Vapour-phase PHC screening methods were never designed to measure extractable hydrocarbons. They measure what volatilizes — not what the laboratory extracts. On peat sites, they often cannot tell petroleum from biology. AISCT Petro uses solvent extraction in the field, producing data that mirrors laboratory methodology because it uses the same approach.
The AISCT Petro System provides AI-integrated, solvent-extraction-based PHC screening for petroleum hydrocarbon fractions in soil.
By employing a solvent-extraction approach that mirrors laboratory methodology, Petro directly captures the extractable PHC fraction (TPH, F2 and F3 /LEPH and HEPH), providing significantly higher correlation to laboratory data than vapour-phase proxy methods.
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Request a PETRO DemonstrationConventional OVA/PID and headspace bag methods fail for three interconnected reasons:
Petro's solvent-extraction approach:
Petro was developed in direct alignment with published regulatory guidance:
Solvent-Extraction PHC Testing: Petro advances the solvent-extraction method recognized in CCME guidance as a field analytical approach for extractable PHC
Petro data aligns with CCME petroleum hydrocarbon fraction criteria (F2, F3) for soil
QA/QC: Petro incorporates automated reference checks, calibration records, blanks, duplicates, and triplicates
Petro supports field screening programmes aligned with CSA and provincial regulatory standards for petroleum hydrocarbon assessment
TPH, F2 and F3 / LEPH and HEPH extractable petroleum hydrocarbons
Solvent-extraction methodology mirroring laboratory extractable PHC analysis
Fraction-specific extraction — captures what labs measure, not a vapour proxy
Demonstrated effectiveness where vapour methods produce biogenic false positives
Automated reference checks, calibration records, blanks, duplicates, triplicates
CCME Vol. 1 Section 5.5.1, CCME PHC Fraction Criteria, CSA Z769
Larger remediation programmes, extractable-HC-driven sites, peat/organic environments
AISCT components can be deployed individually — Aurora on a vapour-driven hydrocarbon site, Sal on a brine release, Petro on a peat-heavy extractable HC programme. But they are designed to work together. When multiple contaminant classes are present on the same site, a multi-unit deployment produces an integrated dataset that no single instrument can provide.
The DSS platform is contaminant-agnostic: it ingests data from whichever units are deployed, maintains a unified site data record, and provides cross-contaminant intelligence that is invisible when instruments operate independently.
Our team of experts will help design the optimal instruments and data strategy for your site.
