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Experimental Laboratories

Experimental Petrology Laboratory for Fluid/Rock Interaction

  • Five large volume, highly corrosion resistant, flow-through hydrothermal systems allowing long-term concurrent monitoring of pore-fluid chemistry and volumetric strain.
  • A highly corrosion resistant, flow-through permeability system for long-term experiments at temperatures to 300 C, confining pressures to 200 MPa and fluid pressures to 20 MPa; permeability changes are monitored continuously during flow.

John W. Handin Laboratory for Experimental Rock Deformation

Petrophysical Properties ???????

  • Petrophysical Properties Laboratory: Facilities for measuring elastic P- and S-wave velocities at confining pressures and pore-fluid pressures to 300 MPa; bar velocity and quality factor measurements using resonance techniques; Nitrogen permeameter and Helium porosimeter.
  • Carlson - permeability and seismic
  • Jensen - trans decay permeometer
RESEARCH
* CONSORTIA
* • Center for Automated Seismic Processing (CASP)
* • Center for Tectonophysics Industrial Associates Program (IAP)
* • Integrated Reservoir Investigations Group (IRIG)
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FACILITIES
* Analytical Capabilities
* Computer Labs
* Core Library
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* Field Equipment
* Sample Preparation
STUDENT INFORMATION
COOPERATIVE
PROGRAMS
• Department of Petroleum Enginnering (PETE)
• Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG)
• Department of Oceanography (OCN)
• Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATIVES
• Institute Francais du Pétrole (IFP)
• Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia (ITB)
• National Taiwan Oceanographic University (NTOC)
• (OPICOIL)
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