In the last four years, IPEX developed a unique integrated methodology aiming to perform, in detail, a geochemical assessment of oils, condensates and gas from sedimentary basins. Such approach has attained high degrees of sophistication through the use of what has recently been termed High Resolution Geochemical Technology (HRGT). Crucial to basin analysis, petroleum system assessment and exploration risk evaluation, the HRGT technology uses a number of a proprietary analytical suite of quantitative analyses comprising of Diamondoids (GC-MRM), Age Related Biomarkers (ARB-GC-MS-MS), Compound Specific Isotope Analyses of Biomarkers (CSIA-B-IRGC-MS), Compound Specific Isotope Analyses of Diamondoids (CSIA-B-IRGC-MS), and Gas Carbon and Hydrogen isotope analysis (IR-GC-MS).
The integration of HRGT data from oil, condensate and gas are key technologies of oil to oil, oil to source rock and oil to gas correlation, and estimations of oil to gas conversion via cracking at depth. The proper understanding of the fluid system history is critical for the accuracy in the reconstruction of basin modeling and the assessment of charge and timing of reservoir filling. The HRGT technology deals uniquely with fluids, and in basins where source rock systems are too deep or are passive, only this technology is capable to assess and help as accurately as possible the understanding of all the elements and processes of the petroleum systems in a sedimentary basin. Just as new seismic technologies have led to new oil and gas prospects and discoveries, so too is new High Resolution Geochemical Technology- HRGT presently leading to precise assessments of oil and gas prospects by better defining the petroleum systems.