Carbon Isotopes

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Sat fraction (requires SARA as a prerequisite)

Aro fraction (requires SARA as a prerequisite)

NSO fraction (requires SARA as a prerequisite)

Asph fraction (requires SARA as a prerequisite)

Whole Oil (does not require SARA as a prerequisite)

Depending on kerogen content, required amount of material is 10mg.

Can be performed on extracted rock.

Liquid Chromatography (LC) SARA separation

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%Saturate

%Aromatic

%Resin (NSO)

%Asphaltene

Can be done on an oil or extracted rock material. 50 to 100 mg of sample required.

SARA serves as the prerequisite to Saturate and Aromatic GCMS

Extract GC

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C15+ (Ext GC)

Light Hydrocarbon High Resolution GC (LH HRGC)

High Temperature GC (HTGC)

Preferred amount of material is 5 grams.

Minimum amount of material is 3-5 grams.

Solvent extraction method required as a prerequisite to running GC

Solvent Extraction

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Quantitative Extraction (Dionex)

Soxhlet Extraction (quantitative & non-quantitative)

Closed vial CS2 (non-quantitative)

Thermal Alteration Index

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Maturity indicator determined from the color of organic matter in transmitted light.

Visual Kerogen

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Reflected and fluorescent light observations to assess maceral proportions in volume %

Vitrinite Reflectance

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Measurement of the percentage of incident light reflected from the surface of vitrinite particles in a sedimentary rock. Reflectance of solid bitumen is also measured as an independent maturity parameter.

Kerogen Isolation

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Prep for analyses such as elemental CHONS and Kinetics

Basic Sample Prep

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Prep required for all source rock analysis; grinding to 60 mesh