About | Otali Onyemaechi | Petroleum Chemist Nigeria
About | Otali Onyemaechi | Petroleum Chemist Nigeria
Most petroleum laboratories treat ISO 17025 accreditation as an event.
I have worked inside one that runs it as an operating system.
I am a Senior Petroleum Chemist with 10+ years of hands-on experience in petroleum product testing, laboratory quality assurance, and custody transfer operations across West Africa.
At Geochem West Africa, I have been an active contributor to both our initial ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and its subsequent successful renewal — participating as part of the quality assurance team across both full audit cycles.
My technical scope covers ASTM and IP test methods including D445, D4294, D86, D4052, D93, D92, D4815, and D5580 — across gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heavy fuel oil, crude oil, and marine fuels tested to ISO 8217(DMA,RMG180cSt & RMG380cSt) and DEF STAN 91-091 specifications. I have also participated in nonconforming work management, calibration schedule maintenance, custody transfer support, and measurement uncertainty record keeping.
I publish on Linkedin regular content on ISO/IEC 17025 compliance, ASTM method application, and laboratory quality management — connecting with petroleum laboratory professionals across Nigeria and West Africa.
→ ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Accreditation
→ ASTM & IP Test Methods
→ Measurement Uncertainty
→ Nonconforming Work — Clause 7.10
→ Corrective Action — Clause 8.7
→ Statistical Quality Control
→ Calibration Management (CRM)
→ Marine Fuel Testing — ISO 8217
→ Custody Transfer Operations
→ Internal Auditing — ISO/IEC 17025
→ GC/FID — Shimadzu LabSolutions
→ XRF / WDXRF (ASTM D4294)
→ AAS (IP470)
→ Density Meter (ASTM D4052)
→ SQL · Excel · Power BI · Tableau
→ Looker · Laboratory Data Analytics