Oil Analysis
LEADING OIL CHARACTERIZATION
Recognized as an industry leader in hydrocarbon analysis and interpretation, GeoMark Research employs the latest technology to deliver consistent and validated results.
Our research team remains at the forefront of the industry in geochemical analytical techniques and workflows, and continues to deliver enhanced insights to petroleum systems around the world. GeoMark Research’s methods and expertise provides crucial information, maximizing economic investment models and de-risking potential opportunities. We provide answers for hydrocarbon source, mixing, age, depositional environment, maturity and fluid quality predictions (i.e., GOR, biodegradation, sourness).
WE ANSWER THE FUNDAMENTAL
PETROLEUM SYSTEMS QUESTIONS
• Where did it come from?
• Where did it go?
• How did it change on its journey?
The GeoMark Research Advantage
EXPERTISE
GeoMark offers a wide range of traditional geochemistry analytical techniques, as well as specialized methods that are unique to our laboratory.
Global Provider
GeoMark offers a wide range of traditional geochemistry analytical techniques, as well as specialized methods that are unique to our laboratory.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
GeoMark Research has a long history of performing research studies that expand the application of geochemistry in the global petroleum industry. Since its establishment, GeoMark Research has built lasting scientific research relationships with top-tier industry and academic institutions. These relationships continue today as the world looks to optimize and diversify energy supply.
INTEGRATION
Supported by GeoMark Research’s Source Rock, PVT and Mud Gas Isotope laboratories, along with RFD base TM (the industry’s largest oil, source rock and PVT database), our team integrates all data types to add value across the development timeline.
HIGH RESOLUTION GAS
CHROMATOGRAPHY (HRGC) | ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (UHRGC) | BIOMARKERS | QQQ (Diamondoids) |
ISOTOPES | SARA | API | COMPOUND SPECIFIC
ISOTOPE ANALYSIS (CSIA) |
From fluid characterization to basin modeling
FLUID CHARACTERIZATION
Using consistent methods for the past 30 years, GeoMark Research can make comparisons of fluid character to provide interpretations that define the source, maturity, and mobility oil of samples. Leveraging advanced analytics, this information creates a predictive geochemical framework that reduces the risk associated with fluid property predictions.
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Integrating with source rock and other geochemical data, fluids take on geological context in mapped trends and depositionaly driven predictions.
Ultra High Resolution Gas Chromatography (UHRGC)
TM
Previously, the industry standard for gas chromatography was High Resolution Gas Chromatography (HRGC), but GeoMark Research has engineered our own updated method, Ultra High Resolution Gas Chromatography (UHRGC) as an improved method to map more known components of oils and extracts.
HRGC​ has the capability to map 80 known compounds, 0 "Generic IDs" and 80 total integrated peaks while UHRGC can map 133 known compounds, 59 "Generic IDs" and 192 total integrated peaks.
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GeoMark's methods are designed to maximize sample integrity, allowing access to the crucial C7-C12 diagnostic parameters, while looking at the full range of fluid characteristics.
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HRGC Compound Classes
UHRGC Compound Classes
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Paraffins
Naphthenes
Isoparaffins
Aromatics
Expansion of known compounds from HRGC to UHRGC greatly enhances confidence and interpretations related to reservoir continuity projects. In any project, rigorous data collection design is essential to ensure the success or any reservoir optimization project from production allocation to oil characterization, UHRGC paints a more complete picture of an oil's profile critical for reservoir continuity and connectivity assessments.
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