Once the cores and fluid samples arrive at the lab, total reservoir characteristics will  be determined. Detailed geochemical analyses will follow to determine the organic  content of the tight-oil reservoir. Determination of the amounts and types of organic  material — whose responses to heat indicate their depths of burial and geologic  time of deposition — are essential to determining the amounts of crude oil that can  ultimately be recovered from the shale rock formations. Geologists from the Reservoir Management segment then describe the tight-oil  core to recommend the most effective programs for reservoir exploitation. Geologic  data are determined, and depositional environment, facies, rock type, mineralogy,  pore structures, and clay types are interpreted for each cored well in the study.  Petrographic analyses by scanning electron microscopy (Figures 11 and 12) and  rock type characterization are employed to support these geological interpretations. Many tight-oil reservoirs, like the Bakken, are naturally fractured (Figures 13, 14,  and 15) by stresses within the rock formation and geologic basin. For these reservoirs,  there will be a comprehensive description and evaluation of the natural fracture  networks for each core to aid in future well placement, horizontal drilling plans, and design of stimulation programs. The petrophysical properties, fluid properties, and organic geochemistry data will be  combined and used to develop a model by which wireline logs can be calibrated. Those  calibration data sets will be used to calculate reservoir parameters for wells from  which core samples are not available. The calibrated petrophysical model (Figure 16) will also be used to correct errors inherent to stand-alone wireline log data. Cores from the tight-oil reservoirs will be subjected to geomechanical stresses to  determine how the reservoir will react to hydraulic stresses when the reservoir is  fracture-stimulated. Data sets from the entire tight-oil study will be used to optimize  the design of fracture stimulations; determine fracture lengths; optimize slickwater  carrier fluids, proppant types, and their concentrations; and determine producing  permeabilities. Core’s tight-oil reservoir joint-industry projects have been the Company’s largest  and most successful multi-client studies. Many international clients are also  expressing interest in the projects because tight-oil reservoirs are being considered  for exploitation in Russia, Europe, India, South America, Australia, and China. These  projects have strong potential for international expansion and many more partici- pants in 2014. Unconventional tight-oil reservoirs are increasingly important to Core Lab as the  world’s growing economies are challenged to produce more cost-efficient energy.  Core Laboratories, with its cutting-edge technologies, is a leader in optimizing hydrocarbon production from unconventional reservoirs.  The future for Core Laboratories in 2014 is bright, especially in tight-oil reservoirs worldwide. OPPORTUNITIES BORNE OF UNIQUE CAPABILITIES Tight-oil reservoirs are being  considered for exploitation in  Russia, Europe, India, South  America, Australia, and China. 