The lab begins it section since the inception of Gas System Laboratory in 1988 under the management of Department of Polymer and Gas Engineering.  The new organizational structure of the newly formed Gas Engineering Department in 1997 establishes the Calibration Laboratory (CLS) as its new significant entity.  The laboratory is currently under the administration of UTM-MPRC Institute for Oil and Gas, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia located at the N29A, IFOG Calibration Laboratory.

Since its establishment, the lab has managed to acquire critical equipment to support its operation, mainly as a postgraduate and services laboratory.  It renders calibration services especially in the field of PRESSURE and TEMPERATURE scope.  The laboratory largely caters industrial needs driven by local and international oil, gas and energy development.

In general, the laboratory is devising its operation under 2 sections namely PRESSURE and TEMPERATURE. Currently, the laboratory is having comprehensive facilities to provide calibration services towards any pressure or temperature gauges almost at all range operation.  The calibration could be made either at bench or at site.  The accuracy of calibration may reach up to S1 Class at about 0.005% accuracy.  Equipment’s are directly traceable to their manufacturers as well as calibrated against national and international standards.  Some of the equipment’s are traceable to NIST and SIRIM. 

In order to market its services, the IFOG Calibration Laboratory is under the purview of the UTM-MPRC Institute for Oil and Gas in providing its technical, academic support and continuous industrial linkages.  Internationalization of the laboratory is made by means of its promotion through its information attachment related to its rendered services through a reputable institute’s website.