Pars Oil Company: Quality Control and R&D

Quality Control and R&D

The quality control unit is directed by a manager and is under the direct supervision of the managing director of the company. Its mission statements is based on the general policies of the company to improve the quality of products, reduces prices, increase the competition force of the company, and attract customer satisfaction. Preserving the environment and preventing its degradation as well as observing safety and health standards at workplace are also on the agenda of this department.

The quality control unit became active since the inauguration of Pars Oil Company and has expanded its activities to improve quality of products in parallel with equipment and human resources improvement. The unit presently has a set of laboratories in routine and specialized sections which are active to improve required standards such as ISO 9001-2000 in quality control management and ISO 14001 in environment management and OHSAS 18001 in safety and health at workplace. The quality control unit is constantly under the periodical supervision of foreign and domestic standard agencies and has been committed to them. All tests are undertaken in line with guidelines and global references such as DIN, IP, ASTM. Due to diversity and the number of raw materials, this laboratory includes middle process products, final and sideline products and an extensive marginal product. This has required the installment of modern facilities, laboratories, measurement equipment and skillful human resources. This unit is also active in preparing and supplying formulation, rendering laboratory services to other industries and cooperating with the department of standard for revising and setting standards for oil and other products.

Pars Oil laboratory as a certified lab by the Shell Group controls the specifications of its oil products in Iran.

This laboratory holds a certificate from Iran Standard and Industrial Researches Organization and is cooperating with it in areas of industrial, engine and gear oils as well as grease, anti-freeze, paraffin wax and brake liquid.

For the reason of its fame in producing grease in the country, Pars Oil Company’s quality control unit is equipped with modern facilities for testing all kind of grease that such facilities are unique among all producers of lubricants in Iran.

About researches, it should be mentioned that Pars Oli Company received the related permit of activity in R&D from the Ministry of Mines and Industries in 1991. This unit has concentrated its R&D measures on improving the process of production in the company in line with increasing competitive force with foreign and domestic products.

The control and research sections is equipped with creative personnel, modern equipment and rich information resources. It is remarkable to say that this company is a member of the Ministry of Mines and Industries’ R&D section.

Certificate of confirmation of test laboratories in provinces

With reference to the executive method of “identifying and confirming activities of test laboratories across the province,” the laboratory of Pars Oil Company is certified to do the following tests. Engine, industrial, gear oils.

Method	ASTM Description	Common Reference
ASTM D91	Precipitation Number of Lubricating Oils	Precipitation Number of Lubricating Oils
ASTM D92	Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup Tester	Flash Point, COC / Fire Point. COC
ASTM D93	Flash-Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester	Pensky-Marten Flash Point, Flash Point PM / Pensky-Marten Fire Point, Fire Point PM
ASTM D94	Saponification Number of Petroleum Products	Saponification Number of Petroleum Products
ASTM D97	Pour Point of Petroleum Products	Pour Point - Fuels / Pour Point - Oils
ASTM D127	Drop Melting Point of Petroleum Wax including Petrolatum	Drop Melting Point, Melting Point of Wax, Dropping Point
ASTM D128	Analysis of Lubricating Grease	Analysis of Lubricating Grease
ASTM D130	Detection of Copper Corrosion from Petroleum Products by the Copper Strip Tarnish Test	Copper Corrosion
ASTM D217	Cone Penetration of Lubricating Grease	Full Scale Cone Penetration
ASTM D445	Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (the Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)	Kinematic Viscosity at Non Standard Temperatures / Kinematic Viscosity at 40°C and Kinematic Viscosity at100°C
ASTM D482	Ash from Petroleum Products	Ash, Ash Content
ASTM D524	Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products	Ramsbottom Carbon Residue
ASTM D566	Dropping Point of Lubricating Grease	Dropping Point
ASTM D611	Aniline Point and Mixed Aniline Point of Petroleum Products and Hydrocarbon Solvents	Aniline Point, Aniline Point of Petroleum Products
ASTM D664	Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration	TAN, Total Acid No.
ASTM D665	Rust-Preventing Characteristics of Inhibited Mineral Oil in the Presence of Water	Rust Prevention Characteristics
ASTM D721	Oil Content of Petroleum Waxes	Oil in Wax
ASTM D874	Sulfated Ash from Lubricating Oils and Additives	Sulfated Ash
ASTM D892	Foaming Characteristics of Lubricating Oils	Foam
ASTM D893	Insolubles in Used Lubricating Oils	Insolubles
ASTM D938	Congealing Point of Petroleum Waxes, including Petrolatum	Congealing Point of Wax
ASTM D942	Oxidation Stability of Lubricating Greases by the Oxygen Pressure Vessel Method	Oxidation
ASTM D943	Oxidation Characteristics of Inhibited Mineral Oils	Oxidation
ASTM D974	Acid and Base Number by Color-Indicator Titration	Neutralization Number Neutralization No.; Acid and Base No.
ASTM D1120	Boiling Point of Engine Coolants	Boiling Point of Engine Coolants (neat and 50/50 mixture) / Equilibrium Reflux Boiling Point at atmospheric pressure
ASTM D1121	Reserve Alkalinity of Engine Coolants and Anti-rust	Reserve Alkalinity of Antifreeze, Determination of the Reserve Alkalinity of Antifreeze
ASTM D1122	Density or Relative Density of Engine Coolant Concentrates and Engine Coolants By The Hydrometer	Specific Gravity of Engine Coolant Concentrates and Engine Coolants by The Hydrometer, Specific Gravity of Coolants, Specific Gravity of Antifreeze
ASTM D1123	Water in Engine Coolant Concentrate by the Karl Fischer Reagent Method	Water %: by Karl Fischer Method
ASTM D1177	Freezing Point of Aqueous Engine Coolants	Refractive Index and Refractive Dispersion of Hydrocarbon Liquids
ASTM D1263	Leakage Tendencies of Automotive Wheel Bearing Greases
ASTM D1264	Determining the Water Washout characteristics of Lubricating Greases
ASTM D1287	The pH of Engine Coolants and Antirusts	pH of Antifreeze
ASTM D1298	Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method	Density, Specific Gravity and API Gravity by Hydrometer
ASTM D1321	Needle Penetration of Petroleum Waxes	Needle Penetration
ASTM D1384	Corrosion Test for Engine Coolants in Glassware	Corrosion in Glassware
ASTM D1401	Water Separability of Petroleum Oils and Synthetic Fluid	Demulsibility
ASTM D1404	Estimation of Deleterious Particles in Lubricating Grease	Deleterious Particles
ASTM D1500	ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)	Color, ASTM
ASTM D1743	Determining Corrosion Properties of Lubricating Greases	Corrosion Properties
ASTM D1831	Roll Stability of Lubricating Grease
ASTM D2270	Standard Practice for Calculating Viscosity Index From Kinematic Viscosity at 40 and 100°C	Calculating Viscosity Index From Kinematic Viscosity at 40 and 100°C
ASTM D2273	Trace Sediment in Lubricating Oils	Trace Sediment
ASTM D2596	Measurement of Extreme-Pressure Properties of Lubricating Grease (Four-Ball Method)	Four Ball EP Tesing for Greases
ASTM D2896	Base Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Perchloric Acid Titration	TBN; Total Base No., Total Base Number
ASTM D5293	Apparent Viscosity of Engine Oils Between -5 and -30°C Using the Cold-Cranking Simulator	Cold Crank Simulator, Cold Cranking Simulator Viscosity
ASTM D6138	Determination of Corrosion-Preventive Properties of Lubricating Grease under Dynamic Wet Conditions(Emcor Test)	Corrosion-Preventive Properties
ASTM D6278	Shear Stability of Polymer Containing Fluids Using a European Diesel Injector Apparatus	Shear Stability