OIL AND GAS SECTION

                         

 

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    The Oil and Gas Section makes its services available to the petroleum industry and private individuals seeking verification of crude oil/gas seeps sources or requiring specific and detailed analyses for characterization and evaluation purposes. 

We also conduct analyses of Bio-fuel samples to check compliance to parameters set by Philippine National Standard (PNS) on these samples.

Services Provided:

   Source Rock Analysis

  • Screening Tests

    • Sample preparation

  • Detailed Geochemical Analysis of Source Rocks, Extracted Bitumen and Petroleum Samples

    • Solvent Extraction and Desulfurization to obtain Extractable Organic Matter (EOM)

    • Liquid Chromatographic Separation of EOM into Saturates, Aromatics and NSO fractions.

    • Capillary Column Gas Chromatography of C12+ components of Saturate fraction.

    Petroleum Analysis

  • Separation of Petroleum from Water and Sediments

  • API Gravity

  • Fractional Distillation

    Natural Gas Analysis

  • Analysis of N2, H2, Ar, O2 and C1 by Gas Chromatography

  • Analysis of C1 to C4 by Gas Chromatography

    Alternative Fuels

  • Determination of Free Glycerin

  • Determination of Total Glycerin

  • Determination of Acid Number

 

    Equipment

             

                                            Gas Chromatograph

 

                   

          Acid Number                    Total Glycerin                     Free Glycerin

 

Schedule of Charges