Upstream
The laboratory has state-of-the-art infrastructure in its three sections, as well as highly experienced staff. We offer real technological solutions for flow measurement, fluid design and evaluation for drilling control, repair, completion and well maintenance.
This laboratory currently has three sections that enable it to offer comprehensive and highly specialised services:
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Well Control Fluids.
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Tools.
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Geomechanics.
Our tools section offers different options for design, electronic manufacturing, and metalworking for the development of highly specialised tools for optimising reservoir production and acquiring data in wells or oil facilities.
Laboratory capabilities
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Two mobile laboratories for evaluating drilling fluids, three for hydraulic fracturing, as well as field kits for testing in onshore wells and offshore platforms.
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We have the first and only dry particle size meter in Mexico.
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Hybrid sampler that improves information on the roundness and sphericity of proppants.
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In-line viscometer for evaluating fracturing fluids in the field, which easily adapts to different viscosity ranges.
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Atmospheric and pressurised consistometers and ultrasonic cement analysers that provide a non-destructive method for determining the relative strength development of a cement sample.
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Experimental equipment for multiphase flow and cuttings transport.
Types of tests
Analysis, design and manufacture of specialised instruments
Development, simulation, verification, and validation of tools and systems for well testing
Electronic instrumentation and metalworking
Upstream
Characterisation of Synthetic and Natural Materials
Characterisation of the chemical composition of materials.
Petrophysics and PVT Analysis
Studies of geological, petrophysical and dynamic characteristics for storage control.
Organic Geochemistry
Identification of fluid heterogeneities.
Hydrocarbon Production and Corrosion Control
Solutions to internal and external corrosion problems in oil industry facilities.
Well Drilling, Completion and Maintenance
Determines geostress, casing pipe settlement (PSs), hole geometry.
Hydrocarbon Recovery
Study of primary, secondary and enhanced recovery processes under reservoir conditions.
Downstream
Pilot Plants and Catalyst Scaling
Scaling of catalytic materials; evaluation of processes in microplants and microsystem materials.
Environmental Analysis
Determination of metals by atomic absorption, analysis of the Stiff and Davis stability index.
Chemical Analysis
Technologies to maintain and increase hydrocarbon production, ensuring a constant flow.
Thermodynamics and Chemical Synthesis
Determination of physicochemical properties, phase equilibrium, and chemical equilibrium.
Physical Analysis
Optimisation of industrial process performance, focusing on increasing production.
Combustion Systems
Assessment of the fossil fuel combustion process, mitigating its environmental impact.
