Internship Report: Chevron Singapore, Laboratory
1. Summary
In this internship, my company of attachment is Chevron Singapore, Laboratory (Lubricants Department), as a Lab Analyst intern. As an intern, my duties are to do lab testing, as well as relevant paperwork involving Statistical Quality Control testing.
Additionally, as shift work is a requirement for Lab Analysts, I will be helping the Analyst I am attached to for shift work in some tests such as the Analysis of Metals via Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry, and Density, the methods of which will be discussed below.
As an intern, it is imperative for me to be able to understand the duties of a Lab Analyst within the internship period and to be able to maintain requirements expected of myself. Thus, this report …show more content…
2. Introduction
Chevron Corporation, headquartered in San Ramon, California, USA, has had a presence in Singapore since 1933, operating as Chevron Singapore Pte. Ltd., which owns the Caltex Brand of petrol stations. Singapore is the headquarters of the International Products business unit, which comprises of the downstream operations units, such as Chevron Oronite and Lubricants. Lubricant additives are manufactured at the Chevron Oronite plant in Jurong Island, while the lubricants are blended at the Chevron Terminal in Tanjong Penjuru. [1]
Chevron Singapore’s principal activities include oil refining, via a 50 percent share in the Singapore Refining Company, aviation fuel supplying to flights at Changi Airport, as well as lubricant additives manufacturing and blending. The lubricants, such as Delo and Thuban, are blended and then marketed to various customers in the industrial, commercial and consumer sectors, while the additives manufactured at Oronite are sold to various countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and shipped to distribution points throughout the world. …show more content…
SQC is an essential process, as it ensures that an equipment is working well and that it is at optimum performance.
Other than SQC, equipment calibration is done at regular periods of time in order to ensure that the equipment is able to give the correct and accurate range of values; for example, mass balance calibration is done every day, using a standard mass of exactly 200g. If an equipment is found to be faulty and servicing is to be done, calibration is done by using SQC standards, to allow for the equipment to be able to measure accurately the required parameters.
Some of the methods of testing requires a period of training to ensure competency, for example, D5185, which tests for the concentration of various metals such as calcium and zinc via Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP) within an oil sample, and D892, which tests for the foam characteristics of a
In this internship, my company of attachment is Chevron Singapore, Laboratory (Lubricants Department), as a Lab Analyst intern. As an intern, my duties are to do lab testing, as well as relevant paperwork involving Statistical Quality Control testing.
Additionally, as shift work is a requirement for Lab Analysts, I will be helping the Analyst I am attached to for shift work in some tests such as the Analysis of Metals via Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry, and Density, the methods of which will be discussed below.
As an intern, it is imperative for me to be able to understand the duties of a Lab Analyst within the internship period and to be able to maintain requirements expected of myself. Thus, this report …show more content…
2. Introduction
Chevron Corporation, headquartered in San Ramon, California, USA, has had a presence in Singapore since 1933, operating as Chevron Singapore Pte. Ltd., which owns the Caltex Brand of petrol stations. Singapore is the headquarters of the International Products business unit, which comprises of the downstream operations units, such as Chevron Oronite and Lubricants. Lubricant additives are manufactured at the Chevron Oronite plant in Jurong Island, while the lubricants are blended at the Chevron Terminal in Tanjong Penjuru. [1]
Chevron Singapore’s principal activities include oil refining, via a 50 percent share in the Singapore Refining Company, aviation fuel supplying to flights at Changi Airport, as well as lubricant additives manufacturing and blending. The lubricants, such as Delo and Thuban, are blended and then marketed to various customers in the industrial, commercial and consumer sectors, while the additives manufactured at Oronite are sold to various countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and shipped to distribution points throughout the world. …show more content…
SQC is an essential process, as it ensures that an equipment is working well and that it is at optimum performance.
Other than SQC, equipment calibration is done at regular periods of time in order to ensure that the equipment is able to give the correct and accurate range of values; for example, mass balance calibration is done every day, using a standard mass of exactly 200g. If an equipment is found to be faulty and servicing is to be done, calibration is done by using SQC standards, to allow for the equipment to be able to measure accurately the required parameters.
Some of the methods of testing requires a period of training to ensure competency, for example, D5185, which tests for the concentration of various metals such as calcium and zinc via Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP) within an oil sample, and D892, which tests for the foam characteristics of a