Petroleum Forensics: Identifying Biomarkers in Crude Oil

Petroleum Biomarkers Around the World: Fingerprinting Crude Oils Christina N. Kelly1; Robert K. Nelson2; Christopher M. Reddy2; Joseph E. Binkley1; Lorne M. Fell1 1LECO Corporation, St. Joseph, MI ,USA; 2Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA, USA SUMMARY Petroleum forensics…

Environmental Applications Fingerprinting Crude Oils and Tarballs Using Biomarkers and Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography By Michelle Misselwitz, Jack Cochran, Chris English, and Barry Burger Abstract Petroleum biomarkers are “molecular fossils” that can be analyzed with gas chromatography to fingerprint crude…

Ambient ultrafine particles: classification, chemical characterization, and quantification of ubiquitous PAHs via DTD-GC×GC-TOFMS N. Gawlitta1,2, E. Eckenberger3, M. Sklorz1,4, J. Schnelle-Kreis1, A.C. Nölscher3, R. Zimmermann1,4 1Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre (JMSC), Comprehensive Molecular Analytics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany 2Now at:…

Petroleum Research Curated Compilation of Articles Employing GCxGC and TOFMS Technology EMPOWERING RESULTS Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) provides powerful information for solving real-life problems in the petroleum field, both in routine analysis ® and for research. Coupled to the…