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Controls on petroleum storage in shales: “Porosity makes the difference”
June 22, 2017
GEOS4 staff has co-authored a research paper showing that while the amount of petroleum retained in shales is a function of total organic carbon (TOC) content as well as chemical structure of the macromolecular organic matter, porosity is the fundamental control of how much recoverable oil can be stored. More
Brian Horsfield: keynote address at GeolSoc conference in London
February 6, 2017
GEOS4 is a sponsor of The Geological Society conference on Application of Analytical Techniques to Petroleum Systems Problems, which will be held at Burlington House, London, UK, 28 Februar-01 March 2017. Brian Horsfield, Managing Director and CEO of GEOS4, will deliver an invited keynote.
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Workshop II: ONSET - a Multiclient Study of Polar Compounds in Petroleum Systems
November 12, 2016
Repsol hosted the second workshop, November 7 in Madrid, for the sponsors of ONSET, a multiclient project addressing the use of polar compounds as tracers in petroleum systems. More
New research: generation, expulsion and fractionation in shales
August 18, 2016
Nick Mahlstedt, petroleum systems analyst at GEOS4, has published a paper in Energy and Fuels on how neutral nitrogen-containing compounds can be used to assess the roles of generation, expulsion and fractionation in shales. More
Workshop: ONSET - a Multiclient Study of Polar Compounds in Petroleum Systems
July 31, 2016
GEOS4 hosted a workshop, 26-27 July in Potsdam, for the sponsors of ONSET, a multiclient project addressing the use of polar compounds as tracers in petroleum systems. More