What is Mass Spec Chemical Profiling?
FIT’s new dq1000 “Divining Quad” is a revolutionary new concept in Petroleum Geochemistry and the first commercially available implementation of Mass Spectrometry for on-site, real-time mud gas analysis and logging. Conceptually, the dq1000 is similar to conventional equipment (i.e., hot-wire + GC), in that it continuously analyzes volatiles extracted from the drilling mud and correlates them with depth. But here the similarity ends. At the heart of the dq1000 is a quadrupole mass analyzer which, in addition to performing the usual Total Gas + C1-nC5 analysis, is capable of detecting C6-C13 hydrocarbons (i.e., hexane, heptane, octane, etc.); distinguishing among paraffins, naphthenes and aromatics; and monitoring a variety of water-soluble species such as acetic acid, toluene and benzene, and inorganics including hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, argon and sulfur-bearing compounds. Correlation of these geochemical indicators with available drilling parameters and lith
