Upstream (Unrefined) Petroleum Product Analysis

We provide analytical services -- both routine and specialized -- as well as characterization of crude oil and bitumens to crude producers, pipeline companies, upgraders and chemical supply/service companies.

Analytical Services

Asphaltenes

• in heavy oil and bitumens using pentane or heptane
• trace levels in deposits
• compatibility using light scattering

Distillations

• true boiling points -D2892, D5236, spinning band
• simulated distillation using high temperature GC to 700°C

Hydrocarbon Type Analysis

• supercritical fluid chromatography - saturates and aromatics in diesel, jet fuel and gas oils
• liquid column chromatography - saturates, aromatics, polars and asphaltenes (SAPA) in bitumen
• thin layer chromatography

Wax

• carbon number distribution using GC
• clould point in dark oils by light scattering

Crude Assays

• evaluation of reserves in new oil and developments

Water Analysis

• anions, cations, organic acids, sugars by ion chromatography
• inorganic and organic carbon

Unknowns

• identification in refinery streams using GC with mass selective detection - problem solving