Core barrels laid out on racks at an onshore drilling site

The complete coring package.

Our core barrels, combined with SureCore™ real-time core monitoring technology, are the most advanced complete coring package available.

SOS coring team standing in front of an onshore drilling rig
Who we are

"We at SOS understand that experience, technology and accountability are the keys to successful coring operations."

Specialised is a group of highly experienced coring personnel who have developed our own technologies and combined them with Baker Hughes coring systems. We strive to advance coring systems and technologies to supply a superior full coring service package. Because we own and run our own business, we pride ourselves on providing equipment and experienced coring professionals who are driven to perform and to deliver the best result for the client, every time.

Our leads started SOS as a coring optimisation business, while developing the SureCore real-time core monitoring MWD system. This led naturally to purchasing our own coring equipment and becoming the go-to conventional coring service provider in Australia. Our team has worked for and with all the major coring companies, and has successfully cored wells offshore and onshore throughout Australasia for over 20 years — as well as in Papua New Guinea, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North and South America.

Coring engineer reviewing SureCore data on a laptop after a core run
Project gallery

Coring, on the job

  • Drilling rig lit up at night on an onshore wellsite
  • Rows of inner barrels laid out on the SOS roller tables beside the processing container
  • Close-up of the exposed core face in the end of an inner barrel, showing fine banding

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