1) Core flooding evaluation System
Capabilities
- Sample Size: 25 to 38 mm dia
- Sample Length: 50 to 1300mm long
- Lateral Stress= 40 MPa
- Injection Pressure= 40MPa
- Temperature= 150 0C
- AE and P & S waves
Applications
- Shale Gas
- Coal Seam gas
- Carbon sequestration
- Relative permeability measurements
- Multiphase flow analysis
- Material testing –high acidic environment
2) High pressure test rigs
Capabilities
- Sample Size: 38 to 75 mm dia
- Sample Length: 76 to 150 mm long
- Lateral Stress= 100 MPa
- Injection Pressure= 70 MPa
- Axial Stress= 200 – 2000kN
- Temperature= 150 0C
- AE and P & S waves
- Total of 5 rigs available
Applications
- Ideal for multi-stage or single-stage hard rock
- Two-phase (water-gas) or three-phase (oil-water-gas)
- With different combinations of compressed air–water–gaseous CO2, liquid CO2 and supercritical CO2 (ScCO2)
- Hydro-fracturing
- Foam fracturing
- Non-viscous fluid fracturing
- Nuclear waste applications
3) Deep geothermal testing facility
Capabilities
- Sample Size: 22.5 to 40 mm dia
- Sample Length: 45 to 80 mm long
- Lateral Stress= 200 MPa
- Injection Pressure= 100MPa
- Axial Stress= 2000kN
- Temperature= 450 0C
- Simulation up to 5km deep
- AE and P & S waves
Applications
- Deep geothermal energy recoveries
- Hot dry rocks applications
- Fluid-heat flow systems
- Hydro-fracturing
- Heat flow measurements
- Nuclear waste applications
- High pressure High temperature applications
4) High pressure testing rigs for Metal (corrosion/erosion), Rock/fly ash/slag
Capabilities
- Sample Size: up to 63 mm dia
- Sample Length: up to 126 mm long
- Injection Pressure= 15 MPa
- Temperature= 150 0C
- Stirring Mechanism
- Fluid CO2, acidic/brine
- Total of 5 cells available
Applications
- Testing on materials for acidic environment
- Mineral sequestrations
- Testing of metals at high pressure, and high temperatures
5) Oil/Gas Sand Production
Capabilities
- Sample Size: 25mmx225mmx225mm
- Pressure= 25kPa
- Multiphase flow (brine+oil or water+oil)
Applications
- Sand management methods
- To study the sand production phenomena
- Sand carvings
- Wellbore stability
- Screen sizes (1, 2, 3, 4mm)