Home Services Resources Software Contact Us News HOME→ RESOURCES → SAMPLE TYPES → CONVENTIONAL CORE CONVENTIONAL CORE Sample Types Conventional Core Cuttings Fluids Outcrop Percussion Sidewall Cores Produced Material Rotary Sidewall Cores Play Types CO2 Sequestration Coal Bed Methane Comprehensive Core and Fluid Evaluation Deepwater Enhanced Oil Recovery Heavy Oil and Bitumen-Rich Sands Shale Gas Tight Gas Sands Literature Using a special core bit, a solid cylinder of rock, approximately 4" - 5" in diameter and in 30 ft increments, is extracted from a well. Conventional core sampling is generally available over short reservoir sections and is helpful when needing analysis on a detailed scale. The wealth of information available from a conventional core makes it the most accurate fundamental tool available in understanding oil and gas reservoirs. CONVENTIONAL CORE Retrieval/Stabilization Routine Core Analysis Core Photography Laser Grain Size Analysis (LGSA) Sieve Analysis - Wet or Dry Oil Gravity (Refractive Index) Fluid Saturations (Dean Stark or Summation of Fluids) Perm and Porosity Determination Grain Density Determination Overburden Permeability and Porosity Profile Permeability Four Point Klinkenberg Permeability Full Scale Photography - Visible and UV Half Scale Photography - Visible and UV Inventory Format Photography - Visible and UV Light Plug Photography Inclined View - Visible and UV Light 360° Photography - Visible Light Geological Services Detailed Core Description Thin Section Prep and Analysis Scanning Electron Microscopy Xray Diffraction (XRD) CT Scanning Acetate Peel Palynology/Biostratigraphy Depositional Environment Fracture Description Geochemistry Rock Mechanics Unconfined Compressive Test Triaxial Compressive Test Acoustic Velocity Measurement Thick-Wall Cylinder Test Brazilian Indirect Tensile Test Proppant Embedment Test Modified Ring Test Multi-Stage Triaxial Test Mohr-Coulomb Failure Analysis Salinity Determination Related Services ROUTINE CORE ANALYSIS SORPTION PROPERTIES WELLSITE SERVICES WELLSITE GEOSCIENCE SERVICES CORE MANAGEMENT ROCK MECHANICS GEOCHEMISTRY 36 LABORATORIES 18 COUNTRIES 1 WORLDWIDE RESOURCE © 2015 Weatherford SERVICES RESOURCES CONTACT US NEWS SITEMAP PRIVACY STATEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS HOME