Special core analysis, often abbreviated SCAL are laboratory procedures for conducting flow experiments on core plugs taken from a hydrocarbon bearing formation. Special core analysis is distinguished from “routine core analysis” by adding more experiments, in particular including measurements of two phase flow properties, determining relative permeability and capillary pressure.
Special core analysis (SCAL) measurement capabilities:
- Capillary Pressure
- Relative Permeability
- Steady-state and Unsteady state
- Wettability Determination
- Reservoir Condition Core floods
- Petrophysical Correlation Measurements
- Archie Exponents – a, m, n
- Core GeoMechanics, Core Mechanical Properties
