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Automated Shale Analysis Using Core Plugs and Rotary Sidewall Samples (7.1 MB ppt file)

Quick-Desorption™ Automated Shale Gas Desorption and Tight Rock Analysis:
Sorption Isotherms Performed on Rotary Sidewall Cores (224 KB pdf file)

Barnett Shale Geology and Petrology (4.9 MB ppt file)

Special Core Analysis Laboratories, Inc.

Since 1989 SCAL, Inc. provides clients over the world with a full range of core analysis services. We are proud of our outstanding reputation for service and technical excellence, and strive to deliver the greatest value on every project no matter how big or small. SCAL, Inc. provides:

Conventional Core Analysis

Porosity, Klinkenberg permeabilities and fluid saturations at reservoir stress for drilled side wall, plug and full diameter core samples. We provide a full range of field services related to core preservation and transportation to our state of the art laboratory facility in Midland, Texas. We provide a full range of sample preparation techniques for sensitive minerals and a large in house core storage facility.

Special Core Analysis

Wettability, relative permeability (water-oil, gas-oil, gas-water), capillary pressure (porous plate, ultra-centrifuge, mercury injection), rock-fluid compatibility, electrical resistivity measurements, acoustic velocities, dynamic rock mechanics as well as other specialized services.

Enhanced Oil Recovery Services

Reservoir fluid recombination, MMP determination, miscible and miscible flooding services, CO2 flooding and other EOR-related services.

Geological Services

Core description and photography, thin-section preparation and petrography, x-ray diffraction mineral and clays identification, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), reservoir rock petrology and diagenesis and other geological services.

Equipment Design and Training Services

SCAL, Inc. is interested in joint ventures with international companies providing core analysis services outside the US. We can provide equipment, training, technical and logistical support in a joint-venture environment. Additional equipment pictures are available.

Shipping Address:
SCAL, Inc.
2613 South County Road 1257
Midland, TX 79706

Mailing Address:
SCAL, Inc.
P. O. Box 9730
Midland, TX 79708