Video Drill String and Sidewall Coring
This Defining Series article sets out the methods of acquiring cores using drill pipe and wireline; and their analysis and role in the industry.
The efficient way to sample your reservoir
Complementing logging and wireline formation testing, sidewall coring is a faster, cost-effective alternative to conventional cores and avoids the ambiguity introduced by the depth uncertainty of drill cuttings.
Rotary sidewall cores are recovered with miniature diamond-tipped drill bits that preserve the rock pore structure when they cut a round plug of the formation directly from the borehole wall. Because rock integrity is maintained, a wealth of geological, geomechanical, and petrophysical data can be obtained through laboratory analysis of the sidewall cores.
