What We Do
Laboratory Testing
More than test results, insight into the chemistry of your products and operations
SPL has been a leader in analytical service—pioneering several of today’s industry-standard testing methods commonly used by labs worldwide—for decades.
Highly accurate analytical data gives customers valuable intelligence, allowing them to enhance asset quality, forecast well depletions, protect valuable equipment and enable strategic decision-making at each point along the energy value chain.
As an extension of your in-house team, SPL can help you execute your next laboratory analysis quickly, effectively, and with precision – and can also provide the custom mix of engineering and technology required to design and deploy solutions to whatever issues and opportunities we uncover together.
Hydrocarbon Chemistry Services
With more than 500 available tests and 120+ chemical analysts at numerous locations across North America, Europe and Australia, SPL provides highly accurate analytical test results for our customers’ crude, condensate, natural gas liquid (NGL), natural gas assets. We also work on a consultative basis with our customers to assemble custom test packages that can help operators optimize their approach toward asset understanding.
Environmental Testing
SPL is a NELAP Accredited laboratory with specialization including inorganic and organic analyses of soil, waste identification and water.
Wastewater & Soil Testing
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Featured Capabilities
At SPL, we can address your pollutant, NPDES, and RCRA soil testing requirements:
Inorganic
- Cold Vapor Mercury
- ICP-MS Metals
- Wet Chemistry
- Acidity or Alkalinity
- Ammonia-N & TKN
- Anions in Water by Ion Chromatography
- Biochemical (BOD) and Chemical (COD) Oxygen Demand
- Dissolved oxygen
- Nitrate-N & Nitrite-N
- Sulfate
- Orthophosphate and Total Phosphorus Testing
- pH of Aqueous Solutions
- Radionuclides – Total Alpha/Beta Reactivity
- Total Dissolved (TDS) and Suspended (TSS) Solids
- Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
- Total Residual Chlorine
- Cyanide – Amenable and Total
- Turbidity
- Total Phenolics
- Surfactants
- E. Coli / Total Coliforms
Organic
- Gas Chromatography
- Organochlorine Pesticide
- Chlorinated Herbicides
- Aroclors
- TPH 1005
- Diesel Range Organics
- GC/MS
- Volatile (VOC) Semivolatile (SVOC) Organic Compound Analysis
- VOCs by Method 1666
- Organic Acids
- BTEX
Additional Capabilities
Please see here for our NELAP – Recognized Laboratory Fields of Accreditation.
Environmental Field Services
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Featured Capabilities
Wastewater Sample Collection
- Composite and grab wastewater sampling services for industries and municipalities are performed as required by NPDES permits, Pretreatment Programs, City Ordinances, and in-house auditing programs. Time paced, flow paced, event paced, sequential, or single/multi-part grab sampling can all be done by our experienced technicians.
Stormwater Sample Collection
- Stormwater sampling services are conducted for industries and municipalities. For many of our customers, technicians are on 24-hour standby to collect stormwater samples according to the requirements of the MSGP. For customers with locations outside our on-call service area, sampling kits are provided. These kits are returned once the samples are collected.
Additional Capabilities
Leak Detection and Remediation
- SPL is serving the Rocky Mountain region with LDAR. Our optical gas imaging (OGI) process uses infrared cameras to efficiently scan and detect leaks.
Chain of Custody Forms
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Standard Forms
Additional Resources
Finished Product Testing Services
With more than 1000 test methods available and the ability to create customized methods and instruments to meet your specific needs, you can be assured that you receive the most comprehensive downstream analytical services available.
Liquid Fuels
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FULL SPECIFICATION TESTING
- JET FUEL TESTING – ASTM D1655, ASTM D7566, MIL-DTL-83133/li>
- GASOLINE TESTING – ASTM D4814/li>
- ETHANOL TESTING – ASTM D4806/li>
- DIESEL TESTING – ASTM D975/li>
- BIODIESEL TESTING – ASTM D6751 and ASTM D7467/li>
- DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID TESTING – ISO 22241/li>
- FUTURE FUELS TESTING – Synthetic and Bio-derived Fuels/li>
Additional Capabilities
- On-Site Tank Sampling
- Contaminated Fuel Analysis, including “Cross-Drops” and DEF Contamination
- Fuel Feedstock Blending Analysis
Lubricants, Greases, & Mil-Spec Fluids
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Featured Capabilities
- TURBINE LUBRICANT TESTING – SAE AS5780, MIL-PRF-23699, MIL-PRF-7808
- GREASE TESTING – ASTM D4950, NLGI HPM
- HYDRAULIC FLUID TESTING – SAE AS1241, MIL-H-5606, MIL-PRF-83282
- HEAT TRANSFER FLUID TESTING
- GUN LUBRICANT TESTING – MIL-PRF-63460
- CORROSION PREVENTION PRODUCTS – MIL-PRF-16173
- COOLANTS AND QUENCHANTS TESTING
- ANTI-SIEZE COMPOUNDS TESTING – MIL-PRF-83483
Additional Capabilities
- 3rd-party Certification available for Hundreds of Mil-Specs
- Evaluation of Additive Package Efficacy
- Hundreds of ASTM, SAE, and ISO Test Methods Available
Refinery Support & Customized Testing
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Featured Capabilities
- QUALITY OVERSIGHT PROGRAMS
- CORROSION & FOULING STUDIES
- MATERIALS COMPATIBILITY TESTING
- MODIFICATION OF STANDARD TEST METHODS
- CUSTOM TESTING EQUIPMENT – DESIGN AND FABRICATION
Additional Capabilities
- Custom Test Method Development
- Design of Experiments
- Support for Engineering Feasibility Studies – Testing & Bench Simulation
- Hot Liquid Process Simulator
- Expert Witness Testimony
Transformer Oil
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Featured Capabilities
- Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) – ASTM D-3612
- Moisture Content – ASTM D-3612
- Interfacial Tension – ASTM D-971
- Acid Number – ASTM D-974
- Color Number and Visual Examination – ASTM D-2129, 1524, 1500
- Dielectric Breakdown – ASTM D-877
- Dielectric Breakdown – ASTM D-1816 (1 or 2 mm)
- Relative Density (Specific Gravity) – ASTM D-4052, D1298
- Viscosity 40C – ASTM D-445
- Power Factor 25C – ASTM D-924
- Power Factor 100C – ASTM D-924
- Oxidation Inhibitor – ASTM D-2668
- Metals – 8 Metal Scan (Al, AG, Ce, Fe, Pb, Si, Sn, Zn) – ASTM D-7151
- Metals – Single – ASTM D-7151
- Refractive Index – ASTM D-1807
- Resistivity 100C – ASTM D-1169
- Pour Point – ASTM D-97
- Flash Point – ASTM D-92
TEST PACKAGES AVAILABLE
Base
- ASTM D3612C, D1533, D971, D974, D1500/D1524, D1816 1mm and D4052
Advanced
- All test in ‘Basic’ plus ASTM D924 @25C and D2668
Comprehensive
- All test in ‘Basic’ & ‘Advanced’ plus ASTM D6786 and D5837
On-Site Support
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Featured Capabilities
- TURN-KEY LABORATORY DELIVERY
- 3rd-PARTY LABORATORY STAFFING
- CONTRACT & TEMPORARY LABORATORY STAFFING
- LABORATORY QUALITY AUDITS
- LABORATORY TECHNICIAN TRAINING
Additional Capabilities
- Management Consulting – Quality Programs
- Development of Customized SOPs
The Right Answer the First Time
Measured results from the lab do not always reflect behavior in the field—and any discrepancy between the two can mean the difference between useful insights and useless information.
In some instances, tried-and-true standard testing is the best route to a solution. We offer a full spectrum of standard tests and analyses to support every stage of production. When it makes sense, SPL is also able to tailor testing to your unique situation and operating conditions, providing more accurate, more relevant, more replicable results.
Flow Assurance / System Integrity Testing
Flow Assurance / System Integrity Testing
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Featured Capabilities
- Asphaltene Instability Trend (ASIST)
- Corrosion Analysis (Rotating Cage Autoclave)
- Emulsion (Viscosity)
- Foaming (Autoclave)
- Hydrates (Rocking Cell)
- Hydrates (Autoclave)
- Hydrates (HP Rheometer)
- Paraffin / Wax (Cold Finger)
- Paraffin / Wax (WAT, Cross-Polarized Microscopy (CPM))
- Paraffin / Wax (Wax Deposition Flowloop)
- Paraffin / Wax (Wax Precipitation Curve and Wax Content)
- Paraffin / Wax (Yield Stress by Rheometer)
- Paraffin / Wax (Yield Stress by Flowloop)
Additional Capabilities
- Asphaltene Dispersant Test (ADT)
- Asphaltene Stability (Turbiscan)
- Corrosion (Bubble Test)
- Corrosion (Persistence Test)
- Emulsion (Bottle Testing)
- Emulsion (Turbiscan Testing)
- Foaming Tendency Assessment
- Infrared Spectrum (ASTM E 1252)
- Particle-Size Analysis
- Paraffin / Wax (n-Paraffin Wax Distribution, HTGC)
- Paraffin / Wax (Wax Dissolution Assessment)
- Paraffin / Wax (WAT, Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC))
Pipeline Monitoring
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Featured Capabilities
- Leak detection
- Virtual metering
- Flow assurance monitoring
- Integrity monitoring
Additional Capabilities
- Digital Twin
Steady State
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Featured Capabilities
- Multiphase flow thermal hydraulics
- Large network hydraulic analysis
- Integrated production modeling (IPM)
Additional Capabilities
- Line sizing
- Deliverability
- Single phase flow thermal hydraulics
- PIPESIMTM modeling
- MaximusTM modeling
- HYSYSTM modeling
- AFT FathomTM modeling
Transient
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Featured Capabilities
- Multiphase flow thermal hydraulics
- Water hammer (liquid surge) analysis
Additional Capabilities
- OLGATM modeling
- LedaFlowTM modeling
- HYSYSTM dynamics
- AFT ImpulseTM modeling
Multiphase Flow
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Featured Capabilities
- Steady state thermal hydraulics
- Transient thermal hydraulics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Additional Capabilities
- OLGATM modeling
- LedaFlowTM modeling
- PIPESIMTM modeling
- MaximusTM modeling
Materials Testing
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Featured Capabilities
- Materials-Chemical Compatibility Testing Suite
Additional Capabilities
- Metals – Appearance, Pitting, General Corrosion by Weight Loss
- Swelling, Shore Hardness, Tensile Strength