1. EERA SHALEGAS SP2
8-9 October 2014, GUT
Research Pilot Instalation
for testing shale gas technologies
Jan Hupka,
Oil and Gas Center
In cooperation with:
Robert Aranowski
Jan Godlewski
Waldemar Kamrat
Justyna Łuczak
Jacek Mąkinia
Joanna Mioduska
Anna Mykowska
Cezary Orłowski
Jarosław Pawłowski
Katarzyna Piszcz
Andrzej Rogala
Andrzej Tonderski
Andrzej Zieliński
Anna Zielińska-Jurek
2. Outline
• Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructure LabRiG
Oil and Gas Laboratory
• Mobile systems and pilot research at GUT
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3. Company/Institution Abbreviation
Polish Oil and Gas Company PGNiG
Lotos Group JSC Lotos
ORLEN Upstream Ltd. Orlen
Oil and Gas Institute, Cracow INiG
AGH University of Science and Technology AGH
Gdansk University of Technology PG
Warsaw University of Technology PW
Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute
4. Coordinator: Gdańsk University of The Consortium
Technology (PG)
Consortium members: 4 universities, 1
national research institute, 3 industrial
partners, 2 expert companies
• AGH University of Science and
Technology (AGH),
• Oil and Gas Institute, National
Research Institute, INIG-PIB (INiG),
• Gdańsk University of Technology (PG)
• Warsaw University of Technology
(PWA),
• Wrocław University of Technology
(PWR),
• KGHM Polish Copper SA (KGHM),
• Lotos Group SA (Lotos),
• Polish Oil and Gas Company SA
(PGNiG),
• Det Norske Veritas Poland Ltd. (DNV)
• Innobaltica Ltd. (IB),
Name: Pomeranian Oil and Gas (PomRiG)
5. By the decision of the Minister of
Science and Higher Education from
August 5, 2014 the venture LabRiG -
Laboratory of Oil and Gas has been
placed on Polish Roadmap for
Research Infrastructures.
6. Role and tasks for LabRiG
• Conducting R&D programmes and providing technological
solutions in the relatively new field of exploitation of low
permeability minerals, mainly oil & gas contained in shale
rocks;
• Creating unique infrastructure & organization that allows
for consolidation of the relevant research capacity in
Poland/Europe and for a better competitiveness of the
unconventional hydrocarbons research sector;
• Providing unique education base for students, scientists,
entrepreneurs, but also for the public.
7. Scientific objectives
• Safe technologies and methods to improve intensity of the
production and the degree of exploitation of minerals, oil and gas;
• Minimization of the negative impact on the environment, with the
emphasis placed on the recovery and recycling of the resources;
• Improvement of the public communication with regard to
exploitation of minerals, oil & gas in cooperation with policy
makers and industrial stakeholders.
The main objective of the project is to adapt existing technologies
and innovative solutions to the specific chemical and geophysical
characteristics of Polish/European shales. With the proposed
infrastructure it should be possible to take up work in the area of
mastering the stimulation and better understanding the properties of
oil and gas deposits.
8. LabRiG - structure
The organizational structure will have a dispersed character.
Central laboratory (Pomerania) with testing
borehole - will provide six main functions:
i) Rock analysis;
ii) Fluid analysis;
iii) Proppant analysis;
iv) Fracturing analysis;
v) High pressure analysis;
vi) Data acquisition.
5 collaborating laboratories:
• Physicochemistry of surfaces (PWR),
• Strength of Materials (PWA),
• Drilling and Geology (AGH),
• Stimulation of Shale Rocks (INiG),
• Environmental Technology (PGD)
9. LabRiG – research borehole
1. Well logging in open-hole and cased-hole
2. Defining physical rock characteristics such as lithology,
porosity, permeability based on well logs interpretation (in
uncased well bore) or evaluating of the integrity of cement
work in well logging (in cased hole)
3. Long-time monitoring of wellbore cement
4. Identification of mineralogy, determination of the type of clay
minerals, partial elemental composition (presence of metals,
radioisotopes, etc.), impact of shale heterogeneity
5. Identification of fractures, investigation of fractures
propagation
6. Identification of wellbore stability
7. Tests regarding new methods of reservoir completion and
stimulation: perforation, hydraulic fracturing, non-aqueous
fracturing technologies
8. Testing of tools for coiled tubing, wireline, snubbing, and
completions
13. Is equipped with two 600 dm3 and
one 1200 dm3 cylindrical tanks
and several new type SFR in series
or in parallel.
14. Utilization of drill cuttings – lightweight aggregates
Photo: drillingcontractor.org
15. Photocatalytical Treatment
Visible light activated photocatalyst
doped or modified with metals (Au, Ag, Pt, Co, Fe, Ni, W,
rare metals)
doped or modified with nonmetals (S, B, N, C)
Separable photocatalysts
immobilized on the surface
with magnetic properties
oriented structures as thin films
Novel photoreactor design
16. RC1e Reaction
Calorimetry
and IR in-situ
tests
• Glass reactor with Real Time Calorimetry
• Possibility of process optimization and scale up
depending on heat flow characteristics
• Steel reactor for up to 60 bar pressure
• Two pumps for in process reagents injection
• Equipment for distillation, thermodynamic properties
measurements
17. International cooperation in the development of advanced technologies in
the extraction of gas and oil from shale, focused on obtaining grants
and international research collaboration.
• West Virginia University (signed memorandum of collaboration
with AGH and GUT)
• Texas A&M University, Department od Petroleum Engineering and
College of Geosciences
• The University of Utah, Energy and Geoscience Institute,
Department od Metallurgical Engineering, Department of Chemical
Engineering
• Stanford University, Department of Geophysics,
• University of Indianapolis
• Consulting, servicing and oil companies, including: Economides
Consultants, Houston, Texas; Exponent, Palo Alto CA; Marathon
Oil Company; BNK Petroleum Poland; MicroSeismic, Houston,
Texas; Schlumberger; Halliburton
18. LabRiG – summary
- Consortium consisting of 5 research institutions, 3 industrial
partners and 2 expert companies
- Cost: 500 mln PLN (250 mln zlotys for central laboratory and 50
mln zlotys for each supporting laboratory)
- Project duration: 5 years
- Adapt existing technologies and propose innovative solutions to
specific petrochemical and geophysical characteristics of Polish
shale with respect to environmental protection
- Unrestricted access to reserach borehole
We expect our research to point out the areas which, through
strategically focused R&D, will allow Poland to become an important
participant in the discovery and production process, far beyond
geological resource owner and production labor supplier.
