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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001140361-10-015307.txt : 20100405
<SEC-HEADER>0001140361-10-015307.hdr.sgml : 20100405
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100405162221
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-10-015307
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100401
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100405
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100405

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Schouten Jacobus
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001312212

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14273
		FILM NUMBER:		10731368

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		HERENGRACHT 424
		CITY:			AMSTERDAM
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			1017 BZ

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CORE LABORATORIES N V
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001000229
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL, GAS FIELD SERVICES, NBC [1389]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			P7
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1017 BZ AMSTERDAM
		STREET 2:		HERENGRACHT 424
		CITY:			THE NETHERLANDS
		STATE:			P7
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3124203191

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6316 WINDFERN
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77040
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-04-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001000229</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CORE LABORATORIES N V</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CLB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001312212</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Schouten Jacobus</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ARONDENSSTRAAT 1</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AMSTERDAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>P7</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>1063 GB</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>NETHERLANDS</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Performance Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-04-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>765</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>765</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>765</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Restricted Performance Shares vest based on the Company's return on invested capital for the period that began on January 1, 2010 and ends on December 31, 2012 (the &quot;performance period&quot;) as follows. If the Company's return on invested capital at the end of the performance period is in the top decile of the return on invested capital of the Company's peers as published by Bloomberg, then the Restricted Performance Shares will fully vest.  If this criteria is not met, then no shares shall vest and the award will be forfeited.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Mark Elvig, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-04-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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