Third-party contract measurements in our supply laboratory
for crude oil and natural gas, oilfield chemicals, inhibitors, gas hydrates, water treatment and thermal conductivity
In our service laboratory we offer extensive third-party contract measurements in the area of Flow Assurance, crude and live oil, petroleum and petroleum products like oilfield chemicals, inhibitors, gas hydrates and testing of physical properties.
The analysis of the deposition behavior of water and their scale inhibitors or preventers in pipeline systems such as industrial plants of the petroleum industry, via food industry and geothermal energy complete our offer.
For this we adapt the test parameter to your needs and provice test facilities beyond the typical standard procedures. Customer specific adaptations of our instruments and completely new test set-ups are possible.
We offer the following measurement services in our laboratory:
Asphaltene: Asphaltene inhitibtors and asphaltene stability testing
- Asphaltene stability
- Effectiveness of asphalten inhibitors
- Blending stability of crude oil
- Pressure-dependent destabilization
Temperature: | -25 .. +300 °C |
Pressure: | up to 700 bar (10,000 psi) |
Sample volume: | ~ 10 / 30 ml |
- Titration up to flocculation of asphaltenes
- Determination of relative stability
- Comparable ASTM D6703, D7060, D711
Drag Reducer: Efficency of drag reducer agents (DRA) and flow improver testing
- Effectiveness of Drag Reducing Agents (DRA)
- Effectiveness of viscosity improvers
Temperature: | -10 .. +80 °C |
Pressure: | up to 35 bar (500 psi) |
Sample volume: | 0.5 - 3 l (matrix, e.g. oil) |
DRA: | depending concentration |
- Turbulent flow with fixed ot variable Reynolds numbers
- Determination of DRA efficiency
Gas hydrate: Inhibitor testing in autoclave or rocking cell
- Thermodynamic inhibitors (TDI)
- Kinetic inhibitors (KHI)
- Anti-agglomerants (AA)
- Hydrat equillibrium temperature (HET)
Temperature: | -20 .. +60 °C |
Pressure: | up to 350 bar (5,000 psi) |
Sample volume: | depending test / instrument |
- Autoclave testing for realistic results
- Rocking Cell - screening of inhibitors
- Influence of other additives on hydrate formation
Long term stability: Thermal stress test for fluids, chemicals and umbilicals
- Stress test for chemicals, umbillical fluids
Temperature: | -10 .. +200 °C |
Pressure: | up to 150 bar (2,175 psi) |
Sample volume: | depending setup / test |
- Repeated thermal stress of the test substance
- Determination of viscosity change over time
- Filter blocking tendency
Pour Point: Pour point and no flow point measure acc. ASTM D5985 - rotational method
- Pour Point Depressants (PPD)
- Viscosity improvers
- Wax inhibitors
- Pure chemicals and mixtures
Temperature: | -45 .. +150 °C |
Pressure: | ambient |
Sample volume: | ~ 30 ml |
- ASTM D5985 - Rotational Method
- Determination of No Flow Point
- Calculation of Pour Point (ASTM D97)
Scale: Scale inhibitors and deposition preventing
- Scale inhibitoren / hardness stabilizers
- Scale dissolver
Temperature: | -20 / +30 .. 300 °C |
Pressure | up to 400 bar (5,800 psi) |
Sample volume: | depending test setup |
- Determination of scaling tendency
- Determination of Minimal Inhibitor Concentration (MIC)
- Effectiveness of scale inhibitors
- Effectiveness of scale dissolvers
Viscosity: Determine absolute viscosity up to 1,500 bar
- Absolute dynamic viscosity
- Shear rate depending
- Shear stress depending
- Temperature depending
- Kinematic viscosity (Falling ball)
Temperature: | -30 .. +200 °C |
Pressure: | ambient, up to 1,500 bar (21,750 psi) |
Sample volume: | depending instrument / test |
Depending test:
- DIN 53019 / ISO 3219
- DIN 54453
- Plate/Plate or Plate/Cone
- Rotation or Oscillation
- DIN 53015 (Falling ball)
Wax: Wax content, wax deposition behavior of crude oils and wax inhibitor testing
- Wax inhibitors
- Viscosity improvers
- Wax dissolvers
Temperature: | -20 .. +200 °C |
Pressure: | up to 170 bar (2,450 psi) |
Sample volume: | depending instrument / test |
- Determination of wax deposition tendency
- Effectiveness of wax inhibitors
- Effectiveness of wax dissolvers
- Screening of wax inhibitors
Thermal Conductivity: Fluids, gels and pastes measure acc. ASTM D2717 / ASTM D7896
- Lambda value (thermal conductivity)
- Specific heat capacity cp
- Thermal diffusivity α
of fluids, gels and pastes
Temperature: | -30 .. +200 °C |
Pressure: | ambient, up to 200 bar (2,900 psi) |
Sample volume: | ~ 50 ml |
- ASTM D7896
- based on ASTM D2717
Particle size distribution: Particle size distribution determine by sieve analysis acc. DIN 18123
- Particle size distribution by sieve analysis
- Dry sieving
Temperature: | ambient |
Pressure: | ambient |
Sample volume: | on request |
- DIN 18123
- Particle sizes >4 mm to <0.063 mm
You did not find the needed test method? Customer specific adaptations of our instruments or completely new set-ups are possible.
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