Colombia: ANH core to be characterized, digitized

Aug. 16, 2012
Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency let a contract to Ingrain Inc., Houston, to digitize and characterize several thousand meters of whole core from wells in Colombia’s sedimentary basins.

Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency let a contract to Ingrain Inc., Houston, to digitize and characterize several thousand meters of whole core from wells in Colombia’s sedimentary basins.

Using latest-generation technologies, expertise in reservoir rock analysis, and state-of-the-art equipment from Carl Zeiss, Ingrain will characterize the core stored at Litoteca Nacional de Colombia, ANH’s national core repository, and create a digital data base to preserve the information.

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Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.

Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.