Contact information:
Facility Manager: Helge Hellevang
Location: Sem Sælands vei 1
0371 OSLO
Norway
Instruments:
The Flow Rig Laboratory is equipped with the following instruments:
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Core Holder (Hassler-type)
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Back Pressure Regulator
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Stainless Steel Accumulators
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Circulating, Confining and Collecting Pumps
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Vacuum Pump
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Two-Phase Separator (liquid interface Infrared Detector)
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Mass Flow Controllers
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Pressure Transducers
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Digital Scaler
Description of services:
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We offer the following experiments by agreement:
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Unsteady state multi-phase and single-phase permeability measurement
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Secondary and tertiary water flooding test
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About the Flow Rig Lab (Strømningslaben)
To examine the flow of fluid in porous rock in The Flow Rig Laboratory, the main attention is given to the evaluation of some specific rock properties, such as permeability and porosity.
In achieve this Core Flooding is used to determine rock permeability and test the interaction of the core sample in various fluids. The core sample from the oil reservoir is placed in a rock core holder with specific dimensions. Once the core installed the outer surface is pressurised to simulate the same pressure as it was in the oil reservoir.
A test fluid is then pumped through the core in the flow rig, and the flow rates and pressure drops across the core are measured. From this data, the resistance to flow is evaluated. All these results are generally used as basic data for any reservoir engineering study of a conventional reservoir.
The laboratory can by appointment be used in research activities or/and assist students at the Department of Geosciences.