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Integrated Core Characterization Center

Integrated Core Characterization Center (IC3)

Mission

The mission of the Integrated Core Characterization Center IC3 is to do basic and applied research applicable to the energy sector and train the next generation of engineers who are proficient in the interpretation of subsurface properties.

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Welcome

The center genesis happened in the early nineteen eighties at the Amoco Production Company Research Center in Tulsa, OK. The two principals, Chandra Rai and Carl Sondergeld, reestablished it at the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering when they joined the University of Oklahoma in 1999. IC3 is the state-of-the-art laboratory which is equipped with advanced analytical equipments for characterizing sub-surface rocks and fluids for better extraction of hydrocarbon and storage of energy. In addition to conducting research, the IC3 provides laboratory service to other universities researchers as well as external entities.

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Service and Research Areas:

  • Routine core analysis
  • Special core analysis
  • Elemental and mineral quantification (XRF, EDS, LIBS, and FTIR)
  • Microstructure imaging using FIB-SEM, Micro-CT, Scanning laser confocal microscope
  • Geochemistry – TOC, S1, S2, and Tmax
  • Capillary pressure (MICP, centrifuge)
  • Surface area by BET
  • Conventional and unconventional reservoirs petrophysics
  • Mechanical Properties –Nano to macro scale
  • NMR: saturation and fluid typing, relative flow mechanics
  • Hydraulic fracture stimulation and microseismic
  • Compressional and shear waves velocity and elastic anisotropy
  • Resistivity and dielectric measurements
  • Rock-fluid interactions
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • Geo-storage: hydrogen and carbon dioxide
  • Completion damage
  • Development of cooperative projects

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