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Reservoir Mechanics Laboratory


Hands on analysis:
  • Core cutting and preparation
  • Grain size analysis and distribution
  • Porosity, relative permeability, and absolute permeability
  • Liquid and gas permeability, fluid saturations
  • Flow potential and gravity effects
  • Wettability, capillary pressure, surface and interfacial tension
  • Complete evaluation of core data and sand packs.
 

  

Instrumentation:
  • Core diamond drill presses and saws
  • Gas-Oil and Gas-Water relative permeability apparatus
  • Liquid and gas permeameters
  • Helium porosimeter
  • Micro–permeameter
  • Flash separator
  • Capillary pressure apparatus
  • Particle size analysis
  • Spinning drop interfacial tensiometer
  • Du Nouy Tensiometer
  • High pressure/high temperature core analysis
  • Fluoroscope
  • Core retort analysis
  • Digital furnace, vacuum ovens
  • Core resistivity, fluid resistivities
  • Centrifugal and soxhlet extraction

Document last revised Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:13 AM

Copyright 2007 by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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