Humble Geochemical Services
Analytical Services

Sample Preparation Services:

• Sample grinding and homogenization for 60 mesh grain size (<2 grams)
• Sample cleaning (if necessary on contaminated samples), grinding and homogenization for 60 mesh grain size (<2 grams)
• Sample picking to obtain contaminate free samples (when necessary)
• Sample cleaning, grinding and homogenization for 20 mesh grain size (> 2 grams)
• Basic Lithologic Description
• Bulk Extraction (no recovery of extract)
• Rapid Extraction for GC analysis (Reservoir rock)
• Kerogen Isolation

• Chromatographic analysis of headspace gas from canned cuttings and side-wall cores (C1-C5 & C6+)
• Chromatographic analysis of gas released from cuttings upon grinding (C1-C6+)
  

• Total Organic Carbon (TOC) from Rock-Eval (includes sample prep)
• Rock-Eval Analysis S1,S2,S3 and Tmax (includes sample prep)
• SR Analyzer Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (vTPH,pTPH,cTEMP and tTEMP)
• Leco Total Organic Carbon Analysis (TOC)
• Carbonate Carbon
• Total Carbon

• Fluid Inclusion Analysis
• Vitrinite Reflectance, Visual Kerogen, and Thermal Alteration Index (TAI) [includes all sample preparation]
• Vitrinite Reflectance Analysis Only [includes sample preparation]
• Visual Kerogen and Thermal Alteration Index (TAI) [includes sample preparation]
• Whole Rock Vitrinite Reflectance Only [includes sample preparation]
• Vitrinite Reflectance on Coals
• Vitrinite Reflectance Analysis of client plugs/slides [no additional preparation]
• Plug preparation for vitrinite reflectance includes kerogen isolation
• Integrated Color Analysis (ICA) [Subcontracted]
• Visual Kerogen and Thermal Alteration Index (TAI) only

• Leco Sulfur Analysis of Rocks, Oils
  
• Elemental Sulfur Analysis
  

• API Gravity
• Micro API Gravity
• KINEMATIC Viscosity/Density
• Pour Point [Subcontracted]

• Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) with modifier
• Solvent Extraction (Soxhlet or SoxTec)
• Cold Soak Extraction with filtering
• Packed Column Liquid Chromatography (LC) Separation/Quantitation
• Molecular sieving of saturates

• Gas Chromatographic traces of whole oil, extracts or fractions
• Thermal Extraction (S1) and/or pyrolysis (S2)
• Very High Resolution Gas Chromatography of light components in C1-C8 range (Quantitative)
• High Temperature Gas Chromatography: wax analysis C70+ (Quantitative)
• Thermal Extraction
• High Temperature Thermal Extraction
• Pyrolysis

• GC of oil samples with detailed interpretation, statistical analysis, and graphic display using Chevron's PFR/Oilmix/Sliding Windows software
• Quantitative evaluation of oil mixing (commingled production) [requires 2 end member oils and unknown oil]
• Additional ROF interpretive services or training

Detailed Analysis
MicroScale Sealed Vessel Analysis (MSSV):

• Sealed Tube Products Gas Chromatography: Qualitative or Quantitative
• Sealed Tube products GC/MS analysis
• Sealed Tube Residue Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography
• Sealed Tube Residue Pyrolysis GC/MS analysis
• High resolution C7 hydrocarbons fingerprint from MSSV products

• CHNS (requires kerogen)
• O (Oxygen) only (requires kerogen)
• CHNOS (requires kerogen)
• Nickel/Vanadium [Subcontracted]

• Carbon (organic matter)
• Oxygen (carbonates)
• Sulfur (organic)
  
• Nitrogen (organic matter)
  
• Hydrogen (organic matter)
  

• Saturate fraction
• Aromatic fraction
• Whole oil, extract, or pyrolyzate

Hydrous Pyrolysis including yields, extraction, TOC & Rock-Eval before/after
Bulk Kinetic Analysis:

• Open system pyrolysis (requires Rock-Eval and TOC data)
• Kinetic Analysis including TOC and Rock-Eval data

• MACT¹⁰ open system thermal slicing: 21-27 pyrolysis/GC analysis at 1, 5, 25 degrees c/min
• MSSV + PyroSim closed system products analysis 20-30 pyrolysis/GC products formed at 300-365 degrees
• Compositional kinetics requires TOC, Rock-Eval and bulk kinetic analysis

• Mineral Separation
• Apatite Fission Track Length
• Apatite Fission Track Age

Water Analysis [Subcontracted]:

• Acidity
• Alkalinity
• Chloride
• Metals (specify metals)

Complete Well Geochemical Analysis:
1D Basin Modeling Services:
BasinMod , Matoil, or Genex 1-D Model

1. Basin Model 1D Model with sensitivity analysis *
2. Additional iterations with corresponding graphics *
3. BasinMod T model with graphics with all data researched for a given well
4. Kinetic optimization (requires immature source rocks)
5. Compositional kinetic optimization (requires immature source rock)

2-D Well Models:
BasinMod is a Trademark of Platte River Associates, Inc.
Matoil, Genex and Temispack are registered trademarks of BEICIP/IFP.

Rush charges will apply when results are required prior to these delivery times if analysis cannot be completed in routine work flow.
Surcharge of 25% applies to rush projects
Express or courier delivery of samples, data or reports billed at cost plus 10%

Electronic Delivery Service (E-Mail), or computer-to computer available at no charge; specify format.
Binary file transfer of files includes data as well as imbedded graphics

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