Analytical Solutions for the Petrochemical Industry

The success of the oil industry depends upon safe, reliable and efficient processes to ensure that consumers receive a consistent flow of high-quality products. For decades, Sigma-Aldrich (USA) has provided the highest quality of reliable analytical solutions to help researchers, process managers and quality analysts meet their measurement challenges. From characterising raw crude oil and natural gas, to monitoring the production of refined chemicals and determining the quality of alternative fuels, Sigma-Aldrich offers a broad range of products to the energy and chemical industries.

Sigma-Aldrich offer innovative product solutions to monitor the quality of petrochemical products and to comply with industry standards – in the laboratory and online in the process environment. Our petrochemical analysis solutions include moisture determination, speciality gas chromatography (GC) columns that quantitate trace contaminants in petrochemical streams, sample preparation devices and analytical standards to ensure accurate analysis of the diverse components of a sample.

For sample preparation, choose from a wide range of products, including those for solid phase microextraction with SPME Fast Fit Assemblies (FFA), a new configuration of SPME fibres that allow the automated exchange of SPME fibres by the Multi Fibre EXchange (MFX) System on a CTC CombiPAL type autosampler, and solid phase extraction (spe) for aliphatic/aromatic hydrocarbon split and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), as well as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) analysis in waste oils.

Sigma-Aldrich offers a comprehensive line of pure standards (neats) and also single- and multi-component petrochemical solutions suitable for all analytical methods. Many of their standards are formulated to meet the prescribed recommendations of ASTM, or international bodies (including DIN, EN and ISO), as well as other international organisations. Neats and solutions on offer include : ASTMR Petroleum Standards, Gasoline Range Organics (GRO), Biodiesel, BTEX, DIN Standards, Diesel Range Organics (DRO), Bioethanol, Olefins, Paraffins, Gas Calibration Standards, Fuel Oil, Inorganic standards for AAS, ICP and XRF, Underground Storage Tank (UST), Hydrocarbons, Jet Fuel, Petroleum Refinery Reformates, GPA Standards, PNA/PONA/PIANO Mixtures, Wear Metal Standards, Organometallic Oil Solutions and Sulphur Standards.

For safety applications, such as the decommissioning of oil rigs, when workers can be exposed to isocyanates during the welding processes, Sigma-Aldrich have specially developed the ASSET EZ4-NCO Dry Sampler to effectively monitor occupational exposure to isocyanates and to check if personal protection equipment is adequate. Also available are air sampling products conforming to ASTM, NIOSH, OSHA, US EPA, California Air Resources Board (CARB) and European methods - the range includes active, passive and whole air samplers.

To find out more, please request a brochure from Sigma-Aldrich.