Oils

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Analyses of oils reveal the following:

  •  Maturity of the generating source rock
  • Facies of the generating source rock
  • Age of the generating source rock
  • Single-or multi-sourced oil
  • Biodegradation, water washing
  • Oil cracking
  • Migration
  • Phase separation
 

Type of analyses:

  • Gas chromatography (GC)
  • Mass spectroscopy (MS)
  • GCMS
  • GCMSMS
  • Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS)

Examples of North Sea Oils:

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