XRF-FI.ai and WellSoft Partner to Link Real-Time Fluid Intelligence to Well Productivity

Collaboration connects measured drilling-fluid composition to wellbore damage modeling, enabling operators to protect productivity and the well.

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, August 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — XRF-FI.ai, powered by NPTLabs™, and WellSoft AS have partnered to connect Real-Time Fluid Intelligence with wellbore damage modeling, giving operators a measurement-led approach to optimize drilling performance while protecting long-term well productivity and injectivity.

The partnership combines XRF-FI.ai’s U.S. patented drilling-fluid measurement and analytical technology with WellSoft’s Wellbore Damage Simulator (WDS), developed to evaluate and minimize formation damage throughout the drilling lifecycle.

Together, the technologies provide operators with insight into both what is happening inside the drilling-fluid system and how those conditions may affect the formation and future well performance.

From Fluid Data to Well Performance

XRF-FI.ai advances drilling-fluid analysis into Real-Time Fluid Intelligence. Using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), particle size analysis and distribution (PSA/PSD), rheology and complementary measurements, the technology provides quantitative insight into the composition and condition of circulating drilling fluids.

Operators can identify and track low- and high-gravity solids, particle size distribution, quartz and other abrasive formation materials, barite concentration and quality, solids-control efficiency, and changes in drilling-fluid composition.

Rather than relying solely on periodic conventional mud checks and interpretation, XRF-FI.ai converts measurable fluid data into actionable intelligence that supports faster operational decisions.

Connecting the Mud System to the Formation

WellSoft adds the formation-side dimension through its Wellbore Damage Simulator. WDS evaluates how drilling conditions can influence near-wellbore formation damage and, ultimately, productivity or injectivity.

By combining drilling parameters, formation characteristics, pressure conditions and drilling-fluid information, WDS provides greater visibility into mechanisms that can contribute to formation damage while drilling.

Integrating XRF-FI.ai measurements with WellSoft modeling creates a direct connection between fluid condition, drilling practices, formation protection and expected well performance.

Protecting Productivity While Drilling

Formation damage may not become apparent until drilling is complete and the well underperforms expectations. This collaboration is designed to move that decision point upstream.

By combining measured fluid data with wellbore modeling, operators can identify conditions that may contribute to plugging, fluid invasion or formation impairment while drilling is still underway.

The integrated approach focuses on three areas:

. Pressure and formation protection: WellSoft WDS evaluates wellbore conditions, fluid-invasion risk, pressure exposure and formation response to help define operating windows that minimize unnecessary damage.
. Drilling-fluid and solids management: XRF-FI.ai measures fluid composition, particle characteristics, and circulating-system behavior, providing quantitative Fluid Intelligence against those operating conditions.
. Data-driven decisions: Together, the technologies help drilling teams adjust drilling practices, fluid management and solids-control performance before adverse conditions become irreversible.

A New Digital Layer for Drilling Operations

The partnership reflects the industry’s shift from periodic measurement and reactive troubleshooting toward continuous measurement, modeling and data-driven decision-making.

– XRF-FI.ai answers: What is happening in the drilling fluid right now?

– WellSoft answers: What could those conditions mean for the formation and future well performance?

Connecting those answers creates a workflow designed to measure earlier, understand faster and act before drilling conditions translate into lost productivity.

The combined capability also extends beyond conventional oil and gas operations to geothermal wells and CO₂ injection and storage projects, where understanding the interaction among drilling fluids, solids, pressure and formation characteristics is critical to long-term productivity and injectivity.

About XRF-FI.ai / NPTLabs™

XRF-FI.ai brings Real-Time Fluid Intelligence to drilling operations through XRF-based measurement, particle analysis and drilling-fluid analytics. Built on more than 25 years of NPTLabs™ drilling-fluid, solids-control and field-laboratory experience, the platform converts drilling-fluid measurements into actionable operational intelligence.

NPTLabs™ provides XRF, XRD, PSA/PSD, drilling-fluid testing, solids-control evaluation, laboratory services, software, reporting systems, training and technical expertise. Its U.S. patented technology helps operators improve solids-control performance, reduce non-productive time and make faster, data-driven decisions.

XRF-FI.ai — Real-Time Fluid Intelligence.

About WellSoft AS

WellSoft AS is a Norwegian technology company focused on improving well productivity and injectivity through advanced modeling and data-driven drilling optimization. Its Wellbore Damage Simulator (WDS) is designed to quantify and minimize formation damage throughout the drilling lifecycle, supporting optimized drilling strategies for oil and gas production, CO₂ injection and storage, and geothermal wells.

BOB TROY
XRF-FI.ai
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