This course provides an in-depth understanding of routine and special core analysis (SCAL), covering laboratory measurements, core-log integration, and practical workflows for building reliable petrophysical models.
🏅 Who Should Attend:
Petrophysicists, core analysts, geologists, reservoir engineers, and lab technicians.
📚 Training Format:
Instructor-led sessions with practical exercises, lab examples, and group activities.
🗓️ Day 1: Core Acquisition & Handling
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 09:00 |
Introduction to coring programs |
09:00 – 10:30 |
Core preservation, transport, and storage |
10:30 – 10:45 |
☕ Break |
10:45 – 12:15 |
Depth shifting and core-log matching |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 |
Exercise: core handling best practices |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Quality control procedures |
🗓️ Day 2: Routine Core Analysis
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Porosity & permeability measurements |
10:00 – 10:15 |
☕ Break |
10:15 – 12:15 |
Grain density and fluid saturations |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 |
Core gamma ray & resistivity logs |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Data validation and consistency checks |
🗓️ Day 3: Special Core Analysis (SCAL)
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Capillary pressure & wettability tests |
10:00 – 10:15 |
☕ Break |
10:15 – 12:15 |
Relative permeability measurements |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 |
Electrical properties (m, n, a, Archie’s constants) |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Exercise: interpreting SCAL reports |
🗓️ Day 4: Core-Log Integration
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Core plug calibration to wireline logs |
10:00 – 10:15 |
☕ Break |
10:15 – 12:15 |
Net pay identification using core data |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 |
Correcting logs with core measurements |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Case study: field example integration |
🗓️ Day 5: Practical Applications
Time |
Topic |
08:30 – 10:00 |
Workflow for core data utilization in petrophysics |
10:00 – 10:15 |
☕ Break |
10:15 – 12:15 |
Group exercise: building petrophysical model with core data |
12:15 – 13:15 |
🍽 Lunch |
13:15 – 14:45 |
Presentations of group work |
14:45 – 15:00 |
☕ Break |
15:00 – 16:30 |
Q&A, course evaluation, and wrap-up |