New Zealand Petroleum, Fuel and Chemical Services

New Zealand petroleum, fuel, and chemical testing and inspection services.

Intertek New Zealand provides laboratory testing, cargo inspection, and related services for petroleum refining, fuel, and chemical clients. A new LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) laboratory will be finished by September, 2014.

The Marsden Point laboratory in New Zealand is well equipped for a wide range of testing, including ASTM, IP, and other industry accepted test methods and standards.

Petroleum, fuel, and chemical testing:

• Flashpoint testing by ASTM D5, D3828, IP170 
• Water content testing by:
  • Water by distillation, ASTM D93
  • Water in crude, ASTM D4006
  • Free water and particulates in fuels, ASTM D4176
• Sediment in crude oil and fuel oil, ASTM D473
• Density, Relative Density, ASTM, D1298, D4052, D5002
• Filter blocking tendency, ASTM D2068
• Conductivity of fuels, ASTM D2694
• Colour, ASTM D6045
• Freeze point of aviation fuels, ASTM D7153
• and other tests.