Petroleum Geochemistry Group
Goal
Provide EGI Corporate Associates with high quality integrated geochemical and basin/maturation modeling expertise.
Expertise
• High quality analytical research laboratory facility
• Surface geochemistry (near-surface leakage)
• Quantitative analysis of geochemical data
• Reservoir geochemistry (field segmentation)
• Maturation and basin modeling
• Fluid inclusion evaluation
• Migration analysis using injection tracers
• Integrated petroleum systems evaluation
Example Research Projects
• Petroleum systems evaluation using near-surface geochemical techniques
• Charge timing for key organic rich sources relative to trap formation
• Evaluate field segmentation issues using PVA and GC/MS & GC data
Analytical Services
Provide highly specialized research analytical services to Corporate Associates:
• Asphaltene precipitation
• Column chromatography (separation)
• Soxhlet extraction (source rock)
• High-resolution gas chromatography (GC-FID)
• Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS)
• Isotopic analysis of crude oils and fractions
• Closed tube pyrolysis-gas chromatography
Geochemical Database
• Over 1,200 crude oils samples/analyses from 20 countries
• Over 3,000 source rock samples/analyses from 20 countries
Training
Provide in-house training for staff or to meet training obligations:
• Petroleum geochemistry for the petroleum systems analyst M. Abrams
• Hydrocarbon migration and its near surface expression M. Abrams
• Reservoir geochemistry M. Abrams, and G. Johnson
For more information contact:
Dr. Kim Manzano-Kareah (801) 581-6739 kmkareah@egi.utah.edu