• Learning about how to review SCAL studies and identify reliable SCAL data
• Understanding how to collect and preserve core to conduct SCAL study
• Learning about the preparation of SCAL program for new SCAL study
• Understanding how to QC laboratory SCAL measurements
• Gaining insights into  refining SCAL measurements before using the data in dynamic     

• Reservoir Engineer who are following/involving in special core analysis laboratory (SCAL) studies
• Reservoir geologist and engineers who is interested in how to prepare and review SCAL program
• Reservoir simulation engineers who are following/involving in special core analysis laboratory (SCAL) studies

Day 1

• Introduction to SCAL
• Definitions of Special Core Analysis (SCAL)
• The Role of SCAL
• Challenges of Using SCAL
• Meeting the Challenges
• Planning SCAL Program
• Selecting Core Plugs for SCAL

Day 2

• Capillary Pressure
• Mercury (Hg) Injection
• Porous Plate Method
• Centrifuge Method (Recommended method)
• Amott and Harvey Method
• USBM Method

Day 3

• Relative Permeability
• Steady State Method
• Unsteady State Method
• Centrifuge Method
• QC laboratory Measurement Results
• Pros and Cons for each Method of Measurement of Relative Permeability

Day 4

• Refinement (Adjustment) of SCAL Data
• Objectives of Data Refinement
• Corey Equations for Oil-Water and Oil-Gas
• linearization of Corey Equations
• Refinement “Smoothing” of Relative Permeability Data
• Calculation of Relative Permeability from Capillary Pressure
• Effect of Wettability on Relative Permeability
• Exercises of Data Refinement from Composite Core (Sandstone and Carbonate)

Day 5

• Using of SCAL Data
• Conventional Calculations (fractional flow, displacement efficiency)
• Using of SCAL Data for Dynamic Reservoir Simulation
• Impact of SCAL on Reservoir Simulation Results
• Case Studies of Using SCAL Data

RECTUS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration