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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
James M McMillen, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210799 ; 210804 ; 210D / ;
Abstract
A method for removing emulsified water from a produced crude oil stream containing up to 65 volume percent water wherein the water-in-produced crude oil emulsion is passed through a bed containing a water saturated coalescing media, preferably sand or crushed quartz whereby the water coalesces to form a water phase and an oil phase essentially free of water. The two phases are allowed to separate by gravity forming an upper crude oil phase containing less than 3 volume percent water, and can be less than one-half volume percent water.