Schlumberger expands lab for advanced fluid analysis oil services
Oil services giant Schlumberger has expanded a Texas laboratory dedicated to advanced reservoir rock and fluid analysis. The Houston Reservoir Laboratory uses innovative technologies, including CoreFlow digital rock and fluid analytics and fluid inclusion technologies, to examine oil reservoirs and improve hydrocarbon production and recovery. The 123,000 sq ft unit is also home to Schlumberger's Production Technologies Center of Excellence, which researches, formulates and tests production chemicals.
Schlumberger today inaugurated the newly expanded reservoir rock and fluid analysis laboratory located in Houston, Texas. The state-of-the-art lab enables petrotechnical experts to better leverage physical and digital rock and fluid analysis for comprehensive reservoir characterisation.

The Houston Reservoir Laboratory features a leading portfolio of Schlumberger reservoir characterisation technologies, which span downhole rock and fluid data and sample acquisition through wellsite and lab analysis. Integration of data and insight from field and lab measurements in the DELFI cognitive E&P environment enhances collaboration across exploration and production teams to realise the full potential of all available data and science in optimising oil and gas assets.

“Digital technology is fundamentally changing the way the E&P industry works,” said Hinda Gharbi, president, Reservoir Characterization Group, Schlumberger. “The expansion of the Houston Reservoir Laboratory accelerates our customers’ access to our proprietary technologies, digital models and petrotechnical domain expertise to overcome technical challenges across the life of the field.”

The 123 000 ft2 facility is staffed by scientists, engineers and technicians working across the spectrum of reservoir rock and fluid analysis. They employ innovative technologies for characterising the reservoir to improve hydrocarbon production and recovery, including Maze microfluidic SARA analysis, unique Fluid Inclusion Technologies (FIT), Malcom interactive fluid characterisation software and CoreFlow digital rock and fluid analytics services.

As part of the Schlumberger global network of rock and fluids analysis laboratories, the Houston lab also houses the Schlumberger Production Technologies Center of Excellence for conducting research, formulation and testing of production chemicals.