Quality control & handling
Link every acceptance result to the contracted material.
Acceptance should follow a buyer-approved sampling and testing plan carried out by authorized terminals, laboratories or inspection parties. The certificate of analysis should identify the relevant batch, parcel or movement and report the agreed parameters, units, basis and methods.
Hydrocarbon composition alone may not establish suitability for a sensitive process. Water, oxygen, sulfur compounds, oxygenates and other trace components require separate methods where the buyer identifies them as critical. Product identity, containment suitability, traceability and inspection scope are confirmed before movement.
- Written specification approved before booking
- Results linked to the applicable batch or parcel
- Methods and reporting basis stated for critical parameters
- Independent inspection considered only where authorized and safely feasible
