PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS |
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Proficiency testing schemes for Petroleum and Petrochemical Products: Petroleum Products |
| Product | No. of labs | Provisional scope |
| Crude Oil | 100 | Density @15oC, API Gravity, Light Ends, Mercury, Pour Point, Salt, Sediment (D473 and D4807), Sulphur, Viscosity and Water. |
| Crude Oil Assay | 20 | Composition D2892, Density and Sulphur on all fractions and selected parameters on some fractions, e.g. Smokepoint on the Kerosene fraction and PIONA on a Naphtha fraction. |
| Gascondensate | 40 | Colour Saybolt, Density @15oC, distillation (D86), Mercury, Sulphur, Water and Vapour Pressure. |
| Hydraulic Fluid (used oil) | 35 | Density @15oC, Kinematic Viscosity @40oC and @100oC, Total Acid Number, Flash Point PMCC, Organic Halogens (extractable and total, Water and 18 elements (wear metals: Al, Ba, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Sn, Si, V and additives: Ca, P, Zn). |
| Lubricating Oil (unused) | 100 | Total Acid Number, Total Base Number, Ash (Sulphated), Colour, Conradson Carbon Residue, Density @15oC, Flash Point COC, Flash Point PMCC, Kinematic Viscosity @40oC and @100oC, Viscosity Stabinger @40oC, Nitrogen, Pour Point, Sulphur, Water and 3 additives: Ca, P, Zn. |
| Lubricating Oil (used) | 100 | Total Acid Number, Total Base Number, Density @15oC, Flash Point PMCC, Kinematic Viscosity @40oC and @100oC, Water and 19 elements (wear metals: Ag, Al, Ba, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Sn, Si, V and additives: Ca, P, Zn). |
| Naphtha | 100 | Colour Saybolt, Copper Corrosion 3hrs @ 50oC, Density at 15 oC, 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 > 200oC. |
| Naphtha | 20 | Mercury (3 samples) |
| Naphtha | 20 | Arsenic and Lead (3 samples) |
| Naphtha | 50 | DVPE. |
| Pygas | 25 | Benzene, Non Aromatics, Bromine number, Density @ 15oC, Diene Value, Distillation D86 (IBP, 50% recovered, FBP), Existent Gum, Organic Chloride and Sulphur. |
| Transformer oil | 60 | Density @20oC, Dielectric Dissipation Factor & Resistivity, Specific Resistance, Breakdown Voltage, Furanic Compounds, Interfacial Surface Tension, Colour, EOCl, Water and Neutralisation Value (Acid number). |
| Transformer oil | 40 | EOCl and PCB’s (total content, 7 individual congeners and Arochlor mixtures). |