The core workshop followed the format of the three core events at previous Petroleum Geology Conferences (e.g. Oakman & Martin 1993), although it was smaller in scale and its focus was on the reservoir sedimentology of the North Sea. The workshop was organized by the British Sedimentological Research Group (BSRG) with the cooperation of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) and British Geological Survey (BGS), who provided and transported all of the cores on display. BSRG exists to promote and support the work of young researchers in sedimentary geology (including stratigraphy, diagenesis, process sedimentology and geochemistry), many of whom go on to successful careers …