Facilities

Our Laboratory Facilities

Marquis Alliance currently has two laboratory facilities: a 1,250 square foot lab in our downtown Calgary office and another quality assurance and quality control lab located in Nisku, Alberta attached to one of Marquis Alliance's distribution warehouses. 

Nisku Laboratory

The Nisku laboratory is used to ensure the quality of products received by our suppliers prior to being shipped to the field.

Downtown Calgary Laboratory

This is Marquis Alliance's main laboratory. It is an ideal space for International Lab Operations and Customer Demonstrations. Extensive technical experience using state of the art analytical equipment ensures high quality data collection and interpretation.  In addition, strong links with external facilities (both industrial and academic) ensures rapid access to a wide range of analytical techniques and test instrumentation.  The laboratory contains the following key pieces of equipment:

• Brookfield LSRV Viscometer
• Ofite 900 Viscometer
• Grace M3500a Viscometer
• Fann 8-Speed Viscometer(s)
• Lubricity Testing Instrument (OFITE)
• Fume-Hood Unit(s)
• Hot-Roll Oven(s) and Test Cells
• Microtox Toxicity Instrument
• High-Speed Centrifuge
• Custom Seepage  / Lost Circulation Test Cell
• Fluid Loss Apparatus (API)
• UV-Visible Spectrometer
• Fridge + Freezer(s)
• High-Speed Mixers / Blenders
• Emulsion Stability Meter(s)
• High Temperature and Pressure Fluid Loss Apparatus (API)
• Heating + Stirring Plates
• Analytical Balances
• Foam Stability Equipment
• Dynamic linear swell meter
• OFI HTHP Dynamic filtration unit
• Fann 50 ml digital retort
• Aeration Equipment

OTHER LABORATORY FUNCTIONS

A full technical library, access to state-of-the-art technical databases and an ongoing commitment to staff training ensures that our laboratory team remains at the cutting-edge of technological advances in the oil and gas sector.

In addition to research and development the Marquis Alliance laboratory provides comprehensive technical support for all field operations.  This ensures that operational issues can be quickly resolved in a cost effective manner.

The laboratory is also responsible for the maintenance and calibration of field test equipment and the development of Standard Operating Procedures.

Marquis Alliance also offers a wide range of technical training programs for both internal staff and customers.  These training programs typically include both theoretical and practical (laboratory based) sections.

Internal training programs range from multi-week technical programs to brief 'lunch and learn' seminars.  Marquis Alliance also offers a complete 'Introduction to Drilling Fluids' two-day customer training program.  (If required, individual sections can be covered in shorter training sessions).  Topics such as:

Drilling Fluid Rheology:

• Rheology Models/ Rheology Control
• Clay and Polymer Chemistry

Filtration Control:

• Clay and Polymer Systems

Pressure Control:

• Overbalanced / Underbalanced Drilling

Drilling Fluid Systems:

• Gel-Chemical
• Polymer
• Oil / Invert Emulsion
• Advanced Systems (Silicate / Glycol / Foam / SAGD)

System Design and Maintenance:

• Contaminants
• Well-Bore Stability
• Lost Circulation
• Corrosion
• Formation damage
• Solids Control

Environmental / Disposal Issues:

Disposal Types / Options
Government Regulations
Future Developments