Research
Four studies built from public records and interviews with labs in refining, pipelines, midstream and electric power. Each one shows its method and links every source.
LIMS Replacement Study · 2026
What finally pushes a lab to replace its LIMS, and what keeps labs on systems they don't like.
24 of 38
labs named getting data in, getting it out, or both.
76 official documents · more than 70 labs · 2019 to 2026
LIMS Approval Study · 2026
What gets a LIMS request approved, what stalls or kills it, and what the approved requests did that the others didn't.
17 of 20
approved requests named compliance, manual data handling, an unsupported system or security.
25 written requests · 2019 to 2026
LIMS Cost of Ownership Study · 2026
Where the money goes over five years, beyond the license.
8 to 35%
of what labs spent went to the license. Implementation, integrators and staff took the rest.
Spending at 39 labs · 11 cost categories
Lab Data Error Study · 2026
What bad, late or missing lab data has cost on the public record, and what separated the small costs from the large ones.
$7,000 to $1.2 billion
in costs to organizations. The further bad product traveled before someone acted, the more it cost.
100 incidents and enforcement actions · 2015 to 2026
Guide
A guide for the lab manager making the case. Eight steps, with a checklist for each.
About the research
Sabine Industrial builds SI LIMS for fuel, energy, utility and chemical quality labs. Our team has spent fifteen years working with data extracts from every major LIMS. SI LIMS was built for the problems in these studies.
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