Equipment & Experimental Capabilities


Equipment: Centrifuge (Vinci)
Purpose: Drainage and Imbibition test on reservoir core samples
Capacity: Up to 4500 rpm and 6 samples (1" and 1.5" D)

Equipment: Densitometer (DMA 35 - Handheld)
Purpose: Density of reservoir fluids (oil and brine)
Capacity: Up to 50  oC and 15 psi
    

Equipment: Coreflooding two-phase system
Purpose: Two phase relative permeability and slim tube test for Minimum Miscibility Pressure determination
Capacity: Experiment can be done upto 200 oC and 10,000 psi

Equipment: Coreflooding three-phase system
Purpose: Three phase relative permeability and slim tube test for Minimum Miscibility Pressure determination
Capacity: Experiment can be done upto 200  oC and 10,000 psi
    

Equipment: Densitometer – (DMA HPM)
Purpose: Density of reservoir fluids (oil, brine, and gas)
Capacity: 20 ml, 200 oC, 10,000 psi

Equipment: GC – gas chromatograph (Agilent 7890)
Purpose: Composition of reservoir oil and gas
Capacity: Up to C38+
    

Equipment: IFT – Interfacial tension meter (Vinci)
Purpose: Interfacial tension and contact angle
Capacity: Upto 180 oC and 10,000 psi

Equipment: Mercury Porosimeter (Autopore IV 9500)
Purpose: Porosity and pore size distribution of porous media
Capacity: Upto 33,000 psi, powder and solid (3cc, 5cc & 15cc samples)
    

Equipment: Pump (Isco 500D and 100D)
Purpose: Pumping reservoir fluids (gas, oil and brine)
Capacity: Continuous flow pump 100 ml and 500 ml         

Equipment: PVT-system (Schlumberger)
Purpose: Reservoir fluid phase behaviour studies and gas oil ratio measurement
Capacity: Experiment can be done upto 200  oC and 10,000 psi
    

Equipment: Microscope (Nikon SMZ 25)
Purpose: Imaging of rock microstructure, 3D reconstruction

Equipment: Rocker/mixer
Purpose: Recombination of reservoir fluids
    

Equipment: Soxhlet
Purpose: Cleaning reservoir core samples
Capacity: 1.5" diameter and 18" length cores

Equipment: Viscometer (Cambridge)
Purpose: Viscosity of oil, gas, and brine
Capacity: 0.1 cP to 10,000 cP at reservoir conditions