Testing laboratories
Operating at various Skypec branches in Northern Regional, Middle Regional, Southern Regional Vietnam are 4 test laboratories where fuel quality is strictly tested up to international and national standards, and in accordance with “air fuel quality requirements of the joint operation system” (AFQRJOS) imposed by JIG before delivery to the customers.
1. Functions of the test laboratories:
- Conduct in-house inspection, control and test to ensure that the quality of Jet A-1 air fuel complies with all requirements laid down in the Transport Ministry’s Circular 04/2018/TT-BGTVT, and in the set of standards JIG (JIG 1, JIG 2, EI/JIG 1530) in the supply chain from the oil refinery to the aircraft.
- Provide Jet-A air fuel test service to outside customers within the capacity accredited in the certified registration to conduct tests in compliance with the regulations specified in the government Decree107/2016/NĐ-CP.
2. Capacity of the test laboratories:
- All 5 laboratories are accredited by the Accreditation Office for Standards Conformity Assessment Capacity (AOSC) to meet standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
| No. | Locations | Accredited |
| 01 | Tan Son Nhat International Airport | VLAT – 01.168 |
| 02 | Noi Bai International Airport | VLAT – 02.168 |
| 03 | Da Nang International Airport | VLAT – 03.168 |
| 04 | Cam Ranh International Airport | VLAT – 04.168 |
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05
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Phu Quoc International Airport
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VLAT – 05.168
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- Accredited test methods are accredited with “re-testing capacity” to test Jet A-1 air fuel for turbine jet.
| No. | Name of specific test | Methods |
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1. |
Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum Products. | ASTM D4057-12 |
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2. |
Standard Test method for Free Water, Particulate and Other Contamination (Visual Inspection Procedure)
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ASTM D6986-03 (2016) |
| 3. |
Distillation of Petroleum Productss and Liquid Fuels at Atmospheric Pressure
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ASTM D86–18 |
| 4. | Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Small Scale Closed Cup Tester | ASTM D3828–16a |
| 5. | Standard Test Methods for electrical conductivity of aviation and distillate fuels | ASTM D2624–15 |
| 6. |
Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method
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ASTM D1298–12b |
| 7. |
Standard Test method for Corrosiveness to Copper by Copper Strip Test
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ASTM D130–18 |
| 8. |
Standard test methods for gum content in fuels by jet evaporation
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ASTM D381–12 |
| 9. |
Standard Test Method for Determining Water Separation Characteristics of Kerosine - Type Aviation Turbine Fuels Containing Additives by Portable Separometer
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ASTM D7224–14 |
| 10. |
Standard Test method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels (Automatic Phase Transition Method)
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ASTM D5972 – 16 |
| 11. | Standard Test Method for Color of Petroleum Products by Automatic Tristimulus | ASTM D6045–12 |
+ Inspection of auxiliary tests
| No. | Name of specific test | Methods |
| 1. | Test of particulate in petroleum by millipore filtering | ASTM D2276 |
| 2. | Quick test of microorganism in petroleum | Set of HY - LITE |
| Test of microorganism in petroleum by a culture of microorganism in laboratory. | Set of Microb – Monitor 2 |
- Related activities of the test laboratories:
+ Yearly: All 5 test laboratories undergo in-house assessment and subject to assessment and supervision by the accrediting agency up to standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
+ Every 2 years: Attending international proficiency test organized/interlaboratary comparison in 2 cycles by ASTM.
+ Every 5 years: Undergoing re-assessment by the accrediting agency.
