Core Description

The course teaches participants how and why core material is acquired in wells, presented in a logical order from interval selection, through well-site acquisition, to core description, analysis and interpretation.

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Designed for:

This course is for personnel up to 10 years experience, working as technical professionals in the exploration and production business from the geosciences, reservoir engineering, drilling engineering, petrophysics and petroleum engineering disciplines.

Duration

3 days

Learning Level

Skills
skills 2
Knowledge
skills 3
Awareness
skills 3

Emphasis is placed on the need for an integrated multidisciplinary approach at all stages of the process if maximum value is to be gained from this expensive, but vital technical data.

There is also optional provision for direct viewing of core material, as well as visiting core laboratories.

Course Content

Selecting intervals for coring
Cutting core at the wellsite
Core handling and depth matching
Calibrating log data with core
Core description - how to do it what to look for
Interpreting sedimentary features and depositional environments from core
Measuring properties from core: I. Conventional Core Analysis (CCA)
Measuring properties from core: II. Special Core Analysis (SCAL)
Thin sections and SEM
Special coring procedures (oriented, preserved cores, pressurised cores)
Making the most of core to assess and reduce uncertainty
Value of coring
Course Duration

Duration is 3 days.

Course Tutors

Mark Bramwell

BSc, PhD
35+ years - geoscience

Mark runs courses in the Reservoir, Early Development, E&P Overview and Open Air Series. He has a career background at Shell, KUFPEC, AGR and TRACS. Mark is programme manager for the Early Development and the E&P Overview Series.

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