Routine Core Analysis
CT Scanning
Scanning core before testing identifies fractures and vugs, establishes whether the material is suitable for geomechanics, petrophysics and flow testing, and provides a quality control record for results.
What we scan
- Whole core
- Sidewall core
- Plug samples
- Pre-test screening and plug selection
- Post-test QC of results
- Scanning plugs reveals heterogeneity and the presence of fractures that are not visible externally, which determines whether a sample is representative enough to carry a test programme.
- Running the scan first avoids committing time to a plug that will fail or return data that cannot be interpreted.
- Scanning whole core before plugging is used to select plug locations that avoid existing fractures.
- On laminated and naturally fractured material this materially improves plug recovery, and it makes the difference between a usable sample set and a partial one when core is limited and cannot be replaced.
