Laboratory Services

MAXTeK through its expert personnel and technologies and distinguished partners and associates has the capability to manage and execute a comprehensive laboratory services in different areas of upstream oil and gas. We provide the following services.

Coring and Well Site Handling

• Coring Services
• Wellsite Handing
• Fishing Services
• Rental Tools
• Bucking Services
• Casing Running Services
• Jar and Motor
• Under Reamer Services
• RTTS and Cement Retainer

Routine Core Analysis

• Core Processing (Inspection, Layout and Marking)
• Natural Gamma Measurement (Spectral and Total)
• Depth Matching
• Quick Macroscopic Core Description and Log Preparation
• Plug Preparation (Plugging, Trimming, Encapsulating)
• Soxhlet Cleaning and Drying
• Dean-Stark Saturation Determination
• Grain Density
• Ambient Helium Porosity
• Single Gas Permeability
• Klinkenberg Corrected Gas Permeability
• Porosity and Permeability at Overburden Condition (up to 10000Psi)
• CT-Scanning
• Whole Core Preservation in Wax
• Core Slabbing
• Core Photography (UV and White)
• Preservation of core Biscuit slice in Resin
• Archiving

Special Core Analysis

• SCAL Sample Selection
• CT Scanning
• Wettability Restoration
• Compressibility Measurement
• Brine Permeability
• Compatibility Test
• Formation Resistivity Factor, with Cementation Factor (m)
• Resistivity Index, with Saturation Exponent (n)
• Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), by Core Conductivity Method (Co/Cw)
• Capillary Pressure Measurement (Centrifuge, Porous Plate, MICP)
• Pore Size Distribution
• Trapped (residual) Gas Saturation Determination
• Wettability Determination (Amott cell, USBM, or Combined Method)
• Unsteady State Relative Permeability Measurement (Flooding, Centrifuge)
• Steady State Relative Permeability Measurement (Flooding) with Insitu Saturation Monitoring
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Measurement (NMR Test, Log quality Control)
• Whole Core Analysis (Porosity, Permeability, Resistivity Index)

Geological Studies

• Petrographical study on the available thin sections
• Macroscopic Core Description
• Fracture Study
• Reservoir Geology
• Sedimentology
• Paleontology & Biostratigraphy Analysis
• Sequence Stratigraphy
• Diagenesis Study
• Facies Study
• Layering and Zonation
• SEM/XRD/XRF Analyses
• Regional Studies

PVT Analysis

• Sample Quality Check
• Fluid Composition Determination
• Fluid Density and GOR Determination
• CCE/CVD/DL Tests
• Separator Test
• Viscosity Measurement
• Formation Water Analysis
• Swelling Test
• SARA Test

Geochemistry

• Kerogen/Bitumen Extraction
• Visual Kerogen Microscopy
• Vitrinite Reflectance- Sediment Maturity Profile
• Elemental Analysis (TOC and S%)- Source Rock Richness
• Pyrolysis Rock Eval Analysis
• Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography, Oil to Gas Generation Potential
• Elemental Analysis (CHNOS, Inorganic Analysis)
• 13C Stable Isotopic Analysis, Oil-Oil and Oil-Source Rock Correlation
• 13C Stable Isotopic Analysis of Gases by GC-IRMS, Gas Characterization and Reservoir Compartmentation
• Physical Property and Elemental Analysis-API Gravity, Viscosity, S, Ni, V, N, WAX Content, etc
• Fluid Inclusion Analysis
• Gas Chromatography (GC)-Oil and Extract Characterization
• High Resolution Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS-Biomarker)
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography
• Oil and Gas Source Rock Full Analysis
• 1D, 2D and 3D Basin Modeling

Geomechanics and Rock Physic

• Hydraulic Fracturing (Thick-walled Cylinder Collapse Test)
• Drained Confident Elastic Properties Tests
• Undrained Confident Elastic Properties Tests
• Confined Strength Test with Elastic Properties
• Multistage Confined Strength Test
• Thermal Expansion Compressive Strength
• Depletion Compressibility
• Sonic Measurement
• Brinell Hardness
• Brazilian Tensile Test
• Shear Strength Test
• Uniaxial and Triaxial Tests
• Rock Physical Parameter Determinations
• Special Tests

Technical Supervision and Quality Control (QC)

• 2D/3D/4D Seismic (Data Acquisition, Processing, Interpretation)
• A Full-set range of Core and Fluid Analysis (Petrography, RCAL, SCAL, PVT, RM, EOR)
• Geological Studies
• Geochemical Studies
• Petroleum System Analysis and Basin Modeling
• Geomechanical Studies and Rock Physic Modeling
• Well Logging and Petrophysical Studies
• Master Development Plan (MDP)
• Reservoir Engineering and Simulation
• Reservoir Characterization
• Surface Facilities
• Feasibility and Economic Studies