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    ASTM Petroleum Lab Technician Certificate Series

    Improve your skills through industry-leading, self-guided e-learning courses.


    Professional, Comprehensive, and Cost-Effective E-Learning

    ASTM's Petroleum Lab Technician series enables lab techs to improve their skills through industry-leading, self-guided, e-learning courses. The courses are a key tool to supplement existing internal lab QA/QC.

    Earn Your Course Certificate!

    To earn your individual course certificate, you must:

    • Successfully complete the course activities and knowledge assessments
    • Pass the final exam
    Each Certificate includes the name of the course, the standard designation and year date, Certificate issuance date, and your name.

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    Choose From

    • D56 Flash Point
    • D664 Acid Number
    • D1298 Crude Petroleum
    • D1319 Hydrocarbon Types
    • D1322 Smoke Point of Kerosene
    • D2386 Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels

    Train With

    • Self-guided online modules
    • Hands-on video demonstrations
    • Step-by-step outlines and procedures
    • Glossary of essential terms
    • Review quizzes with automated feedback

    Designed For

    • Lab Technicians
    • Field Technicians
    • Construction Inspectors
    • Quality Control Technicians
    • Petroleum Technicians
    • Laboratory Managers

    ASTM E-Learning Petroleum Training Courses


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    #2 Diesel Fuel

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D86Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure
    D93Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester
    D97Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
    D130Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test
    D189Standard Test Method for Conradson Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products
    D445Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids
    D482Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
    D524Standard Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products
    D664Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration
    D974Standard Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Color-Indicator Titration
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity of Crude Petro
    D1319Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum Products by FIA
    D2622Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength dispersive X-Ray
    D2624 Standard Test Methods for Electrical Conductivity of Aviation and Ditillate Fuels
    D2709Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in Middle Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D4294Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy
    D4530Standard Test Method for Determination of Carbon Residue (Micro Method)
    D4629Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection
    D5453Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition
    D5762Standard Test Method for Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons, Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Boat-Inlet Chemiluminescence
    D6079Standard Test Method for Evaluating Lubricity of Diesel Fuels by the High Frequency Rig
    D6468Standard Test Method for High Temperature Stability of Middle Distillate Fuels
    D7042Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of Liquids by Stabinger Viscometer (and the Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity)
    D7688Standard Test Method for Evaluating Lubricity of Diesel Fuels by the High Frequency Rig

    #6 Fuel Oil

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D93Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester
    D95Standard Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous Materials
    D97Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
    D189Standard Test Method for Conradson Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products
    D287Standard Test Method for API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products (Hydrometer Method)
    D445Standard Test Method Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids
    D482Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
    D524Standard Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products
    D664Standard Test Methdod for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity of Crude Petro
    D2622Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D4294Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy
    D4530Standard Test Method for Determination of Carbon Residue (Micro Method)
    D4629Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection
    D5185Standard Test Method for Multielement Determination of Used and Unused Lubricating Oils and Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
    D5708Standard Test Methods for Determination of Nickel, Vanadium, and Iron in Crude Oils and Residual Fuels by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    D5762Standard Test Method for Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons, Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Boat-Inlet Chemiluminescence
    D6560Standard Test Method for Determination of Asphaltenes in Crude Petroleum

    Aviation Turbine Fuel (Jet A)

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D56Standard Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup Tester
    D86Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure
    D93Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester
    D130Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test
    D156Standard Test Method for Saybolt Color of Petroleum Products
    D381Standard Test Methods for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation
    D445Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum
    D1319Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbons Types in Liquid Petroleum Product by FIA
    D1322Standard Test Method for Smoke Point of Kerosine and Aviation Turbine Fuel
    D1840Standard Test Method for Napthalene Hydrocarbons in Aviation Turbine Fuels by US
    D2386Standard Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels
    D2622Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray
    D3227Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Gasoline, Kerosine, Aviation Turbine and Distillate Fuels
    D3241Standard Test Method for Thermal, Oxidation Stability of Aviation Turbine Fuels
    D3242Standard Test Method for Acidity in Aviation Turbine Fuel
    D3948Standard Test Method for Determining Water Seperation Characteristics of Aviation Turbine
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D4294Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy
    D5001Standard Test Method for Measurement of Lubricity of Aviation Turbine Fuels by the Ball-on-Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator (BOCLE)
    D5453Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel
    D7042Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of Liquids by Stabinger Viscometer (and the Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity)
    D7153Standard Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels (Automatic Laser Method)
    D7224Standard Test Method for Determining Water Separation Characteristics of Kerosine-Type Aviation Turbine Fuels Containing Additives by Portable Separometer

    Base Oil

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    D92Standard Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup Tester
    D93Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester
    D97Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
    D130Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test
    D189Standard Test Method for Conradson Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products
    D445Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)
    D482Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
    D611Standard Test Methods for Aniline Point and Mixed Aniline Point of Petroleum Products and Hydrocarbon Solvents
    D664Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration
    D974Standard Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Color-Indicator Titration
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method
    D2007Standard Test Method for Characteristic Groups in Rubber Extender and Processing Oils and Other Petroleum-Derived Oils by the Clay-Gel Absorption Chromatographic Method
    D2622Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D4294Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
    D5453Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
    D5762Standard Test Method for Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons, Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Boat-Inlet Chemiluminescence
    D5769Standard Test Method for Determination of Benzene, Toluene, and Total Aromatics in Finished Gasolines by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
    D5800Standard Test Method for Evaporation Loss of Lubricating Oils by the Noack Method
    D7042Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of Liquids by Stabinger Viscometer (and the Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity)

    Biodiesel

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D93Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester
    D130Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test
    D189Standard Test Method for Conradson Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products
    D445Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids
    D482Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
    D664Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration
    D874Standard Test Method for Sulfated Ash from Lubricating Oils and Additives
    D974Standard Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Color-Indicator Titration
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum
    D2709Standard Test Method for Water and Sediment in Middle Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D4530Standard Test Method for Determination Carbon Residue
    D5453Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Light HydroCarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel
    D6079Standard Test Method for Evaluating Lubricity of Diesel Fuels by the High Frequency Rig
    D6468Standard Test Method for High Temperature Stability of Middle Distillate Fuels
    D6584Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Monoglyceride, Total Diglyceride
    D7042Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of Liquids by Stabinger Viscometer (and the Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity)
    D7321Standard Test Method for Particulate Contamination of Biodiesel B100 Blend Stock Biodiesel Esters and Biodiesel Blends by Laboratory Filtration
    D7501Standard Test Method for Determination of Fuel Filter Blocking Potential of Biodiesel
    D7688Standard Test Method for Evaluating Lubricity of Diesel Fuels by the High Frequency Rig

    Cetane Testing

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D86Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure
    D93Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester
    D613Standard Test Method for Cetane Number of Diesel Fuel Oil
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity of Crude Petro
    D1319Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum Products by FIA
    D2622Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength dispersive X-Ray
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D5453Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition

    Crude Oil

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D97Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
    D287Standard Test Method for API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products (Hydrometer Method)
    D445Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids
    D664Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum
    D2622Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray
    D3230Standard Test Method for Salts in Crude Oil
    D4006Standard Test Method Water in Crude Oil by Distillation
    D4294Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy
    D4377Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy
    D4530Standard Test Method for Determination Carbon Residue
    D4629Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection
    D4928Standard Test Method for Water in Crude Oils by Coulometric Karl Fisher Titration
    D5002Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Crude Oils by Digital Density Analyzer
    D5191Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method)
    D5708Standard Test Methods for Determination of Nickel, Vanadium, and Iron in Crude Oils and Residual Fuels by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Atomic Emission Spectrometry
    D5762Standard Test Method for Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons, Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Boat-Inlet Chemiluminescence
    D6560Standard Test Method for Determination of Asphaltenes in Crude Petroleum and Products
    D7042Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of Liquids by Stabinger Viscometer (and the Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity)

    Engine Oil Lubricants

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D92Standard Test Method for Flash Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup Tester
    D93Standard Test Method for Flash Point by Pensky Martens Closed Cup Tester
    D97Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
    D129Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (General High Pressure Decomposition Device Method)
    D445Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids
    D482Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
    D664Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration
    D874Standard Test Method for Sulfated Ash from Lubricating Oils and Additives
    D974Standard Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Color-Indicator Titration
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum
    D1744Standard Test Method for Determination of Water in Liquid Petroleum Products by Karl Fischer Reagent
    D2896Standard Test Method for Base Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Perchloric Acid Titration
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D4629Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection
    D4739Standard Test Method for Base Number Determination by Potentiometric Hydrochloric Acid Titration
    D4741Standard Test Method for Measuring Viscosity at High Temperature and High Shear Rate by Tapered-Plug Viscometer
    D5453Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Light HydroCarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel
    D5762Standard Test Method for Nitrogen in Liquid Hydrocarbons, Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Boat-Inlet Chemiluminescence
    D5800Standard Test Method for Evaporation Loss of Lubricating Oils by the Noack Method
    D7042Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of Liquids by Stabinger Viscometer (and the Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity)

    Fuel Ethanol

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D381Standard Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D5453Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Light HydroCarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel
    D6423Standard Test Method for Determination of pHe of Denatured Fuel Ethanol and Ethanol Fuel Blends
    D7318Standard Test Method for Existent Inorganic Sulfate in Ethanol by Potentiometric Titration
    D7319Standard Test Method for Determination of Existent and Potential Sulfate and Inorganic Chloride in Fuel Ethanol and Butanol by Direct Injection Suppressed Ion Chromatography
    D7328Standard Test Method for Determination of Existent and Potential Inorganic Sulfate and Total Inorganic Chloride in Fuel Ethanol by Ion Chromatography Using Aqueous Sample Injection
    D7795Standard Test Method for Acidity in Ethanol and Ethanol Blends by Titration
    D5501Standard Test Method for Determination of Ethanol and Methanol Content in Fuels Containing Greater than 20% Ethanol by Gas Chromatography

    Motor Gasoline

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D86Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure
    D130Standard Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test
    D381Standard Test Methods for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation
    D525Standard Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Gasoline (Induction Period Method)
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum
    D1319Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbons Types in Liquid Petroleum Product by FIA
    D2622Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray
    D3227Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Gasoline, Kerosine, Aviation Turbine and Distillate Fuels
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D4294Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy
    D4815Standard Test Method for Determination of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE, Gas Chromatography
    D5191Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method)
    D5453Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Light HydroCarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel
    D5599Standard Test Method for Determination of Oxygenates in Gasoline by Gas
    D5769Standard Test Method for Determination of Benezene, Toluene and Total Aromatics

    Reformulated Gas

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D86Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure
    D287Standard Test Method for API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products (Hydrometer Method)
    D381Standard Test Methods for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation
    D1298Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum
    D1319Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbons Types in Liquid Petroleum Product by FIA
    D2622Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray
    D4052Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
    D4815Standard Test Method for Determination of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE, Gas Chromatography
    D5191Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method)
    D5453Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Light HydroCarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel
    D5599Standard Test Method for Determination of Oxygenates in Gasoline by Gas
    D5769Standard Test Method for Determination of Benzene, Toluene, and Total Aromatics in Finished Gasolines by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

    Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel

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    Individual Courses Offered:

    D2622Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray
    D5453Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Light HydroCarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel

    Other Petroleum Courses

    Individual Courses Offered:

     Aviation Fuel Quality: Control Procedures Training Bundle
     Aviation Fuel - Quality Control Procedures: An Overview
     General Fuel Handling
     Particulate Detection
     Water Detection
     Filtration Equipment
     Microbial Contamination Detection
     Flash Point: Apparatus and Auxiliary Equipment
     Flash Point: Explanation and Terminology
     Flash Point: Preparation, Verification and Maintenance of Apparatus
     Flash Point: Sampling and Test Specimens
    D611Standard Test Methods for Aniline Point and Mixed Aniline Point of Petroleum Products and Hydrocarbon Solvents -- E-Learning Course
    D4308Standard Test Method for Electrical Conductivity of Liquid Hydrocarbons by Precision Meter
    D4860Standard Test Method for Free Water and Particulate Contamination in Middle Distillate Fuels
    D6426Standard Test Method for Determining Filterability of Middle Distillate Fuel Oils
    D6824Standard Test Method for Determining Filterability of Aviation Turbine Fuel
    D7261Standard Test Method for Determining Water Separation Characteristics of Diesel Fuels by Portable Separometer
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