This Energy Training course in “Coring and Conventional Core Analysis” is ideal for professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge and experience in geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and reservoir engineering by working with real rock data. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of where this data originates, how it is interpreted, and how to maximize its use in 3D real-world applications.
Attendees will learn how to differentiate between quality and poor data, extract key information from core reports, and link their work and interpretations to solid, conclusive materials, particularly for facies, zonation, and petrophysical parameters.
By the end of this Coring and Conventional Core Analysis training course, participants will have a solid foundation in understanding the types of analysis, lab work, and methods to request once the core is prepared. Additionally, they will gain insight into quality control processes for ensuring the accuracy of data provided by the coring company.
For geologists and reservoir engineers alike, this course emphasizes the importance of providing logical justifications and explanations for unusual reservoir behavior and resolving ambiguities in data interpretation.
Key topics covered in this Energy training course include:
- The purpose of core samples and how to extract the most valuable information from them.
- Best practices for acquiring high-quality core samples to ensure accurate analysis.
- How to apply core data and analysis to evaluate reservoir rock properties.
- Using core data to explain irregular reservoir behavior and resolve uncertainties.
- An overview of the tools and lab analyses available for different reservoir types.
- Linking core interpreted data to depositional environments, modeling, and volumetric calculations.
The primary objectives of the Energy "Coring and Conventional Core Analysis" training course are to deepen participants' understanding of core data, familiarize them with the coring process and its significance, and enhance their ability to utilize core analysis effectively. Participants will also learn how core data interpretation benefits geologists and engineers, how to provide strong justifications for addressing reservoir behavior ambiguities, and how to link the findings to future facies, zonation, and modeling efforts.
By the end of this Energy training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the critical role of coring in reservoir analysis
- Extract valuable insights from core analysis
- Maximize the utility of core data for various applications
- Justify and address potential ambiguities in reservoir behavior
- Apply interpreted core data to environmental and facies modeling
The instructor will involve the participants not only by showing and interpreting the course material together, in detail, but they will work together by projecting their previous knowledge onto the course. Some samples and videos will be also reviewed and discussed along with a self-evaluation point quizzes during the course path so the course will hopefully be more fruitful.
The organization will gain several advantages by enrolling its employees in this Coring and Conventional Core Analysis training course, including:
- A unified understanding of coring and associated processes among all participants
- Enhanced collaboration between Geology, Geophysics, and Reservoir Engineering teams
- The expertise acquired will directly help address various reservoir ambiguities
- Improved core evaluation methods across the company, leading to more effective use of core data
- A more cost- and time-efficient approach to core operations
- A stronger connection between core sedimentology and future modeling efforts
Beyond the company's direct and indirect benefits, this Energy training course also offers significant personal impact for all attendees, regardless of their background:
- Participants will acquire in-depth knowledge of the entire coring process, from planning through to data utilization.
- All attendees will gain a shared understanding of how core data directly influences their day-to-day work.
- The application of sedimentological and petrophysical interpretations will help resolve numerous geological and reservoir engineering uncertainties.
- Attendees will learn how to better prepare for both static and dynamic modeling.
- By exploring sedimentary facies and depositional environments, reservoir and petroleum engineers will enhance their careers with valuable insights.
- Geologists will also benefit from career growth by learning to integrate and connect all reservoir data to their conceptual geophysical models.
This Energy training course suits all exploration and development staff and reservoir engineers but it is mainly designed to for:
- Petrophysicists
- Geologists and Modeler
- Reservoir Engineers
- Geophysicists
Day One: Introduction to Coring: Why and How
- What is coring and why?
- Coring objectives, procedure and 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 Two: 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
- Clastics and carbonate cores in oil industry reports
Day Three: 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 Four: 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 Five: From Core Data Application to Reservoir Modeling
- From core interpretation to mapping
- Thins layers, hidden facies and shoulder effect problems
- Cut-offs, 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
