ESS Laboratory has expanded its analytical testing services to support petroleum forensic investigations. For more than twenty years, ESS Laboratory has provided scientifically defensible data with a reputation of superior quality. As a full-service environmental testing facility, ESS Laboratory continues to perform many of the common petroleum analyses including GRO, DRO, CT-ETPH, EPH, VPH, TPH 8100M, and TPH fingerprinting in various matrices.

Forensic Testing Capabilities Include:

• Hydrocarbon Characterization by GC/FID
  • n-Alkanes
  • Isoprenoids
  • Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
  • Fingerprinting
• Parent and Alkylated MAHs and PAHs by GC/MS/SIM/Scan
• Lead Gasoline Additives by GC/MS/SIM/Scan
• Parent and Alkyl Polycyclic Aromatics in Sediment Pore Water by Solid Phase Micro-Extraction (SPME)/GC/MS/SIM – EPA 8272/ASTM D 7363-11
• Quantitative Petroleum Biomarker Compounds by GC/MS/SIM/Scan
  • Steranes
  • Triterpanes
• Semi-Quantitative Petroleum Biomarker Profiles by GC/MS/SIM/Scan
  • Alkylcyclohexanes
  • Sesquiterpanes
  • Adamantanes
• Equilibrium Studies
• Customized Techniques and Procedures
• Custom Reports and Electronic Deliverables