Meta-chrome chromatographs are successfully used in laboratory conditions and are highly sensitive, so it is easy to determine changes in the concentration of the gas field.

The equipment allows detecting oil and gas deposits by hydrocarbon concentration fields. It makes it possible to identify and determine the mass fraction of methane content, which is a direct indicator of oil and gas content, to identify the presence of vaporous, epigenetic and aromatic hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacteria, products of hydrocarbon conversion that have arisen under the influence of certain factors, as well as sulfur, secondary pyrite and other substances, the detection of which indicates the oil and gas content of the territory. In addition, chromatographs are used in Geology to date sediments and organic remains.