Downstream (Refined) Petroleum Product Analysis

We provide routine and specialized services on a wide range of refined petroleum products, including:

• biodiesel
• automotive gasoline
• diesel fuel
• aviation turbine fuel
• fuel oil
• aviation gasoline
• new and used lubricating oil
• crude oil fractions

Specialized Services

Our specialized services include:

• fuel remediation
• polymer characterization
• surfactant identification
• oxygen testing - LOX and ABO
• microbiological
• solidscontaminants
• elastomer compatibility
• additive effectiveness
• Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC)
• High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma (ICAP)
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
• x-ray fluorescence
• low-temperature flow studies
• dye analysis (e.g. tax exempt fuel)
• mass spectroscopy
• time of flight mass spectroscopy
• LC-TOF
• dye analysis (e.g. tax exempt fuel)

Technical Support

We also provide technical support to Alberta producers, suppliers and contractors in the petroleum industry, including customized services to smaller Alberta laboratories in support of bids on national and international projects.

Petroleum Information Experts

Our expertise has earned us recognition as a petroleum information authority. ARC's Fuels and Lubricants Group is recognized in provincial legislation as the sole provider of tax-exempt fuel analysis for Alberta Treasury. We provide unbiased opinions and expert witnesses, and serve as the leading authority in problem resolution.