In a white paper, Bruker Optics discusses a new analytical method that can save both time and a potentially expensive transport procedure. By law, waste water produced on off-shore oil platforms must conform to hydrocarbon content parameters. Previously, the only recognized way to obtain this data was off-site gas chromatography using flammable pentane. A Bruker Optics ALPHA Fourier transform infrared spectrometer has been used to perform the same analysis using a simpler extraction method.
