Fuels & Lubricants is a Tech Futures full service laboratory. Research capabilities cover a full range of petroleum product characterizations; from LPGs to refined products, to crude oil assays, to bitumens. The laboratory maintains ISO 17025 accreditation (Accredited Laboratory No. 41) through the Standards Council of Canada.
Tech Futures’ work with fuels and lubricants is nationally recognized and has grown to offer a diverse range of services to the oil and gas and renewable fuels industries. Tech Futures offers:
- Specialized characterization services
- Ability to problem-solve difficult processes
- An independent, unbiased research partner to evaluate new equipment and products
Download a full list of the tests offered here.
Services
- Upstream (unrefined) and downstream (refined) analyses
Tech Futures offers product evaluation and quality assessment of fuels, lubricants and crude oils. Petroleum analyses meets Canadian, American and international specifications
- Renewable fuels
Tech Futures helps biodiesel producers select which oils will work best for biodiesel, and also analyze the final product.
- Proficieny testing through the International Quality Assurance Exchange Program
This proficiency testing program gives participants the opportunity to evaluate and assess personnel, equipment and methods, and is a critical step in qualifying for accreditation.
- Method and specification development
Tech Futures offers leading edge technology through its work in developing methods and specifications for upstream, downstream and renewable fuel characterization. These new methods help customers lower costs and improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Industry product characteristics surveys and database
This program helps customers understand the trends in the industry. While most of Tech Futures' surveys focus on downstream products, it has also surveyed biodiesel and will soon be doing a survey on bitumen.
- Tech Futures also offer a variety of training courses in this area.
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