About Fluid Inclusion Technologies, Inc.
Fluid Inclusion Technologies (FIT), Inc., is a laboratory-based petroleum service organization offering a variety of analytical services including some previously proprietary technologies. The most widely applicable of these new technologies is Fluid Inclusion Stratigraphy (FIS) -- a rapid analytical technique that involves the automated analysis of volatile compounds trapped within micron-sized cavities in rock material taken from well cuttings, core or outcrop samples. These ``fluid inclusions" are representative samples of subsurface fluids, and are not subject to fractionation during sampling or evaporative loss during sample storage for any length of time. The new procedure yields valuable information on Pay/Bypassed-Pay, Product Type, Migration, and Seal Integrity, unattainable via more traditional methods and, over the past ten years, has been instrumental in the discovery of significant petroleum reserves, influenced exploration and acreage acquisition decisions and provided innovative options for resource estimation, petroleum production and enhanced oil recovery operations.

An equally impressive aspect of FIS technology is the rapid turnaround time: large sample sets (i.e., 100's to 1000's of samples) from single or multiple wells can be analyzed, the results interpreted, and the findings delivered virtually anywhere in the world in a matter of days. Thus, the results can play a crucial role in decision making regarding current plays as well as provide valuable new insights through the analysis of archived cuttings.

The geochemical services offered by Fluid Inclusion Technologies (FIT), Inc., including FIS Analysis are variable and problem specific. By combining patented techniques, emerging geochemical methodology and standard microscopic methods, all of which complement each other, we provide a unique and unequaled industry product. A partial listing of proven applications of our analytical services includes:

  • petroleum migration pathway mapping 
  • characterization of seals to oil and gas 
  • identification of dry holes proximal to undiscovered hydrocarbons 
  • delineation of pay or bypassed pay within penetrated sections 
  • identification of fluid pressure compartments 
  • characterization of petroleum-water transition zones 
  • delineation of reservoir compartmentalization.

For further information including applications and more technical aspects of the geochemical and petrological services we provide, please browse through our Slideshow Overview of Fluid Inclusion Technologies. This presentation is available on CD and in some cases as a command performance.

Updated 10/27/00