Two AI Systems. One Closed Loop.
XRF-FI integrates XRF-FI' real-time drilling AI fluid and formation intelligence with WellSoft's AI drilling optimization — creating a self-reinforcing loop that compounds results with every well drilled.
How the Closed Loop Works
Most E&P operations treat formation evaluation and drilling execution as separate workflows. XRF-FI connects them in real time — so every formation insight immediately sharpens the next drilling decision, and every drilling outcome refines the formation model.
Formation Data Captured
XRF-FI' XRF sensors analyze formation cuttings at the wellsite in real time, delivering elemental composition data without lab delays.
Subsurface Model Updated
XRF data feeds a continuously updated formation model — mapping lithology, reservoir quality, and pay zone boundaries as the bit advances.
WellSoft Receives Intelligence
The live formation model is transmitted to WellSoft's AI engine, which ingests it alongside real-time drilling parameters and offset well data.
Drilling Parameters Optimized
WellSoft's AI adjusts WOB, RPM, flow rate, and trajectory in real time — keeping the bit in the optimal zone and preventing NPT events before they occur.
Drilling Results Feed Back
Actual drilling performance — ROP, vibration, torque, wellbore placement — feeds back into the XRF-FI formation model, improving its accuracy for the next interval.
Loop Compounds
Each well makes the next one better. The closed loop accumulates intelligence across your entire drilling program — basin-wide, not just well-by-well.
Formation Intelligence at the Bit
Know what you're drilling through — in real time.
XRF-FI delivers X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis of formation cuttings at the wellsite, providing continuous elemental data that conventional mud logging and wireline logging cannot match for speed or resolution.
Real-Time XRF Analysis
Continuous elemental analysis of formation cuttings as they reach surface — no sample shipping, no lab turnaround. Data is available within minutes of drilling.
High-Resolution Formation Mapping
XRF data builds a high-resolution picture of lithology, mineralogy, and reservoir quality at centimeter-scale resolution — far exceeding conventional logging intervals.
Reserve Identification
Identify producible pay zones that conventional methods miss. XRF elemental signatures reveal reservoir quality indicators that correlate directly with production potential.
Geochemical Fingerprinting
Unique elemental signatures allow precise correlation between wells, enabling basin-wide formation mapping and improved reserve estimation across your entire acreage position.
XRF-FI data flows directly into WellSoft's AI engine via a real-time API — no manual data transfer, no delay between formation insight and drilling response.
AI-Driven Drilling Decisions
From formation data to optimized parameters — in seconds.
WellSoft's AI engine translates formation intelligence into real-time drilling decisions — continuously optimizing parameters, predicting and preventing NPT events, and maximizing wellbore placement in the target zone.
Real-Time Parameter Optimization
WOB, RPM, flow rate, and differential pressure are continuously adjusted based on live formation data and drilling dynamics — keeping the bit performing at its peak.
NPT Prediction & Prevention
Machine learning models trained on thousands of wells identify the precursors to stuck pipe, washouts, and other NPT events — triggering interventions before problems occur.
Geosteering & Wellbore Placement
Formation intelligence from XRF-FI enables precise geosteering decisions — maximizing reservoir contact and ensuring the wellbore stays in the optimal pay zone.
Offset Well Learning
WellSoft ingests offset well data alongside real-time formation intelligence, building a continuously improving model of your basin's drilling behavior.
WellSoft's recommendations are delivered to the driller's console in real time, with full audit trail and override capability — AI-assisted, not AI-autonomous.
Why the Loop Changes Everything
Individual formation evaluation tools and individual drilling optimization tools exist. What doesn't exist — until XRF-FI — is a closed-loop system that makes them continuously smarter together.
Compounding Intelligence
Each well drilled adds to the formation model and the drilling optimization model. The system gets measurably smarter with every well in your program.
Zero Latency Between Insight and Action
Formation data reaches WellSoft's AI engine in real time — not after the well is drilled, not after lab analysis. Decisions are made while they can still change outcomes.
Basin-Scale Learning
The closed loop operates across your entire drilling program — not just a single well. Formation patterns and drilling responses accumulate into a basin-wide intelligence asset.
See the Closed Loop in Action
Request a technical demo with data from your basin. Our engineering team will walk through the full closed-loop workflow — from XRF data capture to optimized drilling parameters.
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