Compositions – Preservative agents – Anti-corrosion
Patent
1988-07-14
1991-03-19
Lovering, Richard D.
Compositions
Preservative agents
Anti-corrosion
44301, 137 4, 137 13, 2523115, 252312, 252351, 252DIG1, 431 2, B01F 1742, B01J 1300, C10L 132
Patent
active
050008722
ABSTRACT:
A process for the preparation of low-viscosity improved stable crude oil transport emulsions. The process comprises producing a hydrocarbon crude, and mixing the produced hydrocarbon crude with an emulsifying composition(s) which contains water and is capable of assisting the formation of an oil-in-water emulsion. The amount of the emulsifying composition(s) that is mixed with the produced hydrocarbon crude is sufficient to form an oil-in-water emulsion having water content of from about 10 percent to about 60 percent by weight water and a viscosity sufficiently low for allowing the transport of the formulated oil-in-water emulsion.
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Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd.
Carpenter John Wade
Lovering Richard D.
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