Technician handling a recovered core sample

Coring

Premium Coring Systems


With 20 years of experience, coring is one of our most established service capabilities, consistently delivering high core recovery rates across demanding drilling applications.

We provide premium cutter core heads and low-invasion coring systems designed to minimize washing, diameter loss, and drilling fluid contamination, helping preserve core integrity and its original characteristics for reliable evaluation and analysis.

Technician assembling a core barrel

Built & Inspected In-House

Barrel Assembly & Quality Control

Core barrels and core head connections are machined, dressed, and inspected by hand before every run, protecting gauge and thread integrity across the full barrel string.

Coring Capabilities

Two core head configurations, each engineered for consistent recovery and dimensional accuracy across standard well programs.

  • Core Head

    5⅞” Core Heads

    5⅞”

    4¾” barrels for 2⅝” cores, available in 9 m and 18 m configurations.

  • Core Head

    8½” Core Heads

    8½”

    6¼” barrels for 4” cores, available in 9 m and 18 m configurations.

Coring Modes

  • Conventional Coring

    Standard, through-pipe coring for representative formation samples.

  • Oriented Coring

    Core recovery with an orientation reference, supporting structural and fracture analysis.

Core barrel sections staged before shipping

Full Barrel String

Connections Matched to Spec

Barrel sections, stabilizers, and core head threads are matched and staged as a set before shipping.

Preserve core integrity. Maximize recovery.

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