Most commercial oil and gas fields consist of porous and permeable reservoir rocks that contain natural gas, crude oil and water. Due to the density differences of the fluids, natural gas caps the field and overlies an oil layer, which overlies the water. Core Laboratories provides services that characterize the porous reservoir rock and all three reservoir fluids. Core analyzes samples of reservoir rocks for their porosity, which determines reservoir storage capacity, and for their permeability, which defines the ability of the rock to permit fluid flow. These fundamental and basic measurements are used to determine how much oil and gas are present in a reservoir and the rates at which the hydrocarbons can be produced. Other important data sets provided by Core to characterize the reservoir rocks are resistivity measurements to enhance the value of wireline data and acoustic velocity determinations that facilitate seismic data processing and interpretation. The economic value of the oilfield is the oil and natural gas that can be recovered from the porous rock network. Core Laboratories characterizes the properties of the oil and gas so that the maximum quantities of hydrocarbons are mobilized in the reservoir and are produced to the surface. The more completely oil companies understand the properties of their oilfields' reservoir systems, the more oil and gas these fields will ultimately produce. << Previous          Next >>