Craft and Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering at LSU

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LSU Petroleum Engineering Research and
Technology Transfer Laboratory
The Well Facility
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LSU WELL FACILITY
2 Parallel 250 bbl Mud Systems
w/ separate HT-400 Pumps
LSU Well 1
Five Additional Wells On-Site
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Well and Flow System Capabilities

• 2787 deep Well 1 simulating subsea well
  allowing gas injection and lost returns
• 5884 deep Well 2 simulating surface well
  allowing gas injection and logs in annulus
• 3 - 2000 deep gas storage wells
• 1200 deep diverter demonstration well
• 45, 0 - 90 degree, inclinable flow tube
• 9600, 4.5 o.d. horizontal flow loop

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LSU WELL 1
Control Room
Choke Manifold
LSU Well 1
Five Additional Wells On-Site
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Circulation System Capabilities

• 2 - HT400 cementing pumps
• Two high capacity mud-gas separators
• Two mud de-gassers
• 3 - 200 bbl mud tanks special tanks
• Choke manifold for up to 5 chokes
• Multiple charge and transfer pumps
• Shale shaker
• Mud hopper
• Inlet and outlet meters for gas and liquids

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LSU WELL FACILITY
Two Halliburton HT-400 Pumps
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Support Utilities

• 480 vac, 3-phase, circuits up to 100 amps
• 120 vac, 1-phase, circuits up to 30 amps
• 100 psig air supply (30 hp)
• City water
• Well Water
• Natural gas (600 psig continuous, up to 3500 psig
  intermittent)
• Instrumentation for measuring pressure,
  temperature, and liquid and gas flow rates

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High Pressure Natural Gas Compressor
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Facilities to Support Training, Research, and
Testing

• 2 - 20 person classrooms (1 with audio visual
  support, 1 adaptable as lunch room or demo room,
  includes 3 Restrooms)
• Computer lab with 7 PCs
• Labview data collection system
• Mobile crane and fork lift
• Indoor and outdoor shop areas
• Guttered areas with drain to sump for catching
  spill and leaks