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Welcome to the Microbial Testing Championship Round

May 2, 2019 | News Blog

LifeCheck ATP vs Bug Bottles Today marks the epic Championship battle between LifeCheck ATP vs Bug Bottles. Reader discretion is advised. It is important to remember bug bottles and ATP testing are used for different things and provide very different results. Fighting...

To modify or not to modify, that is the question

Apr 25, 2019 | News Blog

A1: Liquid Sample vs A4: Modified Soak When completing LifeCheck ATP Testing it is important to understand when best to muscle up to get that 1 mL sample out and when to tap out and use the modified soak procedure (LifeCheck ATP Handbook A4: Modified Soak). Why? The...

The Importance of Being Precise

Mar 4, 2019 | News Blog

Avoid Garbage In, Garbage Out By Stan Leong, President and CEO I recently read a book called 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson, containing some very interesting rules of how to live a good life. One that resonated with me the most was Rule 10 of Life, Be Precise in...

How to Kill it in Completions

Feb 5, 2019 | News Blog

Evolving the Biocide Selection Procedure for Frac By Virginia Wornstaff, Vice President Yes, Kill Study sounds a little morbid. I have run hundreds of these microscopic genocides in my career trying to zero in on biocide application efficiencies for production...

The ABC’s of ATP Test Kits

Jan 21, 2019 | News Blog

Active Bacteria Count with ATP Test Kits Mitigating microbial growth is paramount for preventing microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) and souring in oil and gas applications. Information regarding overall population, metabolic subtypes present and presence of...