Production fractionation — Polars

This is done using ultra-high resolution mass spectometry.

Deliverables

We supply:

Insights into movable versus non-movable oil within, and in fluids produced from, shales and/or expulsion efficiencies in different shale plays.

Samples (10g rock, 1ml fluid)

You provide:

Shale source and reservoir intervals, produced fluids.

Components

• Fourier Transform-Ion Cyclotron Resonance-Mass Spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS) to characterise low and very high molecular weight polars (resins and asphaltenes) in whole oils and whole rock extracts.
• Electrospray ESI(-) mode ionises acidic NSO-compounds.
• Atmospheric pressure photoionization APPI(+) mode is sensitive to aromatic components having either basic (e.g. pyridines, ketones) or acidic features.

No Black Boxes: read Mahlstedt, N., Horsfield, B., Michael, E., Song, Y., Tobey, M. and Mangelsdorf, K. (2023) Impact of expulsion and production fractionation on petroleum composition: novel insights from polar compound geochemistry. IMOG.
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