Within the field of drilling and well-technology, there are several laboratories conected to the Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS. An overview of equipment and facilities follows.
These study programmes use the laboratories in teaching:
SWIPA
Users of the SWIPA laboratory strive to achieve a better understanding of well integrity and permanent well barriers and improve methods for plugging wells.
A better scientific understanding of subsurface conditions could produce results that can also be used in the disposal of nuclear waste, converting petroleum wells for CO2 storage and well integrity for geothermal wells. In the laboratory, users can measure pumping times, viscosity, hydraulic seals, mechanical properties and properties over time. The laboratory is used by both students and staff.
Contact person: Jostein Djuve and Mahmoud Khalifeh
DrillBotics
DrillBotics is an annual interdisciplinary international competition and often forms part of someone’s bachelor’s or master's degree thesis. The laboratory has been set up with a small drilling rig for small-scale test drilling.
Students are able to test various parameters such as bottom hole assembly (BHA) and speed, as well as monitor drilling operations and performance via the OpenLab drilling simulator.
Contact person: Dan Sui
Rheology
In the rheology laboratory, users can describe and assess the flow and deformation properties of materials: everything from solid materials like foods to liquids, drilling fluids, paints, polymers, blood, medicine, cement and much more
Rheology is a basic science that aims to understand liquid systems and the dynamic behaviour of solids. The rheology laboratory is used for both teaching and research
Contact person: Kim Andre Nesse Vorland
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