Core Analysis & Description 

Business Context

The core sample represents the internal anatomy of the reservoir. When core samples are obtained through a properly-planned core recovery program, subjected to well-site core stabilization & handling, as well as careful transportation to the laboratory, and analyzed appropriately, they can give rise to reliable data, obtainable by no other known means, for integrated reservoir characterization/description for application to petrophysics and reservoir engineering calculations.

Who Should Attend

Geologists, Geophysicists, Petrophysicists, Production/Development Geologists, Reservoir Engineers, Production Engineers, EOR Engineers, Research Geoscientists/Engineers and Simulation Engineers.

What You Will Learn

Course Content

The Course is organized, as follows into 3 Sections:

Well-site Activities, Laboratory Activities & Applications:-

1. Well-site Activities: Well-site Handling and Transportation; Preservation and Storage.

2. Laboratory Activities: 

(a) Routine Core Analysis:- Core Manifest; Spectral Gamma Ray Spectrometry; C.T. Scanning; Mini (Probe or Profile) Permeametry; Core Slabbing; Core Plugging; Core Photography; Plug Cleaning/Drying Techniques; Dean Stark & Other Saturations; Bulk, Pore & Grain Volume; Porosity; Permeability. Core Description & Environments of Deposition 

(b) Special Core Analysis:- 

Electrical Props.: Formation Factor (FF); Resistivity Index (RI); Cation Exchange Capacity (C.E.C); Co/Cw. 

Acoustic Properties: Acoustic Properties of Rocks; Porosity & Acoustic Velocity; Acoustic Anisotropy; Capillary Pressure; Wettability, Interfacial Tension & Pore Throat Radius; Mercury Injection Method; Centrifuge Method; Porous Plate Method. Relative Permeability.

3. Applications

Course Venue

Grand, yet inviting, The Ritz-Carlton, Doha is an exceptional Qatar hotel that combines extravagant elegance with the warmth of a traditional Arabian welcome.

The very definition of an opulent Middle Eastern paradise, and an idyllic setting for business or leisure travelers alike, The Ritz-Carlton, Doha hotel's accommodations feature:

• 374 well-appointed guestrooms, each with sea or golf course views

• 61 suites and 42 club rooms with free internet connection

• Eight exceptional restaurants and bars featuring fine local and international cuisine

• A world-class Spa and modern fitness center

• Indoor and outdoor swimming pools

• Two ballrooms, seven meeting rooms and a fully equipped business center

• A 235-slip marina with club house for boats and 8 slip marina for jet-ski

About the Presenter

Felix A. Njoku (PhD, Applied Geophysics, M.Sc/DIC, Geophysics, B.Sc (Hons.) Geology) was the Operations Manager of Core Laboratories Division of Western Atlas International (1990-1994) in Nigeria and initiated the establishment of the Core Analysis Laboratory in NNPC Research & Development (R&D). He was a pioneer Director of VRMT International Nigeria Limited, offering services & consultancy as well as in-house & open-subscription courses/seminars in Petroleum Geoscience & Engineering, managing Reservoir Fluids & Rock Analysis, etc. He is a Fellow of Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (FNAPE).

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