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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Miguel Angel Lopez Andreu, Abqaiq, SA;

Ramsey James White, Abqaiq, SA;

Freddy Rubiano Morales, Abqaiq, SA;

Sultan I. Alghamdi, Khobar, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 33/08 (2006.01); C10G 33/02 (2006.01); C10G 33/04 (2006.01); G01K 3/04 (2006.01); G01K 13/02 (2021.01); G01R 19/12 (2006.01); G01K 13/024 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 33/08 (2013.01); C10G 33/02 (2013.01); C10G 33/04 (2013.01); G01K 3/04 (2013.01); G01K 13/02 (2013.01); G01R 19/12 (2013.01); G01K 13/024 (2021.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure describes a computer-implemented method that includes: monitoring, at a gas oil separation plant (GOSP) facility that includes a high-pressure production trap (HPPT) apparatus and a Dual Frequency Desalting (DFD) device, a plurality of parameters, wherein the plurality of parameters include one or more current measurements from the DFD device, as well as gas temperature and demulsifier concentration from the HPPT; based on the one or more current measurements, determining a rate of change of the one or more current measurements from the DFD device; and in response to the rate of change as well as the gas temperature and the demulsifier concentration, adjusting a demulsifier dosage being injected at the HPPT apparatus.


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