Patent ID: 8430186

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a sidewall coring tool configured to obtain a plurality of sidewall formation cores from a sidewall of a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, wherein the sidewall coring tool comprises: a core catching tube configured to store the plurality of sidewall formation cores therein, wherein the core catching tube comprises a fluid port configured to allow evacuation of fluid from the core catching tube as each of the plurality of sidewall formation cores is introduced therein, and wherein the core catching tube, including the fluid port, is configured to be sealed downhole; a capture plug configured to couple with an end of the core catching tube, thus contributing to sealing of the plurality of sidewall formation cores in the core catching tube; and a cap configured to couple with another end of the core catching tube, thus contributing to sealing of the plurality of sidewall formation cores in the core catching tube.