What is ISO 3016 on Petroleum and related products about?
ISO 3016 is an international standard that covers petroleum and related products from natural or synthetic sources.
ISO 3016 specifies a method for the determination of the pour point of petroleum products. A separate procedure suitable for the determination of the lower pour point of fuel oils, heavy lubricant base stock, and products containing residual fuel components is also described.
ISO 3016 specifies technicalities such as principle, apparatus, sampling, procedure, expression of results, the precision of lubricating oils and middle distillate and residual fuels, test report, etc to determine the pour point of petroleum and related products.
Note 1: The procedure described in ISO 3016 is not suitable for crude oils.
Who is ISO 3016 on Petroleum and related products for?
ISO 3016 on petroleum and related products is useful for entities dealing with:
Production of petroleum products
Test houses
Laboratories/ certification providers for petroleum products
Researchers of petroleum and related products
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BS EN ISO 3016:2019 history
2019BS EN ISO 3016:2019 Petroleum and related products from natural or synthetic sources. Determination of pour point