The Strata Mechanics Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences offers laboratory testing of rock permeability to gases and liquids under controlled pressure, temperature and confining stress conditions corresponding to those occurring in situ.
The tests enable determination of rock permeability over a very wide range — from extremely tight rocks to rocks characterised by excellent permeability.
Test parameters:
- permeability: from 0.00001 mD to 10,000 mD,
- confining pressure: 0–30 MPa (optionally higher),
- fluid pressure: 0–3 MPa (optionally higher),
- temperature: 4–60°C,
- test media: gases and liquids.
Measurements are carried out on rock samples subjected to controlled confining pressure, which enables assessment of the effect of effective stress on rock flow properties and allows laboratory conditions to reproduce the actual conditions prevailing within the rock mass.
The tests can be applied, among others, to:
- characterisation of the flow properties of reservoir rocks and caprocks,
- permeability assessment in studies related to CCS/CCUS and underground gas storage,
- evaluation of gas and liquid migration through the strata,
- testing of very low-permeability rocks, including shales, mudstones and other sealing formations,
- analysis of permeability changes caused by variations in mechanical loading and fluid pressure,
- strata characterisation for applications in mining, geoengineering, energy and underground construction.
Measurements are performed using specialised laboratory equipment designed for precise determination of rock transport properties under controlled pressure and temperature conditions.
Contact
D. Sc. Eng. Mateusz Kudasik, Associate Professor
email: kudasik@imgpan.pl
phone: 12 637-62-00 (80)