LABS

 

Acid Stimulation Laboratory - Room 808
Contact - Dan Hill / Ding Zhu
In this laboratory, we will develop new and better methods to measure acid-fracture conductivity so industry can better design well completions in deep, carbonate reservoirs.


Anadarko Petrophysics Laboratory - Room 212
Contact - Hisham Nasr-El-Din
Students in this teaching lab practice measurement of rock and fluid properties.


BP Laboratory for Field Studies - Room 808
Contact - Maria Barrufet
This laboratory provides a state-of-the-art technology and computer resource for advanced, team-based reservoir engineering courses. The lab will provide students for the first time with GeoGraphix software, reservoir simulation software by Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (CMG), 40 new computer workstations, and three SMART boards.


Chevron Frilling and Completions Laboratory - Room 216
Formerly: Texaco Drilling Fluids Laboratory/Fluid Rheology Lab
Contact - Catalin Teodoriu
This teaching lab provides students hands-on experience in dealing with changing behaviors of drilling fluids.


Engineering Imaging Laboratory - Room 823
Contact - David Schechter
A state-of-the-art, high-resolution, fourth-generation X-ray CT scanner is available for general use. Within PETE, it is used mainly for measurements of porosity and saturations in cores and enhanced oil recovery flood experiments. EIL co-directors Dr. Schechter and Dr. A. Ted Watson (ChemE), manage the CT scanner and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance equipment, respectively.


Evaluation of Oilfield Chemicals Laboratory - Room 601/611
Contact - Hisham Nasr-El-Din
This lab is devoted to examining and evaluating oilfield chemicals, including scale inhibitors, acid additives, and polymers used in water shut-off treatments.


Fracture Conductivity Laboratory - Rooms 621/809
Contact - Dan Hill / Ding Zhu
In these laboratories we will develop two-phase models of stimulation treatments in naturally-fractured gas reservoirs and build fracture-performance models based on experimental studies of fracture conductivity.


Gas Hydrates Laboratory - Room 721
Contact - Ahmad Ghassemi
Sophisticated equipment in this lab is devoted to understanding the growth and dissolution of gas hydrate crystals.


HP/HT Fluid Property Measurement Laboratory - 509
Contact - Jerome Schubert/ Catalin Teodoriu
In this laboratory, we will measure gas viscosities with extended ranges of temperatures, pressures, gas specific gravities, and quantities of non-hydrocarbons. These data will be used to extend the range of applicability of the correlation to 400 F and at least 25,000 psia.


Integrated Reservoir Investigations Laboratory - Room 311
Contact - Duane McVay/ Walt Ayers
This lab contains new UNIX workstations, associated projectors, plotters and printers, and the latest engineering and geoscience's software, available for teaching, research, and continuing education programs.


Model Calibration and Efficient Reservoir Imaging (MCERI) - Rooms 701/702
Contact - Akhil Datta-Gupta
Develop theoretically sound but practical approaches to data assimilation and model calibration (history matching) during reservoir modeling and forecasting. We will continue to demonstrate the practical feasibility of our algorithms through a variety of field applications using data sets obtained from our sponsors and other sources.


Productivity Enhancement Lab - Room 720
Contact - Hisham Nasr-El-Din
 Research is done on surface and interfacial tension of acids and completion fluids, impact of surfactants on the wettability of carbonate and sandstone rocks, influence of temperature and pressure on oil/water interfaces and core flood experiments.

 

Ramey Thermal Recovery Laboratory - Room 508  
Contact - Daulat Mamora
Experiments carried out in this laboratory are aimed at understanding and optimizing oil production using steam and in-situ combustion oil recovery techniques. Oil recovery using various configurations of vertical and horizontal wells as producers and injectors can be investigated and compared.


Rheology of Non-Newtonian Fluids - Room 810
Contact - Hisham Nasr-El-Din
Research to improve the efficiency of membrane-based filters used for treatment and desalination of produced water and brackish ground water. We will continue to investigate advanced membrane-filter simulator models, new and novel cleanup methods, and low-power desalination technology, which we will test in field demonstrations.


Riverside Field-Scale Production Test Facility
Contact - Gioia Falcone
This facility comprises test wells, flow loops, and multi-phase pumping and metering equipment. It is in an early stage of development.


Rock Mechanics Laboratory - Room 614
Contact - Ahmad Ghassemi
Measurement of poroelastic rock properties, acoustic properties and permeability.


Tommie E. Lohman Fluid Measurement Laboratory - Room 201
Contact - Gioia Falcone / Bob Lane
This laboratory provides equipment and procedures for the physical analysis of oilfield fluids including oilfield emulsions, water and sediment in oils, and gas and liquid metering. A working water well is used in conjunction with the lab for analysis of transient pressure and sucker rod pumps. The laboratory serves as an instructional facility for production engineering where students are trained in the acquisition and evaluation of fluid data. Emphasis is placed on development of procedures for handling oilfield fluid samples.