Laboratory Service
Rock Mechanics Testing
From exploration to well abandonment, a better understanding of geomechanics mitigates risk and improves return. We measure geomechanical parameters across a wide range of play types and geographies, ready for integration with log and field data.
Sub-disciplines
- Strength & Mechanical Properties
- Poroviscoelastic Properties
- CO2 Sequestration & Storage
- Geothermal Solutions
- Cement Testing
- Wellbore instability, sand production and fracture containment all trace back to how rock behaves under stress.
- Measuring that behaviour at representative pressure and temperature is what separates a model that holds in the field from one that does not.
- Alongside conventional geomechanics, we run dedicated programmes for carbon storage, geothermal development and cement integrity — applications where the same core measurements are made under different conditions and read against different criteria.
Strength & Mechanical Properties
- Triaxial Testing
- Multistage Triaxial Testing
- Unconfined Compressive Testing (UCS)
- Hydrostatic Compression Test
- Brazilian Tensile Testing
- Direct Shear Testing
- Fracture Toughness
- Brinell Hardness Testing
- Thick Wall Cylinder (TWC)
- Advanced TWC Testing (ATWC)
- Azimuthal Radial Acoustic Velocity Testing
- Proppant Embedment
- Fracture Conductivity Measurement
Poroviscoelastic Properties
- Creep Testing
- UPVC (Uniaxial Strain Tests)
- Biot’s Coefficient — Conventional and Shale
- Confined Swelling Test
- Shale Activation Testing (SAAB)
CO2 Sequestration & Storage Solutions
- CO2 Cooling Effect Test (Thermal Shock)
- Fluid Substitution Test
- Caprock Integrity Testing
- Sample Immersion at Representative T&P
Caprock integrity testing includes
- Caprock Permeability
- Pressure Breakthrough Test
- Strength Test
Geothermal Solutions
- Thermal Stress-Strain Measurement
- Ultrasonic Measurement
- Triaxial and Multistage Triaxial Testing
- Fracture Conductivity Measurement
- Brazilian and Fracture Toughness Testing
- Thermal Expansion Testing
- Thermal Conductivity Measurement
Cement Testing
- Triaxial and Multistage Triaxial Testing
- Fracture Conductivity Measurement
- Stressed Porosity and Permeability
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Compressional Testing — Single Stage / Multistage Triaxial
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Unconfined Compressive Strength Testing
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Brazilian Tensile Testing
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Direct Shear Test
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Thick Wall Cylinder (TWC) Test
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Fracture Toughness
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Brinell Hardness Number
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Proppant Embedment
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Azimuthal Radial Acoustic Velocity Testing
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Biot’s Coefficient
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UPVC (Uniaxial Strain Tests)
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Thermal Expansion Testing
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