Core Fracture Logging

We regard this as an essential first step in understanding the fracture system. Core provides a direct sample of the natural fractures in the reservoir but the trick is to see through the effects of recovering it to surface.

• Discrimination of natural from induced fractures 
• Identification of fracture porosity (open versus sealed fractures)
• Characterisation of  key fracture attributes (type, scale, relative timing, orientation, surface morphology)
• Geostatistical analysis and preparation for fracture models
• Scoping and supervision of petrographic and laboratory studies 

Core fracture data should also be used to help interpret

image logs.  Full circumference core photos can all be loaded alongside the borehole image in the ImageLog software that we use.

We have experience in a wide range of formations from Palaeozoic basements and quartzites, through clastics, to carbonates including the chalk.