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Core floods/Enhanced Oil Recovery Evaluation

  • Thermal Core Floods
  • Non-thermal Core Floods
  • Solvent Core Floods
  • Surfactant Core Floods
  • Polymer Core Floods
  • ASP Core Floods
  • Electrical EOR
  • Foam EOR
  • Variable Salinity EOR
  • Immiscible Gas EOR
  • Miscible Gas EOR
  • Acid EOR
  • Recovery Efficiency
  • Water Flood EOR
  • CBM Core Floods
  • Tight Core Floods
  • Chemical EOR for Heavy Oil – Visualization of Emulsion Flow

Special Core Analysis (SCAL)

  • Relative Permeability
  • Wettability
  • Capillary Pressure
  • Thermal Conductivity
    • Thermal Conductivity of Core
    • Thermal Conductivity of Fluids
  • Formation Damage Studies
    • Water Compatibility Test
    • Permeability Alteration Test
    • Permeability Regain Test
    • Clay Swelling
    • Acid Tests
    • Wax Removal Test
    • Asphaltene Elimination Test
    • Mud Invasion Test
  • Bitumen and Oil Extraction
  • Surface Area Analysis
  • Adsorption Isotherms
  • Tight Core Analysis
  • Acidizing Evaluation
  • Asphaltene Precipitation
  • Imbibition
  • Mud Invasion Studies
  • Conformance Evaluation
  • Rock/Fluid Interaction
  • Fluid Flow Phenomena
  • In Situ Upgrading
  • Phase Behaviour Study
  • Electric and Di-electric Properties
  • Tailings Research

Tomographic Imaging (CT Scanning)

  • CT Scanning Core for Reservoir Characterization
  • CT Scanning Core During Core Floods (Flow Visualization and Fluid Distribution)
  • Micro-CT Scanning

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

  • Fluid Distribution
  • Reservoir Characterization with NMR
  • Oil and Water Cut in Fluids
  • T2CUTOFF Calibration
  • Logging Tool Calibration
  • Used in Carbonates/Oil Sands where T2 is N/A
  • Production Metering (Online Water Cut Meter for Heavy Oil and Bitumen)

Analytical Laboratory

  • Carbon Number Distribution (C6 to C120+) via SimDist
  • PVT
  • Pore Volume, Porosity, and Permeability with Gas
  • Water Saturation (Sw=1, Dean and Stark, Karl Fischer)
  • Pore Size Distribution
  • Viscosity (High Temperature and Pressure)
  • Density (High Temperature and Pressure)
  • Total Acid Number (TAN)
  • pH and Conductivity
  • Ion Selective Electrode (ISE)
  • UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
  • Gas GC
  • GC-FID
  • Asphalten Content (C7 Insoluable)
  • ICP
  • Anion Analysis
  • Microscopy of Emulsions
  • ISE NH4
  • Carbonate Ion
  • Surface Tension
  • Interfacial Tension (IFT)
  • Formation Factor

Digital Core Analysis

  • Pore Level Digital Core Analysis
  • Core Level Digital Core Analysis
  • Experiments to Calibrate Simulations and Models

Analytical Modelling

  • Pore Level Modelling
  • Core Level Modelling
  • Experiments/Simulations

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