Our Laboratory & Equipment

Soxtec 2500 (2000) and Soxtec Avanti (2008) - Extraction units for normal extraction of rock material.

MPLC Agilent (2010) and MPLC Gilson (1995, new items installed) - Used to separate oils and extracts into saturate, aromatic and polar fractions.

Turbovap I (2000) and Turbovap II (2008) - Used to concentrate extracts and MPLC fractions.

It is important for reflectivity studies that the analysed kerogen surfaces are well polished to yield quality data.

Our UK lab ensures the highest quality kerogen samples.

Soxhlet extractors are used to remove oil-based contaminants on drill cuttings samples before processing for vitrinite reflectivity analysis.

APTUK microscopy room where SCI, fluorescence and reflectivity analysis is undertaken.

Zeiss MPM 03 Photometer - Microscope with a sensitive measuring spot of 2.5µm that allows for high quality vitrinite reflectivity data to be gathered.

Zeiss Axioplan 2 - Capable of transmitted, reflected and UV light analysis. Used for spore colour and kerogen fluorescence studies.

Agilent 7890A (2015) - Gas chromatograph used for measuring gas composition.

Delta V Advantage (2015) - Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS), measuring δ¹³C and δD on gas compounds.

Delta Q (2024) - Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS), measuring δ¹³C and δD on gas compounds.

Leco SC632 (2007) - Used to measure Carbon content or Total organic Carbon content in solid material.

Rock-Eval 6 (1998) and Hawk (2014) - Used to characterise the organic content in rock samples and run bulk kinetics.

Anton Paar DMA 4500 (2013) - Density measurements/API.

Iatroscan MK6s (2017) - Thin layer Chromatography to quantify bulk fractions of oils and extracts.

Agilent 7890B (2015) equipped with a MSSV injector - Gas Chromatograph used to run Thermal Extraction GC and Pyrolysis GC. Used for compositional kinetics analysis.

Agilent 7890A (2007-2009), 3 units - Used to run gas chromatography on whole oil (WO), extract (EOM), saturate (SAT) and aromatic (ARO) fractions.

DFS (2015 and 2017), 2 units - High resolution magnetic sector mass spectrometers. Used to measure biomarkers in saturate, aromatic and polar fractions.

TSQ 9000 (2019) - Low resolution quadrupole mass spectrometer. Used for GCMS-MS applications, diamondoids and alkylbenzenes.

Delta V Advantage (2015) - Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer. Used to run isotope ratios on oils, sediments and fractions.

Delta V Plus (2017) - Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer. Used to run Compound Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA).