SAN ANTONIO —December 11, 2024 — Southwest Research Institute seeks support from residents or visitors of countries worldwide to assist with an international oil sampling program. Selected participants will be paid to purchase prequalified oil samples from retail stores and ship them to SwRI’s headquarters in San Antonio. Prequalification for the program will occur via an emailed photo exchange.
Participants will purchase four 1-quart or 1-liter containers, or one 1-gallon container, of specified brands of oil or Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) from retail locations. These individuals will ship the samples to SwRI via DHL or FedEx. Participants will be paid for the cost of the oil container(s), the cost of shipping (typically pre-paid by SwRI), and a premium for each qualified gallon sample collected (USD 50 for US-purchased samples, USD 75 for samples purchased in Canada and Mexico, and USD 100 for samples from the rest of world.)
SwRI is currently seeking samples from the following locations:
The Pacific Rim/Asia : Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and New Zealand.
The Americas : USA (NW and NE states, Hawaii, and Alaska), Mexico, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama. In Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon.
The island nations : British and US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Greenland, Iceland and Trinidad/Tobago.
Asia : Cambodia, Pakistan, Vietnam, South Korea and Sri Lanka.
Europe : Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway and the United Kingdom.
SwRI’s Petroleum Products Research Department has a long history of conducting sampling programs for oil and gas clients. Sampling is a quality assurance process that analyzes the condition and quality of oil, gas or other automotive fluids to assure the quality of consumer products randomly.
Only individuals with no connections to SwRI oil manufacturing clients will be considered to support the program. For more information, visit https://www.swri.org/industries/lubricant-testing or contact Janet Barker at +1 210 522 6924 .