SAMPLE PREPARATION

- Basic Sample Preparation (Inventory, labeling, crushing)

- Sample Washing and cleanup to remove water based muds

- Sample Washing and cleanup to remove exterior oil/ synthetic based muds

- Solvent Extraction (Oil Base Muds - extract not retained)

- Sample hand-picking/contamination removal of LCM

- Centrifuging of Oils, Waters, or Muds

- Digital Sample Photo

ROCK-EVAL AND TOC

- LECO Total Carbon (organic and inorganic)

- LECO Total Organic Carbon (TOC)

- Carbonate Carbon Content

- Pyrolysis by Rock-Eval 2

SOLVENT EXTRACTION & CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION

- Soxhlet Extraction (quantitative)

- Soxhlet Extraction (non-quantitative)

- Ultrasonic Extraction (quantitative)

- Ultrasonic Extraction (non-quantitative)

- Liquid/Liquid Extraction

- Hydrocarbon Group Separation (Saturates, Aromatics and Resins)

- Saturate and Aromatic preparation for biomarker analysis (by MPLC)

- Asphaltene quantification by IP143

- Olefin Oil Based Mud Removal from Oils or Extracts

- Molecular Sieve preparation of Saturate fraction

- SARA (Saturate, Aromatic, and Resin, quantification of n-C13+ fraction)

- nt SARAT of Non-topped oil - includes Whole Oil GC analysis)

- Headspace gas analysis (C1-C5 & C6+) near-realtime

- Headspace gas analysis (C1-C5 & C6+) conventional

- Compressed Gas analysis (C1-C5 & C6+)

- Saturate GC

- Aromatic GC

- Whole OIL GC

- Whole Extract GC

- High Resolution Whole Oil GC (incl. C7s, Isoprenoids, Paraffins C4 - C40)

- High Resolution Whole Extract GC (incl. C7s, Isoprenoids, Paraffins C4 - C40)

- Quantitative Saturate GC/MS

- Quantitative Aromatic GC/MS

- Alkyl Benzene analysis by GCMS (Reservoir Continuity application)

OIL PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

- API Gravity