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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-07-004801.txt : 20070124
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-07-004801.hdr.sgml : 20070124
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070124061928
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-07-004801
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20061231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070124
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070124

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VRIESENDORP ALEXANDER
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001310762

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14273
		FILM NUMBER:		07548109

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		001-31-20-420-3191

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BREMHORSTLAAN 7
		CITY:			WASSENAAR
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			2244 EN
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>1</form4TransactionsReported>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001310762</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>VRIESENDORP ALEXANDER</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>BREMHORSTLAAN 7</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2244 EN WASSENAAR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>THE NETHERLANDS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>P7</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode></rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>NETHERLANDS</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Performance Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-09-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>L</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2000</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>2000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Restricted Performance Shares vest based on the Company's return on equity for the period that begins on September 15, 2006 and ends on September 15, 2009 (the &quot;performance period&quot;) as follows: (a) if the Company's return on equity for the performance period equals or exceeds thirty-five percent (35%) the Restricted Performance Shares will fully vest; (b) if the Company's return on equity for the performance period is less than thirty-five percent (35%) but equal to or greater than twenty-eight percent (28%), the twenty-percent (20%) of the Restricted Performance Shares will vest, plus one and one-seventh percent (1-1/7%) for each one-tenth of a percent by which the return on equity exceeds twenty-eight percent (28%); and (c) if the Company's return on equity for the performance period is less than twenty-eight percent (28%) the Restricted Performance Shares will not vest.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>John D. Denson, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-01-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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