Full Geochemistry Skillset

Source Rock Geochemistry

• Identify source rock intervals from well logs.  
• Ascertain quality and type of source rock (oil prone versus gas prone) from depositional environments and Van Krevelen diagrams.  
• Characterize source maturity from lab (Rock-Eval Pyrolysis) and well log (Passey) analyses.  Scrape out maturity data from public websites and map source rock intervals on a basin-wide scale.  
• Gather core and cuttings samples for a prospective source rock from state and federal libraries.  Manage lab testing such as rock-eval pyrolysis to obtain important geochemical properties such as TOC, HI, Tmax, and Ro.  Use present-day geochemical data to calculate generated hydrocarbons from a specific source interval.   
• Model heat flow variability by utilizing available DST data to calculate geothermal gradients.  

Production Geochemistry

• Leverage isotope analysis techniques to identify produced water’s provenance (flowback versus in situ reservoir).    
• Utilize all datasets of water geochemistry to help characterize water salinity and the resulting crucial Rw for petrophysical and volumetric analyses.  
• Gas isotope analysis to identify compartmentalization within a reservoir. 
• Use geochemical fingerprinting to allocate oil production to a specific formation/zone in comingled wellbores.

Formation Damage Studies

• Sludge Issues from acidizing
  • Manage oil sampling and associated lab testing of crude oils to identify potential sludge formation with use of specific acids.      
• Anhydrite Precipitation 
  • Identify intervals and potential problems of anhydrite precipitation blocking the near wellbore environment to limit well productivity.   Manage lab tests to provide completion fluid recommendations to minimize damage.  
• Scale Issues
  • Integrate with field and lab personnel to determine appropriate chemical solutions to manage scale buildup issues.