HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2012--
Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) today announced the official opening of its
state-of-the-art Advanced
Perforating Flow Lab (APFL). The new facility expands Halliburton’s
global perforating research, development and testing capabilities with
leading-edge technologies that simulate the most extreme real-world
reservoir conditions and provide customers with unique perforating
solutions that help optimize reservoir performance.
“Halliburton once again is stepping ahead and leading the industry in
perforating technology,” said David Topping, Vice President of
Halliburton’s Wireline
and Perforating business line. “With our new facilities, we have the
capability to reproduce the conditions we are going to find downhole,
whether in deepwater,
unconventional
resources or mature
fields, thereby providing our customers with access to information
that will help with the right choice of perforation design to maximize
their assets.”
The facility includes four independent testing rooms, an integrated
command and control center, a core preparation laboratory, and an
extensive perforated core analysis laboratory for post-test evaluation.
Among the lab’s game-changing technologies are: flow vessels with the
ability to conduct tests that simulate downhole reservoir conditions,
including pressures and temperatures with a maximum rating of 50,000 psi
and 400°F; test vessels with the ability to rotate 180 degrees to
perform gravity-related sanding studies; and a perforated core analysis
laboratory that utilizes the latest computed tomography (CT) imaging
technology to evaluate perforator performance and reservoir inflow.
The APFL is located in Alvarado, Texas, at Halliburton’s Jet
Research Center (JRC), an 800-acre campus, where, for half a
century, Halliburton has provided energetic solutions to the global
energy industry.
ABOUT HALLIBURTON
Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of
products and services to the energy industry. With more than 70,000
employees in approximately 80 countries, the company serves the upstream
oil and gas industry throughout the life cycle of the reservoir – from
locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and
formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing
production through the life of the field. Visit the company’s website at www.halliburton.com.
Source: Halliburton
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