Exploration Geochemistry and Petroleum Systems Characterization

Oil and gas exploration risk can be significantly reduced by integrating information derived from oil geochemistry, geology and geophysics. OilTracers LLC can help you apply this approach to new areas, or, for certain basins, we can direct you to existing regional oil studies. Detailed descriptions of these techniques can be reached by choosing one of the links below:

Using Oil Geochemistry to Characterize Charge Risk
A Primer on Using Biomarkers (Molecular Fossils) in Petroleum Exploration
A Primer on Basin Modeling
North Caspian and Mangyshlak Basin Study A collaborative study between Biomarker Technology, GGRG, and OilTracers LLC. Sixty-eight oils and seven rock extracts from the North Caspian and Mangyshlak basins have been analyzed to assess: oil types and genetic relationships, oil source lithofacies, oil source maturity, oil alteration/ charge history.
Kazakhstan Petroleum Systems Study A collaborative study between Baseline Resolution, and OilTracers LLC. Forty-eight oils from the Precaspian basin have been analyzed to assess: oil types and genetic relationships, oil source lithofacies, oil source maturity, oil alteration/ charge history, and the age of the source rocks from which the oils were derived. Analytical data on each oil include: (1) high resolution whole oil gas chromatography with detailed light hydrocarbons, (2) complete SARA liquid chromatography, (3) saturate and aromatic GC/MS, (4) GC/MS/MS data (5) saturate and aromatic carbon isotopes, (6) percent sulfur, and (6) API gravity.
Middle Caspian Petroleum Systems Study A collaborative study between Biomarker Technology, GGRG, and OilTracers LLC. Thirty-eight oils from the Middle Caspian/Dagestan area have been analyzed to assess: oil types and genetic relationships, oil source lithofacies, oil source maturity, oil alteration/ charge history ,and the age of the source rocks from which the oils were derived.
Libyan Sirte Basin Study A collaborative study between Humble Geochemical Services Inc., and OilTracers LLC. Thirty-six oils from 19 fields in the Sirte Basin, Libya have been analyzed to assess: oil types and genetic relationships, inferred source lithofacies, source maturity, oil alteration/ charge history, generation temperatures, and rates of oil generation.
Alaskan North Slope Petroleum System Studies
Gulf of Mexico Oil Geochemistry
Controls on the Gas-Oil Ratio in a Petroleum Accumulation
Determining the Origin of Light Oils and Condensates
Controls on Oil Biodegradation

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