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RECENT TECHNIQUES IN CORING AND CORE ANALYSIS, WITH EMPHASIS ON CARBONATE RESERVOIRS
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The main goal of core analysis is to reduce uncertainty in reservoir evaluation by providing data representative of the reservoir at in-situ conditions. Core analysis has to be integrated with field and production data to minimize reservoir uncertainties that cannot be addressed with other data sources such as well logging, well testing or seismic. These requirements define the coring objectives, core handling and core analysis scheme. These objectives cannot be achieved by coring a single well. Coring program is thus an integral part of the reservoir history cycle. The quality and reliability of core analysis data have become more important with the ever-increasing pressing pressures to optimize field development. The post-eighties economics of the petroleum industry, expressed as a need for even more cost effective technology combined with the need to evaluate thin bed and non-conventional reservoirs vertical and horizontal wells serve as both the controlling factor and driving force respectively, behind the development of new techniques of coring and core analysis. This paper provides an overview of recent and emerging developments and trends in coring technology and core analysis. This is to enhance the reservoir evaluation processes. The questions of quality control and quality assurance are discussed that aim at an early detection of systematic challenges in data products, particularly those with a danger of causing quality reduction. Finally the main challenges in core analysis and recent trends affecting future tool developments will be discussed.
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