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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vernon H Schievelbein, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ; B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208188 ; 208187 ; 252328 ; 252358 ;
Abstract
A process for removing water from heavy crude oil uses an inorganic salt which is a Group IA or Group IIA metal halide or nitrate salts. The crude oil is in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion with water content of 8% (by weight) or less. The salt is stirred into the crude oil. The resulting mixture is warmed. A water layer with added salts and an oil layer form. The salts are water soluble and settle out of the crude oil layer with the water.
Schievelbein, Vernon. (1999). Process for removing water from heavy crude oil (U.S. Patent No. 6007702). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6007702
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