Bp Exploration Operating Company Limited

Sinvent As

Bp America

Nita Oza

Are Lund

Roar Larsen

Kai W Hjarbo

Taras Yurievich Makogon

Carl B Argo

Phaneendra Bollavaram

Marita Wolden

A method and a system for transporting a flow of fluid hydrocarbons containing wax and/or asphaltenes or any other precipitating solids through a treatment and transportation system including a pipeline are disclosed. The flow of fluid hydrocarbons is introduced into a reactor (), where it is mixed with another fluid flow having a temperature below a crystallization temperature for the wax and/or asphaltenes or other solids and containing particles or crystals acting as nucleating and/or growth cores for the wax and/or asphaltenes or other solids, the mixing temperature providing precipitation of the wax and/or asphaltenes or other solids from the flow of fluid hydrocarbons, and the effluent flow of hydrocarbons and particles is conveyed from the reactor () to a pipeline () for transportation.

Method and system for transporting flows of fluid hydrocarbons containing wax, asphaltenes, and/or other precipitating solids

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Houston, TX, United States of America

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