Not exactly sure what it is you would be after - RCA/SCAL testing really is a subject unto itself, but it is better to think of these tests in terms of answering (or reducing uncertainty in) questions you have.
RCA (regular core analysis) broadly answers questions about the rock fabric - porosity, perm etc.
SCAL (Special core analysis) broadly answers questions about rock/fluid interactions
High levels examples of questions SCAL can help reduce uncertainty in are;
- If you don't believe (or have not calibrated) petrophysically derived saturations, SCAL can help tie down what water saturations you may have
- If you have low perm and/or low relief formations which exhibit significant transitional zone behaviour, SCAL can help characterize your saturations with depth
- If you need to understand how your relative perm will change as saturations change, SCAL can help
- There are a number of uses for calibrating petrophysical logs as well (measuring properties such as resistance that can be related to constants used in their equations) but this is starting to step out of my realm of expertise.
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