Midland Core Research Center
Open Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Physical address:
5310A East Business I-20, Midland, Texas 79706
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 750 Midland, TX 79702-0750

Telephone: (432) 686-9902
FAX: (432) 686-7728

E-mail: crcm@swbell.net

The Midland Core Research Center (MCRC) contains more than 230,000 boxes of core and 210,000 boxes of cuttings from wells drilled throughout Texas, the U.S., and the world, all of which are available for public viewing and research. This core lab was donated by Shell Oil Company in 1994. Please contact Guadalupe "Lupe" Rendon, facility manager, for information regarding CRC policies, procedures, fees, and to arrange for core viewings. Other services are available upon request. Public facilities include core examination layout rooms and processing rooms for slabbing core. Low-priced, CD-ROM-formatted CRC inventories are available. Nominal fees are charged to rent table space and to view core.
County/Operator/Lease
Austin CRC and MCRC core holdings are listed according County/Operator/Lease. This list is available online. Please contact James Donnelly (512-471-0402) should this online list not include the material you are looking for.
Section, Township, and Range
The MCRC maintains a card-catalog inventory listing Section, Township, and Range for rock material stored in this facility.
Searchable Database
A real-time, updated, and searchable database containing all CRC core holdings will soon be accessible from this website
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