Oil & Gas Testing

The high-quality production of oil & gas is prerequisite for their application, which can save manpower, material and financial resources for next step in transportation and refining. For example, the upstream corrosion testing is crucial during the high-quality oil & gas production, which can avoid the pipeline corrosion of midstream transportation. The identification and testing of radioactivity elements in unqualified oil & gas can avoid the harm to human and environment. Drilling and stimulation of oil or gas wells brings potential risks to groundwater. Alfa Chemistry offers hydraulic fracturing,corrosion testing, radioactivity elements Identification and testing, pre-drill water testing to ensure the oil & gas production. Light hydrocarbon and dissolved gas tests are important through comparison of results with background or pre-drill levels. We can provide some drilling measurement solutions products including Gamma Sensors, Neutron Sensors, centerfire propagation wave resistivity, directive micro processing unit (MPU), electro-trac? MWD system and so on. The testing of produced and flowback water is full of challenges because of the influence of nature water, but Alfa Chemistry has experts to handle it well. The characterization of the drilling residuals/drill cutting disposal and testing of the potential presence of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) are also important during oil & gas production. In addition, shale gas/natural gas testing, hydrocarbons/sulfur testing, petroleum pilot plant services, and other testings for petroleum, petroleum feedstocks, crude oil, waste oil and refined products are also provided to make progress in the upstream exploration and production of oil & gas.

Upstream Services:

• Hydraulic Fracturing

• Pre-Drill Water

• Gas Migration

• Produced and Flowback Water

• Drilling Residuals/Drill Cutting Disposal

• Shale Gas/Natural Gas Testing

• Hydrocarbons/Sulfur Testing

• Petroleum, Petroleum Feedstocks, Crude Oil, Waste Oil and Refined Products Testing

• Petroleum Pilot Plant Services

• Corrosion Testing

• Radioactivity Elements Identification and Testing

Midstream and downstream refers to the transportation and refining of the oil & gas industry. Pipeline transportation is the main way to store and transport oil & gas. Long-term unbalanced pipelines subjected to frequent fluctuation and impact, are extremely prone to crack and even pipeline fracture. In addition, pipelines undergo a variety of responsible address environments, and the changes in the pH, current, soil moisture also could cause corrosion problems. Therefore, pipeline transportation, pipeline failure analysis and inspection, fracture mechanics and fatigue testing, waste analysis, are available to the oil industry. Many expansive industrial complexes can be produced by downstream refining, which may induce environmental or human problem. Alfa Chemistry can provide on-site investigations and remedial action support to help you find the causation and solutions. We can establish client-specific QA protocols to meet data usability requirements and all data is provided in a Level IV data package. We own lots of inspection technologies during midstream and downstream such as magnescan?, smartscan?, smartscan? DS (deep sea), transcan?, ultrascan? WM, ultrascan? duo. We provided testing and logistical remedial action support for the nation's largest refineries and many oil and gas companies at home and abroad.

Midstream and Downstream Services:

• Pipeline Transportation

• Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue Testing

• Pipeline Failure Analysis and Inspection

• Waste Characterization

• Site Investigations

• Remedial Action Support

Sources of petroleum hydrocarbons in the environment can arise from leaking underground storage tanks (USTs) and spills of diesel fuel, aviation, gas organics and other fuels. It is vital to check the oil's purity and identify contaminants that may be inside of the product. Many products such as diesel oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), asphalt, petroleum coke, motor oil, fertilizers, antifreeze, plastics, rubbers, pesticides, synthetic rubber, jet fuel are derived from the refining of crude oil and they all can be tested and verified by Alfa Chemistry . We can better understand the source of the petroleum hydrocarbons on site prior to remediation and make prevent measures in advance.

Retail and Distribution Services Involving:

• Diesel Organics

• Gas Organics

• Oil & Grease

Testing the quality of oil and gas is essential to ensure smooth running of the whole process of upstream, midstream, downstream and retail. The oil and gas quality testings that Alfa Chemistry provided include residual testing, VOC testing, SVOC testing, metallurgical testing, mechanical testing, motor oil testing, semivolatile petroleum products testing, which are available to petrochemical plants, oil refineries, natural gas distribution companies and retail outlets. Alfa Chemistry can use purge and trap method to quantify the level of hydrocarbons in the C6-C10 range and gas chromatography (GC) method utilizing a flame ionization detector to quantify hydrocarbons in the C10-C28 range or C40 range. Alfa Chemistry owns abundant gas chromatography equipment such as electron capture detector, flame Ionization detector, flame photometric detector, head space sampler, mass spectrometer detector (GC/MS), GC/MS-MS and so on. Some TPH testing methods are also developed by Alfa Chemistry including NWTPH , TX 1005/1006, NJEPH, CTETPH, AK 102/103, TN EPH/GRO, FL PRO and so on.