C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 10 – G
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C10G 33/00 (2006.01) C10G 31/08 (2006.01) C10G 33/04 (2006.01)
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CA 1260423
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE METHOD FOR DESALTING CRUDE OIL The salt content of a heavy crude oil is reduced by a method which comprises the steps of (a) mixing 70 to 98% by volume of a heavy crude oil having a viscosity in the range 200 to 250,000 mPa.s at the mixing temperature with 30 to 2% by volume of an aqueous solution of an emulsifying surfactant or an alkali, percentages being expressed as percentages by volume of the total mixture; mixing being effected under low shear conditions in the range 10 to 1,000 reciprocal seconds, in such manner that an HIPR emulsion is formed comprising distorted oil droplets having mean droplet diameters in the range 2 to 50 micron separated by aqueous films, (b) breaking the resulting emulsion, and (c) separating the resulting mixture into a layer of relatively salt-free oil and a layer of relatively salt-enhanced water. Heavy crude oils are desalted by the above method without requiring a hydrocarbon diluent. The high surface area of the aqueous lamellae in the HIPR emulsion increases the probability of contacts occurring between them and the droplets of salt water originally present in the crude oil, and thus leads to greater desalting efficiency.
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Briceno Maria I.
Chirinos Maria L.
Taylor Alistair S.
Taylor Spencer E.
British Petroleum Company P.l.c. The
Intevep S.a.
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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