{"id":3788,"date":"2019-12-18T21:15:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?page_id=3788"},"modified":"2021-10-20T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T14:30:24","slug":"borehole-core-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/borehole-core-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Borehole core collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Borehole core collections<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Data &mdash; National Geological Repository<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/borehole-core-collections\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Borehole%20core%20collections&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/borehole-core-collections\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/borehole-core-collections\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Borehole%20core%20collections&#038;body=The%20BGS%20collections%20include%20%20continuous%20borehole%20core,%20broken%20core,%20cuttings%20and%20hydrogeological%20core%20and%20borehole%20material.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/borehole-core-collections\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/borehole-core-collections\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>The BGS collection of continuous borehole core, broken core, cuttings, etc. are held at Keyworth. The hydrogeological materials collection, which includes core and borehole material, is housed at our Wallingford site in Oxfordshire. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Borehole_sample_P001427.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Permian sandstone\/breccia core sample from a groundwater exploration borehole at Granton, Moffat. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_88353\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Borehole_sample_P001427-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Permian sandstone\/breccia core sample\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Borehole_sample_P001427-960x636.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Permian sandstone\/breccia core sample from a groundwater exploration borehole at Granton, Moffat. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Borehole_sample_P001427.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Permian sandstone\/breccia core sample from a groundwater exploration borehole at Granton, Moffat. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_88353\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The collections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The onshore borehole materials collection&nbsp;(including hydrocarbon wells) has approximately 250&nbsp;km of core, plus about 150&nbsp;km of drilling represented by cuttings. Samples are held from about 15&nbsp;000 boreholes. Borehole names and positions may be determined from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk\/geoindex\/home.html\">GeoIndex<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/technologies\/databases\/borehole-materials-database\/\">Borehole Materials Database<\/a>.<\/li><li>The BGS manages the national collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/hydrocarbons-database\/\">UKCS (offshore) hydrocarbon well samples<\/a>. The collection consists of core and cuttings for all wells drilled for hydrocarbon exploration in UK waters and was transferred from the Gilmerton store, Edinburgh to Keyworth during 2011\u20132012.<\/li><li>The offshore (non-hydrocarbon) material collection contains cores, vibrocores, gravity cores, grab samples, etc. There are about 12&nbsp;000&nbsp;m of core and 15&nbsp;000 seabed samples. Core positions are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/map-viewers\/geoindex-offshore\/\">offshore Geoindex<\/a>.<\/li><li>The BGS manages the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-civil-hydrography\/\">collection of seabed samples<\/a> which are routinely collected during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/maritime-and-coastguard-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maritime and Coastguard Agency\u2019s<\/a> (MCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/the-civil-hydrography-programme\">Civil Hydrography Programme<\/a>&nbsp;(CHP) Hydrographic Instruction (HI) surveys.<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/nirex-geological-archive\/\">Nirex Geological Archive<\/a> was transferred from Nirex to the BGS during 2000\u20132001. The archive consists of borehole cores and samples, thin and polished sections, digital data and paper records acquired by Nirex during its investigations at Sellafield and Dounreay.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Specimens are available for study at Keyworth and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geological-repository\/donations-and-loans-of-materials-collections\/#loans\">loan system<\/a> is available to accredited scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the borehole material&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/download\/ngr-keyworth-core-store-regulations-and-application-form\/\">regulations and booking form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"cta-section  litchen-background-d \">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row md-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Search our borehole core collections<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div>Use the links below to access our onshore borehole and offshore hydrocarbon wells database<\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/bmd\/home.html\"  class=\"button primary-background button btn-icon-arrow-right-white before \">Onshore borehole database<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.bgs.ac.uk\/data\/offshoreWells\/home.cfm\"  class=\"button primary-background button btn-icon-arrow-right-white before \">Offshore hydrocarbon wells<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get in touch <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For general NGR enquiries or to arrange a visit, please contact:<br><a href=\"mailto:enquiries@bgs.ac.uk\"><strong>enquiries@bgs.ac.uk<\/strong><\/a>  or <strong>0115 936 3143<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">View full NGR contact list<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sectionBody\">\n<h3 class=\"clear\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/howe-michael\/\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr Mike Howe<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">, Chief Curator<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol50\">\n<div class=\"rightCol50\">\n<p><span class=\"contacts\">Telephone: <\/span>0115 936 3105<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/fernie-alison\/\"><strong>Alison Steven<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Records Manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol50\">\n<p><span class=\"contacts\">Telephone: <\/span>0131 6500 434<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol50\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/morrison-andrew\/\"><strong>Andrew Morrison<\/strong><\/a>, Archivist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol50\">\n<p><span class=\"contacts\">Telephone: <\/span>0115 936 3247<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"clear\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-3336-block_5efb9cad57387\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/data_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"BGS Data - 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