells, allowing operators to prioritize well development, eliminate uneconomic wells and optimize infrastructure. In short, WellDog’s CBM services result in fewer wells drilled, more gas produced and less infrastructure.

Reducing the environmental impact of co-produced water. WellDog identifies wells that will produce the least amount of water prior to gas production. Widespread use of WellDog’s technology would reduce current water production by 30%.

Analyzing a CBM well throughout its lifecycle. WellDog has the only technology available today that can analyze a well from the time it is drilled until it produces gas.

WellDog’s carbon sequestration monitoring service is field-ready and the only one available today. The CO2 monitoring service employs the same proven analysis methods used for coalbed methane and instead measures carbon dioxide in order to monitor the efficacy of sequestration in geological formations. CO2 contributes 80% of GHG emissions, and the U.S. Congress has earmarked funds for carbon sequestration funding.

WellDog’s platform technology can be used to conduct full-spectrum chemical analysis in any harsh fluid environment and thus has applications in many industries. Research and development continues to expand the use of this technology both horizontally within existing applications and vertically in new energy and environmental marketplaces.