Petroleum Engineering Laboratory

The Petroleum Engineering Laboratory is located in Block B, Room 301.

The Petroleum Fluid Properties Facility allows a versatile research environment, providing students with active and experiential learning through rich experiments related to fluid properties.

Some of the major equipment available in this facility are:

• Marsh Funnel Viscometer:
  • Measures fluid viscosity
•  Atmospheric Consistometer:
  • Performs basic atmospheric-pressure thickening time tests and slurry conditioning
•  Falling Ball Viscometer:
  • Measures the viscosity Newtonian fluids by measuring the time required for a ball to fall under gravity through a sample-filled tube
•  Reid Vapor Pressure:
  • Measures the volatility of gasoline

The Reservoir Rock Facility supports a flexible research environment, giving students the chance for hands-on and experiential learning through an array of experiments concerning reservoir rock properties.

Some of the major equipment available in this facility are:

• Helium Porosimeter:
  • Measures the direct sample volume and pore volume at isothermal conditions
  • Measures sample density and porosity
•  Gas Permeameter:
  • Determines permeability to gas kilogram at steady state (constant pressure and flow through the sample)
•  Core Plug Saturator:
  • Obtains remarkable saturation of clean, dry core samples