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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Terence Cox, Cleveland, GB;
Neil Grainger, Cleveland, GB;
Edward George Scovell, Middlesbrough, GB;
Croda International Plc, Goole, East Yorkshire, GB;
Abstract
Petroleum additive formulations include a petroleum additive dissolved in a carrier fluid including at least one compound of the formula (I): (R)-Ph-(CH)—COO—(AO)—Rwhere; Ris Cto Calkyl; AO is alkyleneoxy; n is 0 or from 1 to 100; m is 0, 1 or 2; and Ph is a phenyl group, which may be substituted with groups (R); where each Ris independently Cto Cor alkoxy; and p is 0, 1 or 2. Further, crude petroleum or petroleum refinery streams can be treated by adding a petroleum additive dissolved in a carrier fluid of the formula (I) to the product stream. Desirably the carrier fluid is or includes iso-propyl benzoate and/or 2-ethyl hexyl benzoate.