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Fuel quality and control
The EI is seen as a world class leader in test method development, developing and publishing international standard test methods (known as IP Test Methods) for petroleum and related products. These are used to support government regulations, custody transfer, quality control and international petroleum product specifications globally. Covering fuel, lubricants, bitumen and crude oil testing and analysis, these standards are referenced by regulatory authorities and in various MoD product quality control specifications.
- IP 568: Determination of the static dissipater additives (SDA) in aviation turbine fuel and middle distillate fuels - HPLC method
- IP 554: Ethanol as a blending component for petrol — Determination of sulfur content — Ultraviolet fluorescence method
- IP 530: Determination of the density of grease — Density cup method
- IP 432: Liquefied petroleum gases- calculation method for density and vapour pressure
- IP 379: Determination of organically bound trace nitrogen — Oxidative combustion and chemiluminescence method
- IP 280: Petroleum products and lubricants — Inhibited mineral turbine oils — Determination of oxidation stability
- IP 243: Petroleum products and hydrocarbons- Determination of sulfur content- Wickbold combustion method
- IP 212: Determination of viscosity of bitumen emulsions- Engler method
- IP PM EC: Determination of the fatty acid methyl ester content of aviation turbine fuel - solid phase extraction and gas chromatography method
- IP 142: Determination of oxidation stability of lubricating grease — Oxygen pressure vessel method
- IP 494: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of breaking behaviour - Part 1: Determination of breaking value of cationic bituminous emulsions, mineral filler method
- IP 71: Section 2 Glass capillary kinematic viscometers - Specifications and operating instructions
- IP 519: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the tensile properties of bituminous binders by the tensile test method
- IP 17: Determination of colour — Lovibond® tintometer® method
- Code of practice for communicating changes to apparatus specified in IP Test Methods
- Guidance on development, implementation and improvement of quality systems in petroleum laboratories
- IP 1: Determination of acidity, neutralization value - Colour indicator titration method
- IP 4: Petroleum products - Determination of ash (ISO 6245:2001)
- IP 12: Determination of specific energy
- IP 14: Petroleum products - Determination of carbon residue - Ramsbottom method
- IP 19: Determination of demulsibility characteristics of lubricating oil
- IP 35 : Determination of open flash and fire point - Pensky-Martens method
- IP 36: Determination of flash and fire points - Cleveland open cup method
- IP 40: Petroleum products - Determination of oxidation stability of gasoline - Induction period method
- IP 47: Bitumen and bituminous binders - determination of solubility
- IP 49: Bitumen and bituminous binders - determination of needle penetration
- IP 53: Crude petroleum and fuel oils - Determination of sediment - Extraction method
- IP 55: Determination of melting point of wax - Cooling curve method
- IP 58: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of softening point - Ring and ball method
- IP 74: Petroleum products and bituminous materials - Determination of water - Distillation method
- IP 76: Determination of congealing point of waxes and petrolatum
- IP 77: Determination of salt content - Extraction and volumetric titration method
- IP 80: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the Fraass breaking point
- IP 91: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of residue on sieving of bituminous emulsions, and determination of storage stability by sieving
- IP 107: Determination of sulphur - Lamp combustion method
- IP 112: Determination of corrosiveness to copper of lubricating grease - Copper strip method copy
- IP 121: Determination of oil separation from lubricating grease - Pressure filtration method
- IP 125: Determination of cast iron corrosion characteristics of petroleum products
- IP 129: Determination of bromine number - Colour indicator titration method
- IP 133: Determination of drop melting point of wax and petrolatum
- IP 136 Section 1: Petroleum products - Determination of saponification number - Part 1: Colour-indicator titration method
- IP 136 Section 2: Petroleum products - Determination of saponification number - Part 2: Potentiometric titration method
- IP 137: Determination of oil content of water mix metalworking oil dilutions
- IP 138: Determination of oxidation stability of aviation fuel Potential residue method copy
- IP 146: Determination of foaming characteristics of lubricating oils
- IP 149: Petroleum products - Lubricating oils and additives - Determination of phosphorus content - Quinoline phosphomolybdate method
- IP 158: Determination of oil content of waxes - Gravimetric method
- IP 160: Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products - Laboratory determination of density - Hydrometer method
- IP 163: Petroleum products - Determination of sulfated ash in lubricating oils and additives
- IP 179: Determination of cone penetration of petrolatum
- IP 182: Determination of inorganic acidity of petroleum products - Colour indicator titration method
- IP 185: Determination of odour of petroleum wax
- IP 186: Determination of low temperature torque of lubricating grease
- IP 189/190: Crude petroleum and liquid or solid petroleum products - Determination of density or relative density - Capillary-stoppered pyknometer and graduated bicapillary pyknometer methods
- IP 195: Determination of distillation characteristics of volatile organic liquids
- IP 213: Determination of neutralization value of bitumen - Colour indicator titration method
- IP 222: Bitumens and bituminous binders - Determination of dynamic viscosity by vacuum capillary
- IP 223: Determination of ash of petroleum products containing mineral matter
- IP 224: Determination of low lead content of light petroleum distillates by dithizone extraction and colorimetric determination
- IP 225: Determination of copper in light petroleum distillates - Spectrophotometric method
- IP 228: Determination of lead content of gasoline - X-ray spectrometric method
- IP 229: Determination of the relative oxidation stability by rotating bomb of mineral turbine oil copy
- IP 231: Determination of engine cleanliness - Caterpillar high speed supercharged compression ignition method
- IP 235: Determination of density of light hydrocarbons - Pressure hydrometer method
- IP 239: Determination of extreme pressure and anti-wear properties of lubricating fluids and greases - Four ball method (European conditions)
- IP 240: Determination of extreme pressure properties of lubricating fluids - Timken method copy
- IP 247: Determination of engine cleanliness and wear - Merit rating system method
- IP 249: Determination of density - Bingham pyknometer method
- IP 265: Determination of total salts content of crude oil - Conductivity method
- IP 266: Determination of churning tendency of bearing greases
- IP 270: Petroleum products - Determination of lead content of gasoline - Iodine monochloride method
- IP 271: Determination of barium content of lubricating oil additive concentrates - Sulfuric and nitric acid oxidation method
- IP 272: Determination of mercaptan sulfur and hydrogen sulfide content of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) - Electrometric titration method
- IP 285: Determination of nickel and vanadium - Spectrophotometric method
- IP 287: Determination of rust prevention characteristics of water mix metal working fluids - Cast iron drillings/filter paper method
- IP 289: Determination of water reaction of aviation fuels
- IP 291: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of water content in bitumen emulsions - Azeotropic distillation method
- IP 292: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of particle polarity of bituminous emulsions
- IP 294: Determination of shear stability of polymer-containing oils - Diesel injector rig method
- IP 295: Determination of electric strength of insulating oils
- IP 298: Determination of quinizarin - Extraction spectrophotometric method
- IP 299: Determination of bromine index - Electrometric titration method
- IP 306: Determination of oxidation stability of straight mineral oil
- IP 308: Determination of barium, calcium, magnesium and zinc in unused lubricating oils - Atomic absorption method
- IP 309: Diesel and domestic heating fuels - Determination of cold filter plugging point copy
- IP 310: Determination of cone penetration of grease - One-quarter and one-half scale cone method
- IP 315: Petroleum products - Electrical insulating oils - Detection of corrosive sulfur
- IP 316: Determination of heptane insolubles in used lubricating oils
- IP 319: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of kinematic viscosity aromatic hydrocarbon types in middle distillates - High performance liquid chromatography method with refractive index detection
- IP 326: Determination of extreme pressure properties of grease - Timken method
- IP 334: Determination of load carrying capacity of lubricants - FZG gear machine method
- IP 337: Determination of composition of non-associated natural gas - Quantitative gas chromatography method
- IP 343: Determination of 2,4-dimethyl-6-tertiary-butyl phenol content of aviation turbine fuel - High performance liquid chromatography method
- IP 346: Determination of polycyclic aromatics in unused lubricating base oils and asphaltene free petroleum fractions - Dimethyl sulphoxide extraction refractive index method
- IP 356: Crude petroleum - Determination of water - Potentiometric Karl Fischer titration method
- IP 358: Crude petroleum - Determination of water - Distillation method
- IP 360: Research and Motor Method Octane Ratings Using On-Line Analyzers
- IP 362: Determination of total lead content of gasoline - Atomic absorption spectrophotometry method
- IP 368: Determination of hydrocarbon types in lubricating oil basestocks - Preparative high performance liquid chromatography method
- IP 369: Determination of composition of oil soluble petroleum sulphonates - Liquid chromatography method
- IP 371: Determination of drop point of petrolatum
- IP 373: Determination of sulfur content - Oxidative microcoulometry method
- IP 374: Determination of coumarin content of kerosine - Fluorimetric and high performance liquid chromatography methods
- IP 376: Determination of needle penetration of petroleum wax
- IP 377: Petroleum products - Determination of aluminium and silicon in fuel oils - Inductively coupled plasma emission and atomic absorption spectroscopy methods
- IP 386: Crude petroleum - Determination of water - Coulometric Karl Fischer titration method
- IP 389: Determination of wax appearance temperature (WAT) of middle distillate fuels by differential thermal analysis (DTA) or differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- IP 393: Determination of volatility of automotive lubricating oils - Thermogravimetric method
- IP 396: Determination of dropping point of lubricating grease - Automatic apparatus method
- IP 399: Determination of hydrogen sulphide in fuel oils copy
- IP 400: Determination of base number of petroleum products - Conductimetric titration method
- IP 405: Commercial propane and butane - Analysis by gas chromatography
- IP 407: Determination of barium, calcium, phosphorus, sulfur and zinc by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
- IP 413: Petroleum products - Low levels of vanadium in liquid fuels - Determination by flameless atomic absorption spectrometry after ashing
- IP 414: Industrial quenching oils - Determination of cooling characteristics - Nickel-alloy probe test method
- IP 416: Determination of sulfate and nitrate in diesel particulate filter samples
- IP 418: Determination of relative volatility of automotive lubricating oils by isothermal thermogravimetry
- IP 422: Determination of the filter flow of aviation turbine fuels at low temperatures (FFLT) (simulated freezing point)
- IP 423: Determination of particulate contaminant in aviation turbine fuels by laboratory filtration
- IP 424: Determination of fuel system icing inhibitor content of aviation turbine kerosines by high performance liquid chromatography
- IP 427: Liquefied petroleum gases - Determination of oily residues - High-temperature method
- IP 428: Liquid petroleum products - Petrol - Determination of low lead concentrations by atomic absorption spectrometry
- IP 430: Petroleum products - Determination of alkyl nitrate in diesel fuels - Spectrometric method
- IP 431: Petroleum products - Determination of acid number - Semi-micro colour-indicator titration method
- IP 433: Petroleum products - Determination of vanadium and nickel content - Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
- IP 437: Determination of additive elements in unused lubricating oils and additive packages by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry
- IP 438: Petroleum products - Determination of water - Coulometric Karl Fischer titration method
- IP 439: Petroleum products - Determination of water - Potentiometric Karl Fischer titration method
- IP 440: Liquid petroleum products - Determination of contamination in middle distillates
- IP 442: Analysis of fuel- and oil-derived hydrocarbons in diesel particulates on filters - Gas chromatography method
- IP 443: Extraction of the soluble organic fraction (SOF) of diesel particulates collected on filters - Soxhlet extraction method
- IP 449: Petroleum products and lubricants - Determination of acid number - Non-aqueous potentiometric titration method
- IP 454: Determination of phosphorus in gasoline - Spectrophotometric method
- IP 456: Determination of potassium in gasoline - Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) method
- IP 457: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Characterization of perceptible properties
- IP 458: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of recovered binder and oil distillate from bitumen emulsions by distillation
- IP 459 Part 1: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the paraffin wax content - Part 1: Method by distillation
- IP 459 Part 2: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the paraffin wax content - Part 2: Method by extraction
- IP 460 Part 1: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the resistance to hardening under influence of heat and air - Part 1: RFTOT method
- IP 460 Part 2: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the resistance to hardening under influence of heat and air - Part 2: TFOT method
- IP 460 Part 3: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the resistance to hardening under influence of heat and air - Part 3: RFT method
- IP 461: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Preparation of test samples
- IP 462 Part 1: Petroleum products and used oils - Determination of PCBs and related products - Part I: Separation and determination of selected PCB congeners by gas chromatography (GC) using an electron capture detector (ECD)
- IP 462 Part 2: Petroleum products and used oils - Determination of PCBs and related products - Part 2: Calculation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) content
- IP 462 Part 3: Petroleum products and used oils - Determination of PCBs and related products - Determination and quantification of polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT) and polychlorinated benzyl toluenes (PCBT) content by gas chromatography (GC) using an elec
- IP 464: Liquid petroleum products - Determination of sodium content - Atomic absorption spectrometric method
- IP 465: Liquid petroleum products - Determination of nickel and vanadium content - Atomic absorption spectrometric method
- IP 466: Liquid petroleum products - Unleaded petrol - Determination of organic oxygenate compounds and total organically bound oxygen content by gas chromatography using column switching
- IP 470: Determination of aluminium, silicon, vanadium, nickel, iron, calcium, zinc and sodium in residual fuel oil by ashing, fusion and atomic absorption spectrometry
- IP 471: Determination of the water content of distillate petroleum products - Potentiometric Karl Fischer titration method
- IP 473: Determination of the composition of liquefied petroleum gases - Gas chromatography method
- IP 474: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Sampling bituminous binders
- IP 475: Petroleum liquids - Manual sampling (ISO 3170: 2004)
- IP 476: Petroleum liquids - Automatic pipeline sampling
- IP 477: Liquefied petroleum gases - Method of sampling
- IP 479: Determination of wet and dry crude oil densities - Hydrometer method
- IP 483: Determination of sediment in crude oil - Membrane filtration method
- IP 484: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of efflux time by the efflux viscometer - Part 1:Bituminous emulsions
- IP 485: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of settling tendency of bitumen emulsions
- IP 486: Bitumen and bituminious binders - Determination of mixing stability with cement of bituminous emulsions
- IP 487: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of penetration power of bituminous emulsions
- IP 488: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the pH value of bituminous emulsions
- IP 489: Petroleum products - Determination of low lead contents in gasolines - Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF)
- IP 491: Determination of flash/no flash - Closed cup equilibrium method
- IP 492: Determination of flash point - Closed cup equilibrium method
- IP 493: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Recovery of binder from bituminous emulsion or cut-back or fluxed bituminous binders - Part 1: Recovery by evaporation
- IP 495: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of breaking behaviour - Part 2: Determination of fines mixing time of cationic bituminous emulsions
- IP 498: Determination of ignition delay and derived cetane number (DCN) of middle distillate fuels by combustion in a constant volume chamber
- IP 500: Determination of the phosphorus content of residual fuels by ultra-violet spectrometry
- IP 502: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of efflux time by the efflux viscometer - Part 2:Cut-back and fluxed bituminous binders
- IP 504: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of staining tendency of bitumens
- IP 505: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of viscosity of bitumen using a rotating spindle apparatus
- IP 508: Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel quality - Fuel quality monitoring system (FQMS)
- IP 509: Automotive fuels - Assessment of petrol and diesel fuel quality - Sampling from retail site pumps and commercial site fuel dispensers
- IP 511: Determination of carbonyl compounds in dilute motor exhaust - Liquid chromatography method
- IP 512: Petroleum and related products - Preparation of a test portion of high-boiling liquids for the determination of water content - Nitrogen purge method (ISO 20764:2003)
- IP 513: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of dynamic viscosity of modified bitumen. Part 1: Cone and plate method
- IP 515: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of deformation energy
- IP 516: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the elastic recovery of modified bitumen
- IP 517: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of storage stability of modified bitumen
- IP 518: Bitumen and bitumous binders - Visualisation of polymer dispersion in polymer modified bitumen
- IP 520: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the tensile properties of modified bitumen by the force ductility method
- IP 521: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of adhesivity of bitumen emulsions by water immersion test
- IP 522: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of cohesion of bituminous binders with pendulum test
- IP 524: Determination of flash/no flash - Rapid equilibrium closed cup method (ISO 3680:2004)
- IP 525: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the distillation characteristics of cut-back and fluxed bituminous binders made with mineral fluxes
- IP 527: Petroleum products and lubricants - Determination of low temperature cone penetration of lubricating greases
- IP 533: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the flexural creep stiffness - Bending Bean Rheometer (BBR)
- IP 534: Determination of flash point - Small scale closed cup ramp method
- IP 535: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Accelerated long-term ageing conditioning by a Pressure Ageing Vessel (PAV)
- IP 536: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of complex shear modulus and phase angle - Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR)
- IP 537: Determination of the purity of Derived Cetane Number reference materials - gas chromatography method
- IP 539: Determination of water content of ethanol - Coulometric Karl Fischer titration method
- IP 541: Determination of ignition and combustion characteristics of residual fuels — Constant volume combustion chamber method
- IP 542: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Stabilisation of binder from bituminous emulsions or from cut-back and fluxed bituminous binders
- IP 547: Fat and oil derivatives - Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) - Determination of Ca, K, Mg and Na content by optical emission spectral analysis with inductively coupled plasma (ICP OES)
- IP 548: Determination of aromatic hydrocarbon types in middle distillates - High performance liquid chromatography method with refractive index detection
- IP 550: Determination of the sulfated ash of burner fuels derived from waste mineral oils
- IP 551: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Accelerated long-term ageing/conditioning by the rotating cylinder method (RCAT)
- IP 552: Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of inorganic chloride - Potentiometric method
- IP 555: Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of phosphorus content - Ammonium molybdate spectrometric method
- IP 556: Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of copper content - Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method
- IP 557: Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of pHe
- IP 559: Determination of density of middle distillate fuels - Hand held oscillating U-tube density meter method
- IP 560: Determination of silicon, chromium, nickel, iron and copper in used greases - Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy method
- IP 561: Determination of silicon, chromium, copper, nickel and iron in used grease - Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) method
- IP 562: Determination of the foaming characteristics of water mix metalworking fluids - Foam test rig method
- IP 563: Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of inorganic chloride and sulfate content - Ion chromatographic method
- IP 564: Determination of the level of cleanliness of aviation turbine fuel — automatic particle condition monitor
- IP 565: Determination of the level of cleanliness of aviation turbine fuel - Portable automatic particle counter method
- IP 567: Determination of derived cetane number (DCN) of middle distillate fuels - Fixed range injection period, constant volume combustion chamber method
- IP 571: Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of higher alcohols, methanol and volatile impurities - Gas chromatographic method
- IP 573: Ethanol as a blending component of petrol - Determination of appearance - Visual method
- IP 574: Automotive fuels - Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) fuel and blends with diesel fuel - Determination of oxidation stability by accelerated oxidation method
- IP 575: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of adhesivity of cut-back and fluxed bituminous binders by water immersion test - Aggregate method
- IP 576: Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of dry residue (involatile material) - Gravimetric method
- IP 577: Determination of the level of cleanliness of aviation turbine fuel - Automatic particle counter method using light extinction
- IP 578: Petroleum products and fat and oil derivates - Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) for diesel engines - Determination of polyunsaturated (≥4 double bonds) fatty acid methyl esters (PUFA) by gas chromatography
- IP 579: Liquid petroleum products - Determination of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) content in middle distillates - Infrared spectrometry Method
- IP 580: Determination of the thermal stability, emulsion stability and foaming characteristics of water mix metal working fluids
- IP 581: Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of phosphorus, copper and sulfur content - Direct method by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES)
- IP 584: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of the fracture toughness temperature by a three point bending test on a notched specimen
- IP 586: Automotive fuels - Ethanol blending component and ethanol (E85) automotive fuel - Determination of electrical conductivity
- IP 588: Automotive fuels - Determination of manganese content in unleaded petrol - Flame atomic absorption spectrometric method (FAAS)
- IP 589: Automotive fuels - Determination of manganese content in unleaded petrol - Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) method
- IP 590: Determination of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in aviation turbine fuel - HPLC evaporative light scattering detector method
- IP 592: Determination of lead, nickel, chromium, copper, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, thallium, antimony, cobalt, manganese and vanadium in burner fuels derived from waste mineral oils — Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry method
- IP 593: Determination of lead, nickel, chromium, copper, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, thallium, antimony, cobalt, manganese and vanadium in burner fuels derived from waste mineral oils — Wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometry method
- IP 594: Determination of mercury in burner fuels derived from waste mineral oils – Combustion, amalgamation, cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry method
- IP 597: Rating of heater tubes — Interferometric method
- IP 603: Bitumen and bituminous binders - Determination of efflux time of bituminous emulsions using the Redwood No. II Viscometer
- IP 604: Lubricants, industrial oils and related products — Determination of the foaming and air release properties of industrial gear oils using a spur gear test rig — Flender foam test procedure
- IP 606: Automotive fuels - Determination of high-boiling components including fatty acid methyl esters in petrol – Gas chromatographic method copy
- IP 607: Automotive fuels - Determination of iodine value in FAME - Calculation method from gas chromatographic data
- IP 609: Petroleum products and fat and oil derivatives - Determination of phosphorus content in fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) - Optical emission spectral analysis with inductively coupled plasma (ICP OES)
- IP 610: Determination of sulfur, vanadium, nickel, iron, calcium, zinc and phosphorous in residual fuel oil by wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometry
- IP 611: Determination of corrosiveness to silver of automotive gasoline - Silver strip method
- IP 613: Determination of the viable aerobic microbial content of fuels and associated water - Thixotropic Gel Culture Method
- IP 614: Liquefied petroleum gases - Determination of dissolved residue - Gas chromatographic method using liquid, on-column injection
- IP 615: Determination of ignition delay and derived cetane number (DCN) of middle distillate fuels – Ignition delay and combustion delay determination using a constant volume combustion chamber with direct fuel injection
- IP 621: Determination of low level metallic elements in vacuum gas oil/waxy distillates — Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) or inductively coupled plasma-emission spectrophotometry (ICP-ES) method
- IP PM DB: Determination of rust prevention characteristics of papermaking machine oils in the presence of aqueous test fluids
- IP PM EA: Determination of the filter blocking tendency of fatty acid methyl esters - Cold soak and filtration method
- IP PM ED: Determination of lead, nickel, chromium, copper, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, thallium, antimony, cobalt, manganese and vanadium in distillate type burner fuels derived from waste mineral oils - Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry
- IP PM EH: Determination of the Solvent Yellow 124 content of kerosine and gas oil - High performance liquid chromatography method
- IP PM EJ: Determination of kinematic viscosity of aviation turbine fuels – Manual and automated method
- IP PM EN: Determination of low temperature torque of lubricating grease using an electronic torque transducer
- IP PM EO: Determination of Olefin content - High resolution Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy method
- IP PM ET: Crude Oil — Determination of sulfur content — Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
- IP PM EU: Determination of ACCUTRACE™ S10 Fuel Marker in diesel fuel – Gas chromatography using heart-cut and refocusing technique
- IP Test Method: Appendix I. Barometric pressure corrections for mercury barometers
- IP Test Methods: Appendix B. Specifications for IP standard liquids
- IP Test Methods: Appendix C. Physical constants
- IP Test Methods: Appendix F. Temperature conversions
- IP Test Methods: Appendix G. Density of water
- IP Test Methods: Appendix H. Density of ambient air in kg/m3
- Jet fuel thermal oxidation tube rating training guidelines (IP 323)
- A practical evaluation of 21st century microbiological techniques for the upstream oil and gas industry
- EI literature review: Implications of biofuels on microbial spoilage and corrosion within the fuel distribution chain and end use
- EI Research Report: An investigation of fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) as a routine tool to monitor sulphate-reducing bacteria in oil field systems
- EI Research Report: Investigation of microbiological susceptibility of biodiesel and biodiesel blends
- EI Research report: The use of nitrate treatment in oilfield systems to control reservoir souring: A review of current status
- Guidance on the use of biocides in the oil industry
- Guidelines for the investigation of the microbial content of liquid fuels and for the implementation of avoidance and remedial strategies
- Guidelines for the management of microbiologically influenced corrosion in oil and gas production
- Guidelines on managing microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) in water injection systems
- Health and safety issues in the oil industry related to sudden or unexpected generation of H2S by micro-organisms
- Microbially-influenced corrosion in double-hull tankers. A scoping paper
- Microbiology technical bulletin: Microbial growth in biodiesels and other fuels containing fatty acid methyl esters (FAME)
- The effect of alcohols and kinetic hydrate inhibitors in gas pipelines on the risk of microbial-influenced corrosion (MIC)
- The effect of nitrate anti-souring treatment on corrosion of mild steel
- Research report: Guidelines for the investigation of relationship between water content in biodiesels and microbial growth and contamination
- Guidelines on detecting, controlling and mitigating microbial growth in oils and fuels used at power generation facilities
- Selection, applicability, and use of molecular microbiological methods (MMM) in the oil and gas industry