- Characterizing Charge Risk Using Oil and Gas Geochemistry
- Using Oil Biomarkers in Petroleum Exploration
Biomarkers are a group of compounds, primarily hydrocarbons,
found in oils, rock extracts, Recent sediment extracts, and soil
extracts. What distinguishes biomarkers from other compounds in oil
is that biomarkers can reasonably be called "molecular fossils".
Biomarkers are structurally similar to, and are diagenetic
alteration products of, specific natural products (compounds
produced by living organisms). Typically, biomarkers retain all or
most of the original carbon skeleton of the original natural
product, and this structural similarity is what leads to the term
"molecular fossils".
- Using Basin Modeling to Reduce Petroleum Exploration Risk
Basin modeling (also spelled basin modelling) is the process of
using either proprietary or commercially available software to
assess charge risk by integrating diverse geological and
engineering data types into a model of one or more petroleum
systems active in an area being explored. The scale of the model
may range in size from a single drilling prospect to an entire
basin. The resulting model is an interactive tool that the
geologist can use to:
- North Caspian and Mangyshlak Basin Study
Source Implications of Petroleum Compositions: North Caspian and
Mangyshlak Basins A collaborative study between Biomarker
Technology, GGRG, Moscow* and OilTracers LLC
- 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. 38 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 Oil Study
Source Implications of Petroleum Compositions: Sirte Basin,
Libya. A collaborative study between Humble Geochemical Services
and OilTracers LLC
- Alaskan North Slope Petroleum System Studies
- Gulf of Mexico Oil Geochemistry
Oil geochemistry plays a critical role in all modern petroleum
exploration programs in the Gulf of Mexico. This article provides a
brief history of Gulf of Mexico oil geochemistry research. Links to
key applications are provided at the end of the article.
- Controls on the Gas-Oil Ratio in a Petroleum Accumulation
- Using Oil Geochemistry to Determine the Origin of Light Oils and Condensates
- Oil Biodegradation - Bacterial Alteration of Petroleum