Tag Archives: Oil & Gas Industry

Applying the Albertan Experience to Biodegraded Petroleum Systems around the World!

Posted on January 22, 2013 by norkamarcano

A detailed knowledge of the distribution of fluids in reservoirs containing conventional and biodegraded heavy oil such as those found in Alberta is essential for the pre-drill prediction of oil quality in exploration plays and for the development of efficient … Continue reading →

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Viscosity (but were afraid to ask)!

Posted on January 22, 2013 by benzocarbazole

Decades of research on the topic of crude oil biodegradation revealed that successively increasing levels of alteration recorded amongst the hydrocarbon components in crude oils is often accompanied by the deterioration in physical properties such as viscosity. However, when correlations … Continue reading →

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Viscosity & Geochemical QA/QC

Posted on October 25, 2012 by benzocarbazole

Do You Take Oil Viscosity and Geochemical Data QA/QC Seriously?  We Certainly Do! Viscosity Measurements We employ a highly diligent approach for measuring the viscosity of heavy oils and bitumen. Here we use a suite of standard fluids (at 25 … Continue reading →

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To Top, or Not To Top: That Is The Question!

Posted on July 20, 2012 by benzocarbazole

The debate continues within the Petroleum Geoscience community regarding the practise of “oil topping” i.e. removing the volatile liquid components (ca. C15- compounds) from an oil sample prior to chromatographic separation. We prefer to process samples whereby the volatiles are … Continue reading →

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Do You Understand Your Petroleum Reservoir Well Enough for a Sustainable Production?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by norkamarcano

Petroleum systems include a series of elements and processes that lead to the formation of oil and gas accumulations. A given petroleum composition and its distribution in the basin are the result of a combination of multiple processes within the … Continue reading →

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Heavy Oil Biodegradation – Important?

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Gushor Inc.

Most of the world’s oil is biodegraded as exemplified by the super-giant viscous heavy oil and bitumen deposits in Venezuela, here in Western Canada and elsewhere. Understanding in–reservoir oil biodegradation is of significance for petroleum exploration (e.g. pre-drill prediction of … Continue reading →

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Tools for a 21st Century Low Carbon Energy Supply – QcompGCMS – Functional Solutions for conventional and unconventional resource assessment.

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Gushor Inc.

Exploration petroleum geochemistry saw a peak of discovery and development around the 1970’s/early 1980s with few radically new concepts, methods or approaches since then. The 70/80s also saw the development of quick screening methods for assessing oil/gas source rock potential … Continue reading →

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Innovative R & D in the Canadian Oil & Gas Industry!

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Gushor Inc.

Recently GE CEO Jeff Immelt gave a talk to the Calgary oil patch where he challenged the local energy industry to invest in and focus more on R&D and innovation. Recent meetings at PTAC and elsewhere have also identified the … Continue reading →

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Why Not Benefit From Quantitiative Oil & Bitumen Geochemical Analysis Use Q2 Comp

Posted on January 4, 2011 by benzocarbazole

Dr. Barry Bennett, Director of Geoscience at Gushor Inc. recommends that you take part in the revolution in quantitative oil and bitumen geochemical analysis – Q2 comp. Over the past four years of business with Gushor Inc. and with a … Continue reading →

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Energy Industry R & D – A Crisis Unfolds!

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Gushor Inc.

The recent report on Oil and gas industry R & D spend by Research Infosource (Click here for report) once again flags the embarrassingly low spend Canada’s energy giants spend on R & D (< 1%). As a major global … Continue reading →

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