The “build not buy” mentality at ResLab opens up new options for reservoir testing that supply exciting new data and subsequent opportunities for our clients. The Advanced Reservoir Studies group at ResLab is the essence of what our company is all about. The world-class laboratory facilities in Norway provide the platform to tackle the most unique and challenging reservoir questions, with the most advanced equipment available today.

ResLab was established in 1986 specifically to establish a high capacity, advanced laboratory for reservoir condition studies. Today ResLab has probably the highest capacity, commercial laboratory for performance of such projects. ResLab equipment design makes all of our reservoir condition rigs highly flexible and adaptable. These systems are continually being assessed to ascertain areas of improvement in order to provide the best, most accurate reservoir data possible.

Advanced Reservoir Studies

• Water – Oil Displacements
• Gas – Oil Displacements
• Water – Gas Displacements
• Water Alternating Gas (“WAG”) Studies
• Miscible Floods – Core Sample
• Miscible Floods – Slim Tube Experiments
• Gas Condensate Recovery Studies
• Condensate Blockage Studies
• Resistivity Studies during Flooding
• Trapped Gas Saturation
• Depletion Studies
• Critical Gas Saturation
• Critical Condensate Saturation
• EOR Studies
• IOR Studies
• Injection and Permeability Studies
• Cap Rock Seal Capacity
• Semi-Dynamic Studies
• Pore Compressibility

Testing Equipment Details

ResLab has assembled the most sophisticated laboratory equipment available today to carry out reservoir condition studies. The testing parameters available at our laboratories include:

• Single plug samples or long whole core sections of up to 1.4 metres in length
• Triaxial and Hydrostatic stress conditions up to 1,000 bar (15,000 psi)
• Temperatures up to 180°C
• In-situ saturation monitoring by gamma ray attenuation
• Quizix pumps for accurate displacement efficiency
• Visual or acuostic measurement for saturation accuracy to ±1%.
• Full automation and continuous measurement possible