Petroleum Engineering Lab
Location: Building H, Room number: H-302
Description about lab:
The Petroleum Engineering Laboratory was initially established as part of the JICA project and later underwent significant upgrades under the Higher Education Improvement (HEIP) project to enhance its research and testing capabilities. The laboratory is equipped with advanced instrumentation to support petroleum engineering studies, reservoir characterization, and enhanced oil recovery research. Among the key equipment, the PVT Cell-Education Fluid Eval model VINCI is integrated with a viscometer system, enabling precise measurement of fluid properties. Additionally, the lab features rolling ball viscosity and cone rotary viscosity measurement systems for analyzing crude oil and other hydrocarbons under various pressure and temperature conditions. The facility also includes a core flooding device for simulating reservoir conditions and evaluating enhanced oil recovery techniques. Other essential systems allow for testing pour point, density, porosity, and permeability, providing comprehensive insights into fluid and rock interactions crucial for petroleum reservoir development and production optimization.
Photos about lab and main equipment:
High-pressure-volume-temperature PVT Cell and HP-HT Viscometer
Benchtop permeability system model BPS-805
Capillary pressure system model TGC-764, porosity meter model TPI-219, and gas permeameter model TKA-209
Research areas:
- Oil and gas exploration and production
- Reservoir fluid characterization by determining phase behavior of crude oil, natural gas, and reservoir fluids
- Equation of state (EOS) tuning by developing accurate models for predicting fluid behavior in reservoir
- Gas condensate
- Enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
- Crude oil and gas properties
- Hydrocarbon emulsion and flow assurance.
Services:
- Crude oil, heavy oil. and bitumen testing (properties and flow test)
- Bubble point and dew point determination
- Petroleum feed-stock
- Reservoir fluid characterization
- Core flooding and EOR testing
- Temperature and pressure-dependent viscosity
- PVT characterization & phase behavior
- Crude oil behavior and properties
- Enhanced oil recovery evaluation
Consultation and training on fluid characterization, reservoir simulation & modeling, and related-petroleum application
