Geochemical Services

Onshore Exploration Surveys

Petroleum Surveys

Gore's unique Amplified Geochemical ImagingSMtechnology has been used in over 57 countries with climates ranging from frozen trundra to dry desert to tropical jungle. Reservoirs as deep as 25,000 ft have been imaged and proper petroleum phase type determined.


Gore can quote and arrange fieldwork for large frontier surveys covering 10,000 sq km or more focused prospect evaluations.

GORE's Amplified Geochemical ImagingSM technology is the only service that gives you the features of:

  • Detection of thermogenic compounds directly emanating from your reservoir in part per trillion levels
  • Differentiation of petroleum phases including gas, condensate and oil
  • Delineation of the charged petroleum reservoir

Gore's geologists will design a survey to meet your exploration objective, provide all the GORE™ Modules to collect the reservoir signal, provide field installation and retrieval if desired, analyze modules, interpret the data to generate a reservoir image, and provide mass data, maps, and reports. The general approach is shown below.

1-2' foot hole located near pipe
spaced along its length.
Module inserted into the hole
and left for days to weeks.

Module retrieved and sent
back to Gore's lab.

Module is analyzed for a
broad range of compounds
using thermal desorption,
gas chromatagraphy
and mass spectrometry

Data is mapped and interpreted
with statistics to define
anomalous areas and confirm
drill locations


After or during initial interpretation, Gore geologists will work with you to refine and integrate the survey results with your geology, geophysics and knowledge of the exploration area. The highest value of the GORE™ Survey is achieved when using all data to finalize the survey interpretation and integrating it fully with all other geological and geophysical data.