Course Overview

Day-by-Day Outline

Day 1 – Core Acquisition and Handling

•  Planning core acquisition for reservoir studies
•  Coring tools, techniques, and operational considerations
•  Core preservation, transportation, and storage best practices
•  Minimizing core damage and contamination risks
•  Exercise: Prepare a coring program for a planned well

Day 2 – Conventional Core Analysis

•  Routine core analysis measurements: porosity, permeability, grain density
•  Sample preparation methods (plugs, trimming, cleaning, drying)
•  Core data quality control and common errors
•  Integrating conventional core data with log interpretation
•  Workshop: Interpret routine core analysis reports

Day 3 – Special Core Analysis (SCAL) Fundamentals

•  Introduction to SCAL and its applications in reservoir engineering
•  Capillary pressure measurements: mercury injection, centrifuge, porous plate
•  Relative permeability measurements: steady-state and unsteady-state methods
•  Wettability determination methods: Amott, USBM
•  Exercise: Analyze capillary pressure curves and infer reservoir wettability

Day 4 – Advanced SCAL Applications

•  Electrical properties: resistivity index, formation factor
•  SCAL for unconventional reservoirs (tight sands, shales)
•  Laboratory challenges and limitations of SCAL data
•  Using SCAL data for reservoir simulation and petrophysical modeling
•  Workshop: Use SCAL data to build relative permeability tables

Day 5 – Integration and Case Studies

•  Integrating core, log, and test data for reservoir characterization
•  Scaling core measurements to reservoir conditions
•  Case studies: core analysis impact on field development decisions
•  Preparing core analysis reports for technical and management teams
•  Capstone Project: Analyze a core dataset and develop a reservoir characterization summary

Expected Learning Outcomes

•  Plan and manage core acquisition and handling programs
•  Understand conventional core analysis techniques and data interpretation
•  Apply SCAL data for capillary pressure, relative permeability, and wettability assessments
•  Integrate core analysis with logs and simulation models
•  Communicate core analysis results effectively for reservoir development