Coring Operations and Routine Core Analysis Course

Name: Coring Operations and Routine Core Analysis Training Course
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Connect coring decisions, wellsite preservation, sample preparation, RCAL measurements, and QA/QC into dependable reservoir evidence.

Coring Operations and Routine Core Analysis Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Vienna, Paris, Chicago, Zanzibar, Tbilisi, Trabzon and more
Next session: 9 – 13 November 2026, Vienna
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Overview

Coring operations and routine core analysis is a one-week course for subsurface, drilling, wellsite, and laboratory professionals who leave with a Core Acquisition and RCAL Quality File. Participants connect coring objectives, recovery, preservation, sample preparation, rock-property measurement, uncertainty, quality control, and reporting through traceable field-to-laboratory evidence. The course resolves gaps between core acquisition decisions and dependable reservoir data. Agile Leaders Training Center presents coring operations and routine core analysis.

Who Should Attend

Subsurface functions responsible for defining core-data requirements and using measurements in reservoir decisions
Drilling and coring functions responsible for tool selection, recovery planning, and operational coordination
Wellsite geology functions responsible for receiving, marking, preserving, and documenting recovered core
Core laboratory functions responsible for sample preparation, measurement execution, and quality control
Petrophysics functions responsible for comparing core measurements with interpreted reservoir properties
Technical assurance functions responsible for data traceability, uncertainty review, and laboratory reporting

The course assumes participants already work with wells, reservoir samples, laboratory measurements, or subsurface data, and it leaves out detailed sedimentological logging, special core analysis, and broad wireline-log interpretation.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that acquire, test, assure, or use reservoir rock evidence.

Oil and gas exploration, appraisal, and field development
Drilling, coring, mudlogging, and wellsite services
Core analysis and geoscience laboratories
Reservoir engineering, petrophysics, and geological modeling
Energy research institutes and technical universities
Quality assurance and testing services

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Build a coring program from reservoir decisions and sample requirements
Apply recovery, depth-control, preservation, and chain-of-custody methods
Use representative plug selection and sample preparation controls
Analyze porosity, permeability, grain density, and fluid saturation results
Evaluate uncertainty, repeatability, bias, and laboratory QA/QC evidence
Build a traceable routine core analysis report for reservoir decisions

Course Agenda

Day 1: Frame the Coring Program

Reservoir Decision and Core-Data Requirement Matrix
Whole Core, Sidewall Core, and Core Plug Selection Method
Coring Interval and Sample Coverage Planning Sheet
Core Barrel, Bit, and Coring Fluid Selection Checklist
Core Recovery Risk and Contingency Register

Day 2: Recover, Preserve, and Control Depth

Core Retrieval, Orientation, Marking, and Sectioning Workflow
Wellsite Core Handling and Preservation Decision Tree
Core Gamma and Core-to-Log Depth-Matching Method
Sample Identity, Chain-of-Custody, and Storage Register
Recovery Percentage, Loss Interval, and Disturbance Assessment Sheet

Day 3: Prepare Representative Samples

Core Slabbing, Plugging, and Trim-End Preparation Plan
Representative Plug Location and Heterogeneity Sampling Grid
Solvent Cleaning and Fluid Removal Method Selection
Controlled Drying and Sample Condition Verification Checklist
Sample Dimensions, Bulk Volume, and Grain Volume Measurement Record

Day 4: Measure and Assure RCAL Data

Helium Porosity and Grain Density Measurement Workflow
Gas Permeability Measurement and Slip-Correction Method
Fluid Saturation Extraction and Mass-Balance Calculation Sheet
Calibration, Repeatability, Blank, and Reference-Sample QA/QC Chart
Measurement Uncertainty, Bias, and Data-Acceptance Decision Matrix

Day 5: Practice Core-Data Decisions

Suggested Exercise: Design a Coring Program from Reservoir Questions
Suggested Exercise: Resolve Recovery, Preservation, and Depth-Control Failures
Suggested Exercise: Review Porosity, Permeability, Density, and Saturation QA/QC
Suggested Exercise: Reconcile Sample Selection, Uncertainty, and Reporting Evidence
Capstone Exercise: Complete the Core Acquisition and RCAL Quality File

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to convert coring and laboratory evidence into traceable reservoir decisions.

Suggested activity: define coring intervals, recovery controls, and handling requirements for an appraisal well.
Suggested activity: select representative plugs and document cleaning, drying, and sample-condition decisions.
Suggested activity: diagnose inconsistent porosity, permeability, density, and saturation results using QA/QC evidence.
Suggested activity: present an RCAL report with accepted data, exclusions, uncertainty, and reservoir-use conditions.

FAQs

Who suits coring operations and routine core analysis training, and what does it assume?

Coring operations and routine core analysis training suits professionals who plan coring, handle recovered core, conduct RCAL measurements, assure laboratory data, or use core evidence in reservoir decisions. It assumes working familiarity with wells, rock samples, laboratory data, or subsurface evaluation.

How does routine core analysis differ from special core analysis training?

Routine core analysis centers on sample preparation, porosity, permeability, grain density, fluid saturation, and data quality. Special core analysis investigates behavior such as capillary pressure, wettability, relative permeability, and electrical properties under more specialized test conditions.

Why is representative sampling important in routine core analysis?

Representative sampling prevents convenient or intact-looking plugs from biasing reservoir conclusions. A defensible plan links plug locations to lithology, heterogeneity, recovery condition, required measurements, and the decisions the dataset must support.

How are routine core analysis results quality-controlled?

Routine core analysis results are quality-controlled through calibrated equipment, documented sample condition, blanks and reference samples, repeat measurements, acceptance limits, uncertainty estimates, and traceable treatment of excluded or corrected data.

How does core preservation affect porosity and saturation measurements?

Core preservation limits fluid loss, evaporation, contamination, oxidation, and mechanical damage before testing. Poor preservation can change measured saturation, disturb fragile pore structures, and weaken comparisons between laboratory measurements and in-situ reservoir conditions.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Core Acquisition and RCAL Quality File linking objectives, recovery controls, sample history, measurements, QA/QC, uncertainty, and reporting decisions. The file makes the field-to-laboratory evidence chain visible and reviewable. It helps subsurface and laboratory teams use routine core data with stated limits instead of treating every reported value as equally dependable.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Vienna	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Paris	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Chicago	Week 47, 2026 22 – 26 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000
Zanzibar	Week 48, 2026 29 November – 3 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Tbilisi	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Trabzon	Week 50, 2026 13 – 17 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Tokyo	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€12,000
Accra	Week 52, 2026 27 – 31 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Seoul	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€12,000
New York	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000
Bali	Week 03, 2027 24 – 28 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Cape town	Week 04, 2027 31 January – 4 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Dubai	Week 06, 2027 8 – 12 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Barcelona	Week 06, 2027 8 – 12 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Rome	Week 07, 2027 15 – 19 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Tashkent	Week 08, 2027 28 February – 4 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
London	Week 09, 2027 1 – 5 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Cairo	Week 10, 2027 8 – 12 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Zoom	Week 10, 2027 8 – 12 March 2027	1 Week	Online	€3,000
Bangkok	Week 10, 2027 14 – 18 March 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewCoring operations and routine core analysis is a one-week course for subsurface, drilling, wellsite, and laboratory professionals who leave with a Core Acquisition and RCAL Quality File. Participants connect coring objectives, recovery, preservation, sample preparation, rock-property measurement, uncertainty, quality control, and reporting through…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

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Coring Operations and Routine Core Analysis Course