The well-lit and spacious facility offers year-round heated indoor viewing of samples and cores. Carpets have been replaced with fatigue mats to make standing for long periods of time while examining core more comfortable.
Facilities include:
- four functional areas: a business reception area, a core and drill cuttings processing area, a core and drill cuttings examination area with examination tables and booths, and the warehouse storage area;
- ten core examination tables with fully height-adjustable roller tables and a sliding table tray for both microscope, examination tools, and note taking; and
- an area with two examination tables which can be reserved by company staff to view and examine confidential core.
In the processing and examination areas, staff provide administrative and technical support.
You can make online table and core reservations through the Geological Facility System.
To request Core Facility services, contact the facility by phone or fax. You will need to provide the well authorization number or surface location and the well depths.
In addition to tour requests, there are three kinds of request.
- A drill cuttings examination request reserves drill cuttings, a drill cuttings viewing booth and, if required, a storage locker or other services.
- A core examination table request reserves core samples, an examination table and, if required, confidential tables, storage lockers or other services.
- A conference room reservation reserves a conference room and, if required, other services.
There are 2 locations for viewing the materials: the MEMPR Core Facility in Charlie Lake, B.C. and the Geological Survey of Canada core and sample repository in Calgary, AB. To request removing core for examination, use the Core Removal Application Form 
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Please note: Drill cuttings can only be examined in house; they cannot be removed from the facility.
These forms need to be used when new core and drill cuttings are submitted from the well site to the Geological Facility storage location.
NOTE: These forms replace old forms used before May, 2004 for core removal application, notice of shipment of drill cuttings and notice of shipment of core samples.
For further information on core warehouse operations and the reservation of facilities, contact the Core Laboratory Supervisor.
The Core Facility is located at Mile 52 1/2, Alaska Highway, Charlie Lake, B.C., V0C 1H0. The warehouse and examination tables or booths are open to all members of the public from Monday to Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m; the facility is closed between 12:00 and 1:00 pm.
The Core Facility business office can be reached by telephone (250) 262-3309 or Fax (250) 262-3316.
Fees are listed below.
| Service |
New Fee |
| Drill Core Delivery to Table |
$4.00/box |
| Core Cutting |
$15.00/cut |
| Examination of Samples |
None |
| Equipment Rental (Microscopes, etc.) |
$15.00/day |
| Late Fee on Loans of Archived Cores |
$75.00/day per core |
| Caps for Failure to Return Loaned Archived Cores |
No limit |
| Removal of Archived Cores From Warehouse |
$4.00/box |
| Removal of Archived Cores From Province |
$300.00 |
| Administration Fees (photocopying) |
None |
For further information on fee schedules, contact the Core Facility Supervisor.
