Testing is crucial to ensure high quality products in each phase of oil and gas production, from testing the incoming crude oil samples, finished products, and throughout the distribution process. Accurate testing is essential to determine the composition, purity, and presence of contaminants at all phases of oil and gas production, including distillation, filtration and other processes.
Some of the challenges faced by oil and gas testing laboratories across the globe are:
A Schematic Representation of an Oil and Gas Testing Lab Workflow
Receiving
Test Requests
Receiving
Samples
Batch Accessioning
of Samples
Assigning Barcodes
to Samples
Scheduling
Tests
Allocating
Work
Processing
Samples
Conducting
Test(s)
Entering
Results
Flagging Out-of
-Specification Results
Validating and
Approving Test Results
Generating CoA
or Test Reports
Sharing
Test Reports
Sharing Invoice(s)
with Customers
CloudLIMS - A Rapid Deploy, Purpose-built Petrochemical LIMS for In-house and Third-party Oil and Gas Testing Laboratories
CloudLIMS is pre-configured to support custom workflows of in-house and third-party oil and gas testing laboratories. Oil and gas testing laboratories perform tests on several samples, such as crude oils, refined petroleum fuels, aromatics, jet fuel, petrochemicals, transformer oil, liquid petroleum gases (LPG), lubricants, natural gas and liquids derived from it. Some of the common tests performed are quality control tests, tests for trace metals, such as antimony, cadmium, manganese, tests for determining the presence of sulfur compounds, emission tests, contaminant tests, microbiological tests, and flashpoint tests. CloudLIMS serves as a unified data repository and enables laboratories to seamlessly manage samples, tests performed through various analysis methods, such as ASTM and GPA, and test results.
CloudLIMS can be accessed anytime, anywhere, is easy to deploy, and enables oil and gas testing laboratories to quickly automate workflows without the need to invest in IT infrastructure or personnel.
Certificate of Analysis (CoA)
CloudLIMS facilitates quick and seamless configuration of reporting templates, enabling you to generate custom Certificates of Analysis (CoA) to meet the reporting requirements of your customers and regulatory bodies. We can configure an unlimited number of CoAs or reporting templates at no additional costs. You can simply send us your preferred CoA format and we can quickly configure it in CloudLIMS to save your time and to help you get started quickly.
Oil and gas testing laboratories across the globe are grappling with a data deluge due to a large number of incoming samples and tests performed on a daily basis. Manual transfer of analytical data from analytical instruments to a LIMS is error-prone and reduces laboratory efficiency and productivity. For minimizing the test turnaround time, it is important to automatically capture analytical data. CloudLIMS can be seamlessly integrated with analytical instruments for bi-directional data transfer, thereby reducing turnaround time and maintaining data integrity. Furthermore, it can be integrated with third-party software products for downstream data analysis, such as statistical analysis, and ERP.
CloudLIMS supports integration with analytical instruments and software through the following methods:
CloudLIMS is preconfigured to seamlessly integrate with physical and chemical analyzers for bi-directional data transfer. Some of the instruments that can be integrated with CloudLIMS are GC-MS, ion chromatography instrument, chemiluminescence instrument, Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometers (ICP-AES), flash point testers, distillation equipment, vapor pressure analyzers, trace metals analyzers, octane number analyzers, oxidation stability analyzers, elemental analyzers, density meters, and viscometers. CloudLIMS’ REST Application Programming Interface (API) and bridge enable developers to read and import data from analytical instruments, ensuring data integrity and minimizing turnaround time.
CloudLIMS' Rest API is preconfigured to support integration with ERP, Process Information Management System (PIMS), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and third-party billing software, such as QuickBooks. This enables laboratories to streamline critical business and operational requirements of your laboratory.