Tracerco to provide smart tracer technology for new wells in Statoil’s Mariner field

International oil and gas service provider, Tracerco, part of FTSE100 firm Johnson Matthey Plc has landed a contract to provide smart tracer technology for flow measurement of six new wells in Statoil’s Maureen reservoir of the Mariner field in the UK North Sea. Heavy oil was discovered at the field in 1981, but has remained inaccessible until now. Alternative technology implemented by Statoil has made producing from the discovery viable. As part of field development Tracerco’s smart tracers will enable fluid inflow measurement of both oil and water in various zones within the long horizontal wells that would not easily be accomplished using traditional production logging technologies (PLT).