COURSE OVERVIEW:

This comprehensive course presents the full workflow of coring, routine core analysis (RCAL), and special core analysis (SCAL), emphasising how these processes support reservoir characterisation, petrophysics, and field development planning. Participants will gain a deep understanding of selecting coring intervals, designing coring programs, deploying different coring systems, and executing rig-site procedures that preserve core integrity.

The course explains detailed methodologies for laboratory core analysis, including measurements of porosity, permeability, saturation, capillary pressure, wettability, electrical properties, and relative permeability. Considerable focus is placed on core description, geological interpretation, quality control standards, and integration of core analysis results with well logs and reservoir models. Practical case studies illustrate how RCAL and SCAL programs reduce uncertainty in permeability modelling, saturation estimation, rock typing, and reservoir simulation forecasts. The course equips participants with advanced technical knowledge to evaluate reservoir quality, optimise sampling programs, and enhance decision-making across exploration, development, and production phases.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

• Explain the purpose, scope, and applications of coring and core analysis in reservoir studies.
• Design an effective coring program aligned with geological and petrophysical objectives.
• Distinguish between coring systems and select the appropriate tools for reservoir conditions.
• Execute and supervise coring operations with emphasis on maximising core recovery.
• Apply best practices for core handling, preservation, and transportation.
• Understand and evaluate routine core analysis (RCAL) measurements, including porosity, permeability, and fluid saturations.
• Identify when SCAL data is necessary and design a SCAL program accordingly.
• Analyse capillary pressure behaviour and its influence on reservoir fluids and rock typing.
• Interpret wettability measurements and understand their role in reservoir performance.
• Assess relative permeability results and their application in dynamic reservoir modelling.
• Integrate mineralogical and petrographic data with core measurements to understand diagenesis and reservoir quality.
• Combine core-derived data with well logs to improve petrophysical interpretations.
• Evaluate uncertainties, limitations, and QC procedures associated with RCAL and SCAL data.
• Apply core-derived parameters within static and dynamic reservoir models to support development decisions.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• Reservoir Engineers
• Geologists and Petrographers
• Petrophysicists
• Laboratory Core Analysis Specialists
• Drilling and Operations Engineers
• Field Development and Reservoir Management Professionals
• Research and Technical Specialists involved in rock and fluid studies

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures, discussion sessions, and case studies will be employed to maximise the transfer of information, knowledge, and experience. The course will be intensive, practical, and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance the learning experience. Course material will be provided in PowerPoint, with necessary animations, learning videos, and general discussions.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and at the end of the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants completing a minimum of 80% of the total attendance time requirement.