Intertek Opens New Petroleum Laboratory in Singapore |
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Intertek Testing Services
2780 Hwy. 69 N.
Nederland, TX, 77627
USA
Press release date: December 13, 2007
Intertek, the world's leading provider of quality and safety services, has opened a new petroleum laboratory inside the Universal Terminal on Jurong Island. Universal Terminal is Asia's largest commercial oil storage facility and is co-owned by Singapore Oil Trading Firm Hin Leong and PetroChina.
The new Intertek laboratory provides important quality testing and inspection services to customers of the large storage complex, complementing the extensive expertise and laboratory testing capabilities provided by the nearby Intertek Singapore Technical Centre laboratory.
Marc Hoffer, President for Intertek's Oil, Chemical & Agri division in Asia Pacific, said "Singapore is a key petroleum hub for the region. Our new facility at Universal Terminal is a strategic investment for Intertek, increasing support available to key petroleum clients and supporting their business needs across the region."
Occupying 8,000 sq feet, the new Intertek Universal Laboratory provides comprehensive laboratory testing services to support Universal Terminal tenants' needs as well as Intertek's regional customers. Intertek is the only third-party independent laboratory in the terminal. Intertek provides support services such as fuel quantity and quality inspection, petroleum testing, bunker fuel testing to ISO 8217, bunker fuel quantity surveying, In-line Automatic Sampling, along with fuel oil and gasoline blending.
Additional services include fuel and logistical consultancy, marine services, and storage tank calibration. The new laboratory operates on a 24/7 basis and operates with a new state-of-the-art information management system (LIMS). Singapore customers also benefit from Intertek's fast on-site sample-pick-up system, FastLab. It is expected that the new laboratory will be ISO 17025 accredited by 2008.
For further information and contacts, go to: www.intertek-cb.com/singapore/newlab.shtml
About Intertek:
Intertek is a leading international provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of global and local industries. Partnership with Intertek brings increased value to customers' products and processes, ultimately supporting their success in the global market place. Intertek has the experience, expertise, resources and global reach to support its customers through its extensive network of laboratories and offices and over 20,000 people in more than 100 countries around the world.
For further information, visit www.intertek.com
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