Our mission is to deliver exceptional services, prioritizing employee safety and customer satisfaction. Our laboratories cater to a diverse group of clients, consistently meeting their needs. By achieving distinction in employee safety, customer service and results precision, HTI distinguishes itself with a unique blend of expertise and innovation. Our department is always adapting to learn and develop new test methods and welcomes the challenge to add analyses to our extensive list of capabilities.
Distillation methods
True Boiling Point (TBP)-ASTM-D2892,
Vacuum Distillation ASTMD-1160,
Atmospheric Distillations ASTM-D86,
Equilibrium Flash Vaporization (EFV).
Procedures to analyze products from gases to high-boiling point residues
Liquid Analyses
Physical Properties:API, Kinematic and Brookfield viscosities, Heptane, Toluene, Pentane, Quinoline and THF insoluble
Thermal Properties: Flash Point (closed-cup), Pour Point (ASTM-D97), Cloud Point (ASTM-D2500)
Optical Properties:Refractive index, Sediment concentration by Polarized Microscopy
Chromatographic Analysis: Fast Refinery Gas Analysis w’ Sulfur (RGA), HTSD, LTSD (Simulated distillations), Aromatic GS (ASTM-5580), Detailed Hydrocarbon Analyses (ASTM-D6729), HPLC SARA determination (Ongoing research), NMR and TEM (external labs)
Solid Analyses
Specific Surface Area
Pore Volume
Crush Strenght
Loss on ignition
Soxhlet C7H8 Extraction
Elemental Analyses
Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Sulfur (Leco)
Nitrogen and Sulfur (Antrek)
Direct Oxygen-External Lab
Metals by ICP-OES
Halogens by Combustion and Ion-Chromatography (CIC) ASTM-D7359-1
Nitrates and Sulfur by CIC
Quality Assurance
We prioritize excellence in laboratory testing, ensuring quality through rigorous protocols and expert technicians. Our commitment to accuracy and reliability guarantees confidence in every result. This is reaffirmed by our 9001, 14001 and 45001 ISO certificating.