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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles J Swartz, Ponca City, OK (US);
Ardis L Anderson, Ponca City, OK (US);
Assignee:
Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208188 ; 208187 ; 208189 ; 208262 ; 208177 ; 210712 ; 210708 ;
Abstract
In the desalting of crude oil, water-insoluble solids such as rust, iron sulfide, silt, clay, drilling mud components, etc., contained in the crude accumulate in an interfacial emulsion layer or cuff between the desalted crude and water phases. The major portion of this cuff is recycled to the crude feed and the remainder is mixed with a light diluent oil to break the emulsion and then settled to separate the crude and the water. The water-insoluble solids separate with the water. The separated oil phase may be combined with the desalted crude.