COAL & ORGANIC PETROLOGY SERVICES PTY LTD

ABN 71 107 385 008

 

Laboratory: unit 23, 80 box road, taren point 2229 nsw australia

Mail Address: PO Box 174 Sans Souci NSW 2219

e-mail admin@organicpetrology.com phone 61 02 95240403 fax 61 02 95267083

 

This site contains a brief outline of the company, its services and history. It will be developed to provide extensive resources in coal and organic petrology research, tools and techniques.

 

SERVICES:


Microscopic examination & analysis

-         coal samples exploration & quality control

-         coke petrography

-         organic petrology- oil & gas exploration; well cuttings & cores

-         environmental dust samples

-         general petrography

Consultancy

Workshops/Training

 

COMPANY HISTORY:

 

Established 1985 as Harold Read & Associates Pty Ltd, providing coal petrographic analyses to Coal Testing Laboratories in New South Wales and Queensland.

 

Coal & Organic Petrology Services Pty Ltd (COPS) established 2004 to expand the range of skills and services available to include organic petrology relevant tooil & gas exploration; and to offer consultancy advice regarding the use and interpretation of petrographic analyses, in particular maceral analysis and vitrinite reflectance, in coal, oil & gas exploration; coal& coke preparation and product quality monitoring.

 

The Taren Point laboratory is equipped for maceral analysis, vitrinite reflectance analysis,spectral fluorescence analysis, automated reflectance/image analysis, general microscopy/petrography.

Appropriate ISO and Australian Standards are followed. Staff are encouraged to join and particiate in exercises with the International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP); currently five of our staff have ICCP Accreditation.

 

Directors:

Harold Read BSc FAusIMM CP Harold.Read@organicpetrology.com
Dr. Walter Pickel FAusIMMWalter.Pickel@organicpetrology.com
Elvira Barcelona MScElvira.Barcelona@organicpetrology.com

Research Interests:


Coal/coke studies

Spectral fluorescence

Improvement of recent classifications and relevant definitions.