PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

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Proficiency testing schemes for Petroleum and Petrochemical Products: Petroleum Products

Product No. of labs Provisional scope
Base Oil 35 Total Acid Number, Air-release time, Color, Conradson Carbon Residue, Density @15°C, Viscosity 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Stabinger 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Index, Flash Point COC, Pour Point, Sulphur, Water, Water Separability, NOACK Evaporation Loss and 3 elements: Ca, P and Zn.
Bitumen 35 Penetration @25°C, softening point, flashpoint COC, density @25°C, penetration index, dynamic viscosity @60°C and kinematic viscosity @135°C.
Crude Oil 150 Density @15°C, API Gravity, Light Ends, Mercury, Pour Point, Salt, Sediment (D473 and D4807), Sulphur, Viscosity and Water.
Crude Oil Assay 25 TBP distillation ASTM D2892 (8 fractions) and ASTM D5236 (5 fractions). Density, Sulphur and Nitrogen on original sample and all fractions; On light and heavy naphtha fractions PIONA analysis; on combined fractions kerosene and light gasoil a D86-distillation and on fractions 4 and 5 simdist.
Gascondensate 45 Colour Saybolt, Density @15°C, distillation (D86), Mercury, Sulphur and Water
Gear Oil (fresh) 35 Density @15°C, Viscosity 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Index, Flash Point PMCC, Pour Point, Total Acid Number, Rust Prevention, Copper Corrosion, Water Separability at 54°C, Sulphur and Elemental analysis, including Ca, P and Zn
Hydraulic Fluid (fresh oil) 35 Density @15°C, Viscosity 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Index, Flash Point PMCC, Pour Point, Total Acid Number, Rust Prevention, Copper Corrosion, Water Separability at 54°C, Foaming Characteristics, Sulphur and Elemental analysis, including Ca, P and Zn.
Hydraulic Fluid (used oil) 45 Density @15°C, Viscosity 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Index, Flash Point PMCC, Pour Point, Total Acid Number, Organic Halogens (extractable and total), Water, Water Separability at 54°C, Sulphur and 19 elements (wear metals: Al, Ba, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Sn, Si, V) and Ca, P and Zn.
Automotive Engine Oil / Lubricating Oil (fresh) 95 Total Acid Number, Total Base Number, Ash (sulphated), Color, Conradson Carbon Residue, Density @15°C, Viscosity 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Stabinger 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Index, Flash Point COC, Flash Point PMCC, Pour Point, Nitrogen, Sulphur, Water, High Temperature High Shear (HTHS), Foaming Characteristics, NOACK evaporation and 3 elements: Ca, P and Zn.
Automotive Engine Oil / Lubricating Oil (used) 100 Total Acid Number, Total Base Number, Density @15°C, Viscosity 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Index, Flash Point PMCC, Water, Fuel Dilution, Sulphur and 20 elements (wear metals: Ag, Al, Ba, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Sn, Si, V) and Ca, P and Zn.
Naphtha 80 Colour Saybolt, Copper Corrosion 3hrs @ 50°C, Density @ 15 °C, Distillation (IBP, 50% recovered, FBP), Mercaptans, Methanol, MTBE, TAME, DIPE, sum oxygenates, Organic chlorides, Sulphur and PIONA: n-Paraffins, i-Paraffins, Olefines, Naphthenes, Aromatics, C4 and lighter hydrocarbons and compounds with boiling point below 200°C.
Naphtha 45 Mercury
Naphtha 30 Arsenic and Lead
Naphtha 45 DVPE
Transformer oil (fresh) 65 Density @20°C, Viscosity 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Index, Dielectric Dissipation Factor & Resistivity, Specific Resistance, Breakdown Voltage, Interfacial Surface Tension, Color, Water and Neutralization Value.
Transformer oil (used) 65 Density @20°C, Dielectric Dissipation Factor & Resistivity, Specific Resistance, Breakdown Voltage, Interfacial Surface Tension, Color and Water and Neutralization value.
Transformer oil (used) 35 Furanic Components.
Transformer oil (used) 40 Dissolved gas analysis (DGA): Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Ethane, Ethene, Ethyn, Propane and Propene.
Turbine oil (used) 40 Total Acidity, Total Base Number, Total Acid number, Color, Conradson Carbon Residue, Density @15°C, Kinematic Viscosity 40°C and 100°C, Viscosity Index, Flash Point PMCC, Water, Foaming Characteristics, Water Separability, Level of Contamination and Rotating Pressure Vessel Oxidation Test.
Mineral oil (used) 45 TOX and PCBs (total content, 7 individual congeners and Arochlor (Aroclor) mixtures).