908 Devices Delivers Ballistic GC-MS Analysis Throughout the Hydrocarbon Processing Industry with the Launch of G908
Integrated GC-HPMS technology purpose-built for the oil and gas
industry improves efficiency and cost savings across upstream, midstream
and downstream processes
908
Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built analytical devices for chemical
analysis, today announced the introduction of G908TM,
a universal petrochemical analyzer that combines the company’s patented
and award-winning high-pressure
mass spectrometryTM (HPMS) technology with the separating
power of ballistic gas chromatography (GC). The combination of HPMS and
GC provides exceptionally fast compositional analysis, improving
efficiency and providing cost savings in use cases that range from
exploration and extraction to manufacturing and retail.
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For the oil and gas industry, monitoring and evaluating wells,
pipelines, feedstocks, processes, and products is absolutely paramount.
To perform these tasks, a series of burdensome analytical tests are
required to confirm composition and impurity levels. Lab-based GC
instruments have been the mainstay for decades, but have limitations as
they are slow, large, and gas & power hungry. They also need continuous
re-calibration, and often lack the sensitivity and selectivity required
to positively identify specific compounds at the molecular level.
With G908, users can rapidly perform testing in-line, at-line, in the
laboratory and at remote field-based settings. With this purpose-built
petrochemical analyzer, operators of all skill levels can monitor
process streams for specific compounds, detect problems quickly and
facilitate immediate action. G908 weighs only 28 pounds and enables
broader analysis capabilities by positively identifying and quantifying
a range of analytes, including low-level impurities, within complex
product stream matrices at the point of need.
“Low prices, regulations, market dynamics and workforce fluctuations all
continue to impact this global industry. Increasing efficiency and
reducing cost is more critical now than ever,” said Dr. Kevin J. Knopp,
CEO and co-founder, 908 Devices. “Our company’s mission is to
democratize chemical analysis by way of mass spectrometry and with the
launch of G908 we are helping customers achieve critical measurements
with ease and confidence, leading to substantial time and cost savings.”
The company’s unique approach to mass spectrometry enables G908 to be
drastically smaller and more rugged than conventional MS instruments.
G908 couples its HPMS technology with the separations power of ballistic
gas chromatography (GC), and integrates the analytical capabilities of
FID and TCD to form an all-in-one, multi-column, plug-and-go device.
This powerful combination eliminates the requirement for large, complex,
laboratory and process analyzers in use today.
“With the introduction of G908, operators are now equipped with a
smaller, simpler and faster detection device,” said Dr. Graham Shelver,
Commercial Leader, Applied Markets, 908 Devices. “By combining ballistic
GC with HPMS, we are providing a universal platform for the hydrocarbon
processing industry that can be leveraged for in-line, at-line,
laboratory and remote field-based qualitative and quantitative analysis
that is as easy to use as a conventional GC, but with the levels of
sensitivity and molecular compound identification that this industry
requires.”
908 Devices has been partnering with Schlumberger and Saudi Aramco since
2013 and 2015 respectively to launch HPMS technology solutions for
applications throughout the oil and gas industry. G908 marks the first
commercial product made available to the industry. To learn more about
G908 visit http://908devices.com/products/g908/
or email info@908devices.com.
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About 908 Devices
908
Devices, is democratizing chemical analysis by way of mass
spectrometry, offering point-of-need chemical analysis devices ranging
from rugged, handheld chemical detection tools to compact, tiny
footprint analyzers and fast separation devices. These purpose-built and
user-centric devices serve a range of industries including safety and
security, oil & gas, life sciences and other applied markets. 908
Devices is headquartered in the heart of Boston where they research,
design and manufacture innovative products based on High Pressure Mass
SpectrometryTM (HPMS).
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