Saybolt LP

Saybolt LP, a for-profit partnership headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, operates as a subsidiary of Core Laboratories LLC and provides crude oil quality testing, analytical services, and petroleum-storage assay work to the Department of Energy and Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor on full-and-open, non-set-aside contracts. With 24 of 26 recent awards as prime (92%), Saybolt competes without SBA designations across specialized testing and petroleum-support categories.

Saybolt's federal footprint centers on Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) operations. The Department of Energy's Office of Cyber Security accounts for 12 awards and $3.5 million in combined potential value—92% of the vendor's customer-concentration ranking by both award count and dollars. Under a $2.95 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract running through December 31, 2026 (awarded January 1, 2023), Saybolt has issued eleven delivery orders for crude oil quality testing, comprehensive assays, hydrogen sulfide content analysis in liquid and vapor forms, inspection analysis, brine analysis, sludge analysis, and limit-screening tests across multiple SPR cavern sites including Bryan Mound, Big Hill, West Hackberry, and Bayou Choctaw. Representative recent orders include a $43,390 delivery order for crude oil inspection and assay work on Cavern BM 001 at Bryan Mound (May 27, 2026), an $82,650 contract for ten-year crude oil quality testing across caverns BC 017 and BM 106 (June 10, 2025), and a $41,325 delivery order for comprehensive assay and brine analysis on Cavern BM 107C (December 8, 2025). The second-largest customer, the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, holds five awards valued at $741 thousand combined, predominantly tank-calibration and petroleum-equipment support services at Defense Fuel Support Point Diego Garcia. The Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, United States Marine Corps, and Environmental Protection Agency collectively account for seven awards under $25 thousand combined.

Activity from 2023 onward shows three to five awards annually; within the next twenty-four months, two awards totaling $74 thousand face completion and potential recompete. Two sub-awards with Weston Solutions Inc. (November 2025 and March 2025) cover tank cleaning, inspection, and repair services for Defense Fuel Support Point Diego Garcia. Top NAICS codes reflect Saybolt's specialization: Testing Laboratories and Services (18 awards), Other Support Activities for Water Transportation (4 awards), and Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations (2 awards). All awards through open-market competition carry no set-aside designation, indicating Saybolt's competitive standing in specialized petroleum-testing and SPR-support domains.