Driving cutting-edge research
Our GeoEnergy and Storage Laboratory is equipped with advanced experimental infrastructure combined with specialist expertise to deliver real-world solutions to the complex challenges in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS), Underground Hydrogen Storage, Sustainable Energy Production (Oil & Gas), and Mineral Extraction.
Our mission is to drive cutting-edge research that advances sustainable energy and mineral production while actively contributing to global climate change mitigation.
Our facility features advanced experimental systems designed for high-pressure and high-temperature (HPHT) conditions. All systems are fully compatible with complex fluids and gases, including CO₂, Hydrogen, Methane, Oil, and Brine.
Experimental Capabilities
- Reservoir Rock and Fluid Characterization: Porosity, Permeability, Capillary Pressure (PC)
- Advanced Core analysis: Relative Permeability (Steady State, Unsteady State)
- Special Core Analysis: Tailored testing for CCUS, Underground Hydrogen Storage, Formation Damage, and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR).
- Rock-Fluid Interactions (Geochemical studies)
- In-Situ Mining Solutions: In situ leaching (ISL), In situ recovery (ISR)
Equipment
- Core Flooding Units (1, 1.5, and 2.5 in core diameter and 2.5-100 cm in core length), High-Temperature (200°C) and High-Pressure (10,000 psi)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Coreflooding System
- X-Ray Coreflooding System
- Unconsolidated Core Mounting System
- Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure (MICP)
- Crossflow Core Holder
- Chemical Reactor- High-Temperature (300°C) and High-Pressure (2,500 psi)
- PVT Cell (non-mercury)
- Amott Cell For Spontaneous Imbibition and Drainage
- Dean Stark Distillation Extraction
- Automated Permeameter and Porosimeter
- Capillary Pressure- Porous Plate Method
Location