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Past Symposia

2020 Online Webinars:
Jules Reed: Relative Permeability Measurement, Correlation, Simulations:

2020-09-21-RelpermDownload

Steffen Berg: Mobility of Disconnected Fluid Phases – From Ganglion Dynamics to Intermittency and Gas Dynamics

SCA2020_Steffen-BergDownload

Craig Lindsey: Big Data From Core a New Era In Core Analysis

SCA-2020_Big-Data-from-CoreDownload

Sam Krevor: Linking Pore Scale Observations to Upscaled Fluid Flow: Darcy’s Law, Wetting and Heterogeneity

2019 Pau, France
Symposium theme :Core Analysis in a Digital World
Short Course theme : Numerical interpretation of SCAL measurements and the numerical interpretation of pore scale experiments by topological means

2019 Technical Papers on Web of Conference
2019 Short Course Speaker Bios
SCA2019 Short Course 1a
SCA2019 Short Course Presentation 1a with notes
SCA2019_short_course_1b
SCA2019 Short Course 2

2018 Trondheim, Norway
Symposium theme : unconventionals, carbonates… what core analysis can do for complex reservoirs?Short Course theme : Wettability, Measurements and Impacts

2018 Technical Papers on Web of Conference
SCA2018 Wettability Short Course: Definition of Wettability
SCA2018 Wettability Short Course: Classical Petrophysical Measurements of Wettability
SCA2018 Wettability Short Course: Advanced Measurements of Wettability_ NMR and Dielectric
SCA2018 Wettability Short Course: Advanced Measurements of Wettability: Pore Scale Imaging
SCA2018 Wettability Short Course: Impact of Wettability on our Busines

2017 Vienna, Austria
Symposium theme : Maximizing the Value From Your Core
Short Course theme : Imaging Techniques for Core Analysis

SCA2017 ShortCourse Intro
SCA2017 ShortCourse 1D-3D gamma & Xray

2016 Snowmass, Colorado, USA
Symposium theme : Advancing Research and New Initiatives in Core Analysis during an Economic Decline
Short Course theme : Relative Permeability
Workshop theme : Capillary Pressure

2015 St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Symposium theme : Stretching the Boundaries in Special Core Analysis
Workshop theme : Core Analysis and Enhanced Oil Recovery

2014 Avignon, France
Symposium theme : Core Analysis: from coring to numerical simulations
Workshop theme : Core Acquisition, Handling and Sampling to Ensure Quality Tests

2013 Napa Valley, California, USA
Symposium theme : Unconventional SCAL Solutions for Unconventional Reservoirs
Workshop theme : Introduction to Digital Rock Technologies and Challenges and Applications in Digital Rock Technologies

2012 Aberdeen, Scotland
Symposium theme : Integration of core analysis for field/well studies and across disciplines
Workshop theme : Cross innovation as a way to improve core analysis
2012 Workshop Summary [PDF]

2011 Austin, Tx, USA
Symposium theme : Where we have been and Where we are going?
Workshop theme : Shale Core Analysis – Setting the Standards?

2010 Halifax, Canada
Symposium theme : Core: From Wellsite to Production
Workshop theme : Core: From Wellsite to Production

2009 Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Symposium theme : Improved Core Analysis for Unconventional Fields
Workshop theme : Coupled Subsurface Processes: Hydraulic, Thermal, Mechanical and Chemical

2008 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Symposium theme : Challenges in Carbonates and Solutions for Field Development
Workshop theme : –

2007 Calgary, Canada
Symposium theme : Core Analysis for Improved Petrophysical Appraisals
Workshop theme : Effects of Stress on Cores & Core Analysis

2006 Trondheim, Norway
Symposium theme : Improved Core Analysis Driven by Field Development Needs
Workshop theme : Value added from core analysis and future trends in the industry

2005 Toronto, Canada
Symposium theme : Core Analysis Solutions Accross Scales and Disciplines
Workshop theme : Emerging and Unconventional resources: Gas Hydrates, CO2 Sequestering and Heavy oil Sands

2004 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Symposium theme : Challenges in carbonates & solutions for field development
Workshop theme : Closing the loop for carbonates: From SCAL project design to field development

2003 Pau, France
Symposium theme : none
Workshop theme : Core Analysis for CO2 Sequestration

2002 Monterey, CA, USA
Symposium theme : Reducing Uncertainty through Core Analysis
Workshop theme : Risk Reduction and Value of Core Analyses

2001 Edinburgh, Scotland
Symposium theme : none
Workshop theme : Wettability

2000 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Symposium theme : Practical Applications of Special Core Analysis in Carbonate Reservoirs
Workshop theme : none

1999 Golden, Colorado, USA
Symposium theme : Reservoir engineering applications of Core Analysis Data
Workshop theme : none

1998 The Hague, The Netherlands
Symposium theme : none
Workshop theme : The role of the Core Analyst

1998 Abu Dhabi, UAE
SCAL Forum : SCAL for optimum reservoir development – a way forward

1998 Hamburg, Germany
Workshop theme : Characterization and Interpretation of Fluid Flow in fractured Reservoirs

1997 Calgary, AB, Canada
Symposium theme : none
Workshop theme : NMR

1996 Montpellier, France
Symposium theme : Improving reservoir management
Workshop theme : Economic benefits of core analysis

1995 San Francisco, CA, USA
Symposium theme : Core analysis in frontier areas
Workshop theme : Relative permeability

1994 Stavanger, Norway
Symposium theme : none
Workshop theme : CT applications

1993 Houston, TX, USA
Symposium theme : Advances in core technology
Workshop theme : Capillary pressure determination using the centrifuge

1992 Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Symposium theme : Pointing to the future
Workshop theme : Slimhole technology

1992 Paris, France (EUROCAS III)
Symposium theme : Core analysis for reservoir management

1991 San Antonio, TX, USA
Symposium theme : none
Workshop theme : Integrated reservoir description via geostatistics

1991 London, England (EUROCAS II)
Symposium theme : Reservoir appraisal
Workshop theme : Increasing the value of core analysis

2018 Trondheim, Norway
Symposium theme : unconventionals, carbonates… what core analysis can do for complex reservoirs?Short Course theme : Wettability, Measurements and Impacts1990 Dallas, TX, USA

Symposium theme : A new decade in core analysis
Workshop theme : The physics of laboratory and borehole rock measurements

1990 London, UK (EUROCAS I)
Symposium theme : Accuracy and precision in reserves estimation

1989 New Orleans, LA, USA
Symposium theme : Advances in core technology

1988 Houston, TX, USA
Symposium theme : Quality in core analysis
Workshop theme : Core-to-log correlation (June 1988; joined with SPWLA conference)

1987 Dallas, TX, USA
Symposium theme : Recent technical advances
Workshop theme : SCA electrical resistivity study

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