17 Mar 2010

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world, is now providing value-added additive treatment services to help the petroleum industry meet quality requirements in crude oil and refined petroleum products produced and traded on a global basis.

Utilizing state of the art mobile equipment, Intertek offers a wide range of additive solutions for products such as crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, number two fuel oil, heavy fuel oil and asphalt.

Intertek expertise provides the petroleum industry a single point of contact to meet their inspection, analysis and petroleum treatment needs. Expert additive treatments are used in situations requiring H2S scavengers, cetane improvers, pour point depressants, lubricity improvers, conductivity improvers, corrosion inhibitors, oxidation stabilizers and metal deactivators.

The new additives service helps our customers handle petroleum quality issues without having to resort to the traditional and more costly solutions of either downgrading the cargo or using large volumes of blend stocks. The service fits very well within our existing operational and laboratory infrastructure.

Jay Gutierrez, Chief Executive for the Commodities division, said "Intertek's extensive experience in cargo inspection and laboratory testing services makes additive testing a great fit, and allows the petroleum industry to see Intertek as a total solution to their product quality, cargo handling and custody transfer needs".

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Contact Intertek:

Erik Holladay
Global Marketing Director
Commodities
Tel: 713 407 3500
Email: testingservices@intertek.com

About Intertek

Intertek is a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world. From auditing and inspection, to testing, quality assurance and certification, Intertek people are dedicated to adding value to customers' products and processes, supporting their success in the global marketplace. Intertek has the expertise, resources and global reach to support its customers through its network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 30,000 people in more than 100 countries around the world.