About Us
The Company
We provide Cargo Inspection and Testing Services for crude oil, petroleum products and minerals using procedures consistent with international and local standards.
Our mission is to be the leading independent petroleum inspection service organization, preserving our clients’ interests involving the custody transfer of crude oil, refined products, LPG, petrochemicals and solid materials.
- We are an independent petroleum Inspection and Testing Company in Colombia since 1989.
- We have over 40 years experience in Supply & Trading operations, laboratory testing, refinery operations, terminal operations & logistics.
- Our offices are in Colombia’s major oil terminals.
- Our main petroleum testing laboratories are located in Cartagena and Barranquilla close to major oil ports.
- In 2012, following our clients’ needs, we started our Loss Control services across oil ports in the Americas and the Caribbean. Based in the US (Houston and Miami) from where coordination is done of Loss Control operations.
Driving forces
- Watching over our customers’ interest.
- Keeping our independence.
- Providing prompt, relevant and complete information.
- Reassuring our professionalism and ethics.
- Adapting promptly to any changes.
The How
By exercising custody transfer and loss control practices assessing the shore loading conditions such as gauges, line contents, line displacements, sampling, accurate temperature and °API readings and findings for free water and slops.
Fact: Any difference up to 0.3% shore/ship on a 2mmb crude oil cargo, could yield to a loss up to 6,000 bbl. Any amount recovered within this range is an important finding.
Fact: A 3oF error while calculating net barrels at 60 oF could represent several hundred barrels loss.
