Coring and Conventional Core Analysis

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
28 Jun 2026 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia $ 4,500 Register
04 Oct 2026 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Coring and Conventional Core Analysis

Introduction

Participants to this “Coring and Conventional Core Analysis” training course are those who want to enrich their geological, geophysical, petrophysical and reservoir engineering knowledge and experience with some real rock data and knowing where this data is coming from and how they were interpreted in addition to the in-depth background on how to maximize the usage of such 3d real data in hand.

By choosing this Coring and Conventional Core Analysis training course, all attendees will differentiate between good and bad data, how to retrieve what they need from core reports, link their work and interpretation to solid conclusive material especially for facies, zonation, and petrophysical parameters.

All attendees will have a strong background in knowing what analysis, lab work, and even type of methods used to request once the core is ready as well as having a good quality control scheme on presented data by the coring company.

One thing that is very important for both geologists and reservoir engineers is to have a reasonable justification and explanation to some odd reservoir behavior and ambiguities. 

This training course will highlight:

  • Why we need a core and what is the maximum we can get from?
  • How to have a good core and hence accurate analysis?
  • The application of core data and analysis onto reservoir rock evaluation
  • How core can help to explain odd reservoir behavior and ambiguities?
  • All type of tools and lab analysis that we can have what they provide per reservoir type
  • Link all core interpreted data to the environment of deposition, modeling and volumetric

Objectives

    By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

    • Know the vital role of Coring
    • What to get from core analysis?
    • Maximize the usage of core data
    • Understand and justify possible reservoir behavior ambiguities
    • Apply interpreted core data to environment and facies

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations.

Who Should Attend?

Personnel who should attend are:

  • Petrophysicists
  • Geologists and Modeler
  • Reservoir Engineers
  • Geophysicists

Course Outline

DAY 1: Introduction to Coring: Why and How?

  • What is Coring and Why?
  • Coring Objectives, Procedure ad Used Tools
  • Planning for Coring (when to take it or not?)
  • Related Geo-hazards
  • Handling and Cleaning the Core
  • Why we need core analysis?

DAY 2: From Core Preservation to Analysis

  • Core Preservation, Drying and Sampling
  • Core Analysis, SWC, Type and Tool
  • A Brief on SCAL
  • Core from Field to Lab
  • Core Gamma and Well Logs
  • Getting the Maximum out of the Core
  • Petrography, SEM and Photomicrograph
  • Classics and Carbonate Cores in Oil Industry Reports

DAY 3: From Sedimentological Core Description to Full Interpretation

  • Core Photo Types vs. Lithostratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Description
  • Core Description
  • Sedimentary Log
  • Sedimentary Facies and Facies Association
  • XRD, XRF, Ø types, K, Packing, etc.
  • Fractures, Collapse, and Dissolution

DAY 4: Reservoir Parameters: Define and Apply

  • Core Facies vs. E Logs
  • SW, Vsh, etc.
  • Reservoir Facies Anisotropy
  • Clay Mineral Effect
  • Archie Formula and OIP
  • Secondary Recovery and Flow Units
  • Fractures and Image Analysis

DAY 5: From Core Data Application to Reservoir Modeling

  • From Core Interpretation to Mapping
  • Thins Layers, Hidden Facies and Shoulder Effect Problems
  • Cutoffs, From Core Data to Correlations
  • Core Data Application to Fault Sealing Analysis
  • FZI, Poor to Perm Charts and Upscaling
  • From Core Interpretation to Static and Dynamic Modeling

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