Methods for treating mud wash emulsions

Details Methods for treating mud wash emulsions Methods for treating mud wash emulsions

1995-07-13

1997-03-25

Hruskoci, Peter A.

Liquid purification or separation

Processes

Making an insoluble substance or accreting suspended...

208188, 208311, 210728, 210737, 252331, 252358, B01D 1705

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active

056141017

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides for methods for treating bottoms sludge and water-oil interphase emulsions present in a containment vessel by injecting into the sludge an effective resolving amount of an oil-based demuislfier. In a preferred embodiment, the containment vessel is a desalter containing a bottoms sludge layer, a water/brine layer, a water-oil interphase emulsion layer and a hydrocarbon layer and the demulsifier is injected through the mud wash header.

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