Calgary Lab Capabilities 

Lab

Four fume hoods

• Stainless steel ducting for acid work on one

• All have water and nitrogen supply

• Dedicated extraction unit for ICP

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Store room with four flammable storage cabinets

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Three additional storage cabinets at rear

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Explosion proof fridge freezer

Physical Properties

Density

RVP

pH

Wax/Asphaltene Content

Melting Point

Freeze/Pour Point

BS&W

Flash Point (PMCC)

Blending & Mixing

Heidolph SilentCrusher

• 5000-26000 rpm

• Good for small scale mixing

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Caframo Overhead

• 20-6000 rpm

• High Torque

• Up to 25 L

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Silverson L5M-A

• Mixes up to 20 L

• Up to 8000 rpm

• Interchangeable heads

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Waring Blender

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Synthesis Equipment

Well equipped for organic synthesis and purification

Bϋchi Rotary Evaporator

Kugelrohr Short Path Distillation Apparatus

• Used to distil small amounts of compounds with high boiling points

• Operates up to 300 ºC

Viscosity Testing

Chandler 5550

• • HTHP pressure viscometer

  • Hastelloy wetted components

  • Dry carbon block heater

  • Max 2000 psi, 260 ºC

  • B1 and B5 bobs

  • Fully programmable

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Fann 35

Mud Testing

Hamilton Beach Mixers

4-Roller Oven

• Variable speed control

• Holds three 500 mL ageing cells

• Max 232 ºC

• Programmable Timer

• Four 500 mL cells (max pressure 2000 psi)

HTHP Filter Press

10 mL Retort

• For determining % oil water and solids

Solvation Testing

Used for evaluation of CanSol products with supplied wax samples

SynSol H Testing

Acid Solubility

Acid Testing

Acid Compatibility

• Checking for emulsion/sludging issues

Corrosion Testing

Chandler CP360 Dynamic Corrosion Tester

• Cells oscillate 180 ° to mix sample

• Pressurized up to 6000 psi

• Four cells can be independently heated to to 200° C

• Liquid Sample volume – 110 mL

• All wetted components are Hastelloy

• Typically run 4-6 hour tests

Coupon is placed in bottom half of cell (unsupported). A water pump (N2 powered) is used to pressurise the cell. 

Note – Narrow cells only take coupons narrower that 21 mm

Analytical Methods

Shimadzu GC-2014

• Shimadzu GC-2014

• Optimised for GC30

• Can see up to ~C60+

• 12 position autosampler

• Max oven temperature – 400 ºC (350 ºC with current column)​

Shimadzu ICPE-9000

• Capable of detecting in the ppb range

• Mini torch reduces Argon consumption

• Organic torch for oil analysis

Water Testing

pH

Specific Gravity 

Cations 

• Sodium – Sum(anions)-sum(cations)

• Potassium – Spectrometer

• Calcium – Titration 

• Magnesium –Titration 

• Iron – Spectrometer 

• Manganese- Spectrometer 

• Barium – Spectrometer

• Strontium - ICP

Anions 

• Chloride – Titration

• Bicarbonate/Carbonate/Hyrdoxide – Titration

• Sulphate – Spectrometer​

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Resistivity/Refractive Index