Auramarine and Lazar Scientific team up in US to market Porla Fuel Analyser

Finland-based fuel supply systems provider Auramarine on Wednesday (12 February) said it has agreed to collaborate with Lazar Scientific to expand the market for Auramarine’s Porla Fuel Analyser. 

Lazar Scientific is a US-based company specialising in the sales and support of laboratory instrumentation. In this co-operation, Lazar Scientific is now the US distributor for Auramarine’s Porla Fuel Analyser working cooperatively with Auramarine’s sales and marketing team.

Auramarine said the proven technology enhances bunkering safety, helps avoid unintended maintenance and reduces downtime and associated costs.

“Maintaining the stability and compatibility of crude oils is essential to avoid problems such as the aggregation of asphaltenes, which can obstruct processing equipment,” it said in a statement. 

Additionally, precise measurements enable refineries to mix different crude oils efficiently, ensuring the blends remain stable. In the case of marine fuel blends, proper analysis helps in adhering to environmental regulations and standards. 

“By measuring asphaltene stability and compatibility, companies can mitigate potential hazards and ensure safer handling of crude oil,” it added. 

The Porla Fuel Analyser is an easy, reliable and fast analyser that improves the profitability of refinery processes by enabling refineries to select more cost-effective mixtures of crude oils with no risk of fouling. 

The Porla Fuel Analyser predicts the compatible blending ratios between different crude oils by measuring their blending compatibility parameters. Unlike other comparable analysers, the Porla Fuel Analyser can measure stability and compatibility parameters of crude oils that have a very low asphaltene content down to 0.05 % and complies fully with ASTM D7112.

John Bergman, CEO of Auramarine, said: “We are pleased to announce this co-operation agreement with Lazar Scientific.”

“Their vast experience in selling analysis instrumentation as well as their extensive network will ensure future opportunities and improved market share for the Porla Fuel Analyser in the US market.” 

Greg Lazarczyk, President and Owner of Lazar Scientific, said: “We are looking forward to joining forces with Auramarine to bring an analyser that reliably determines stability and compatibility of heavy fuel oils and crude oils to the US market.”

Dr. Jaakko Lehtinen, Product and Sales Manager of Porla at Auramarine will present on the new requirements in asphaltene stability and compatibility measurement of crude oil and marine fuel oils in Boston Massachusetts at Pittcon 2025 on 4 March.

Photo credit: Auramarine
Published: 13 February, 2025