Source Rock Studies

Source rock studies are designed to evaluate the organic richness, hydrocarbon-generating potential, oil proneness, and thermal maturity of source rock and potential source rock intervals in a basin.

- Samples are characterized though using a detailed analytical program including:
- Total Organic Carbon (TOC);
- Rock-Eval Pyrolysis;
- Kerogen Maceral Analysis;
- Vitrinite Reflectance;
- Thermal Alteration Index (TAI);
- Bitumen Extraction;
- Liquid Chromatography;
- Saturate Hydrocarbon Gas Chromatography (Sat GC);
- Stable Carbon Isotopes and Quantitative Biomarker Analysis (GC/MS);

Selected samples are also analyzed by GC/MS/MS.