Research and technological offer
borehole mining
geoengineering
petroleum and gas engineering
The Faculty of Drilling, Oil and Gas has a wide research and technological offer in the area of borehole mining, geoengineering and oil and gas engineering, where the Faculty’s staff are the authors of numerous patent applications and utility models, patents and implementations.
The research/technological offer of the Department of Gas Engineering covers the following issues:
- Development of methods related to innovative technologies in the gas sector, e.g. alternative fuels, “Gas to Liquids” and “Power to Gas” technologies.
- Works related to liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology.
- Modelling the unloading process of LNG with different compositions in storage terminals.
- Assessment of gas balance improvement opportunities by capturing methane from coal seams.
- Methodology of stimulation, testing and exploitation of unconventional gas reservoirs such as tight gas and shale gas.
- Development of the methodology of calculating natural gas resources with regard to tight gas and shale gas.
- Forecasts of natural gas demands in Poland by 2030.
- Determination of minimum allowed height of a dome and roof of gas storage caverns in rock salt deposits.
- Determination of the criterion of selecting gas reduction and measurement stations for the application of turboexpanders.
- Compressed and liquefied natural gas as an alternative to petroleum-derived fuels used in transport.
- Hydrogen as super pure fuel.
The research/technological offer of the Department of Petroleum Engineering covers the following issues:
- Development of simulation models for the exploitation of crude oil and natural gas reservoirs, underground gas storages and geothermal resources.
- Optimisation of oil and gas reservoirs management, including the application of IOR and EOR methods as well as fluid nanotechnology).
- Geological storage of carbon dioxide, particularly in aquifers and hydrocarbon deposits.
- Transport and storage of hydrocarbons.
- Oil resources prospecting.
- Surface and subsurface geochemical studies.
- Development of resource documentations for crude oil and natural gas reservoirs and also hydrogeological and geological-engineering documentations .
- Development of hydrogeological and geotechnical documentations related to the exploitation of hydrocarbon reservoirs as well as potable and mineral waters.
- Exploitation and management of underground waters.
- Qualitative and quantitative tests of underground waters.
- Control of contaminants migration in underground waters.
- Remediation of areas contaminated with chemical substances and hydrocarbons
- Environmental protection while conducting exploratory and exploitation works.
- Designing, modelling and simulation of operation of underground hydrocarbon storage.
- Use of measurements and borehole tests for exploration, prospecting and exploitation of hydrocarbon reservoirs.
- Poland’s energy policy in the aspect of the security of hydrocarbon supplies.
- Use of geothermal energy for energy purposes.
- Evaluation of petrophysical properties of ground and reservoir rocks in order to determine the fluid – rock interactions.
The research/technological offer of the Department of Drilling and Geoengineering covers the following issues:
- Designing of wildcats, exploratory, step-outs, infills and re-entries wellbores.
- Techniques and technologies of drilling performed for the needs of underground, opencast and rock mining.
- Designing and selection of technologies for hydrogeological drilling.
- Designing of boreholes for the needs of underground storage of liquid substances.
- Contemporary trenchless techniques and technologies.
- Rock-failure mechanism during drilling.
- Optimisation of the parameters of borehole drilling technologies.
- Selection of chemical agents and development of drilling fluids formulas, as well as the selection of methods of solids control.
- Development of formulas of sealing slurries used in the drilling sector, geotechnics, hydrotechnics and geoenergetics.
- Geoengineering methods of reinforcing and sealing of rock mass, stabilisation of slopes.
- Studies on drilling fluids rheology.
- Well tests.
- Development of methods of producing geothermal energy through geothermal boreholes and borehole heat exchangers, and also heat storage in rock mass.
- Environmental protection in producing and utilisation of mineral and energy resources.
- Disposal and management of drilling waste and post-operational fluids occurring during drilling offshore and onshore drilling.
- Studies on and designing of drilling rig systems, equipment for offshore and onshore drilling.
Laboratories
scientific laboratories
scientific and didactic laboratories
didactic laboratories
The Faculty of Drilling, Oil and Gas offers laboratories helpful throughout the educational process and scientific research.
Laboratory of Crude Oil Production with Advanced Methods
Laboratory of Reservoir Engineering (Conventional and Unconventional Gas Reservoirs)
Laboratory of Reservoir Fluids Properties
Laboratory of Certification Tests For Drilling and Exploitation Equipment
Laboratory of Geoengineering and Sealing Slurries
Laboratory of Drilling Fluids
Laboratory of Physicochemistry of Drilling Fluids
Laboratory of Mechanical and Petrophysical Properties of Reservoir Rocks
Laboratory of PVT Properties of Reservoir Fluids and Cryogenic LNG
Laboratory of Exploitation of Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
Laboratory of Well Production
Laboratory of Environmental Protection
Laboratory of Applied Geophysics
Didactic and Scientific Laboratory of The Department of Gas Engineering
Laboratory of Geoenergetics
Laboratory of Geotechnics and Geomechanics
Research and Educational Laboratory of fluid hydromechanics and metrology
Laboratory of Oil Chemistry and Technology
Computer Laboratory I
Laboratory for Rock Drilling Mechanics
Computer Laboratory II
Partners
scientific partners
industrial partners
Our Faculty cooperates with numerous domestic and international research and academic centres as well as industry.
Bergakademie – Technische Universitet, Freiberg, Germany
Central Mining Institute, Poland
Mineral Energy, Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science
Strata Mechanics Research Institute, Polish Academy of Science
Oil and Gas Institute - National Research Institute, Poland
Ivano-Frankovskij Nacjonalnyj Technicznyj Universitet Niefti i Gazu, Ukraine
Kazahskij Nacjonalnyj Universitet im. Al. Farabi, Ałmaty, Kazahstan
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Luisiana State University, US
MICON-Drilling GmbH, Germany
Nacjonalnyj Gornyj Universitet, Dniepropietrowsk, Ukraine
University of Science and Technology, Norway
Polish Geological Institute- National Research Institute
Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Sankt-Petersburskij Gosudarstwiennyj Gornyj Instytut, Sankt- Petersburg, Russian Federation
Technische Universitet, Clausthal, Germany
Universitatea „LUCIAN BLAGA”, Romania
University of Stavanger, Norway
University of Tulsa, US
Vysoka Skola Banska – Technicka Univerzita, Czech Republic
Biuro Projektów Nafta-Gaz Sp. z o.o.
EUROTECH Sp. z o.o.
EXALO Drilling S.A.
Gas Store Poland Sp. z. o.o.
G-Drilling S.A.
Grupa LOTOS
Halliburton, BD Eastern Europe / Production Enhancement CE
KGHM
Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka SA
LOTOS PETROBALTIC S.A.
Narzędzia i Urządzenia Wiertnicze "GLINIK" Sp. z o.o.
Operator Gazociągów Przesyłowych Gaz-System S.A.
ORLEN Upstream Sp. z o.o.
PGNiG Technologie S.A.
PGNIG Upstream Norway AS
PKN ORLEN S.A.
Polska Spółka Gazownictwa Sp. z o.o.
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A.
Systemu Gazociągów Tranzytowych EuRoPol GAZ S.A.
Weatherford Poland Sp. z o.o.
Weiser Technika Grzewcza
