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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Chris R. Copeland, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Cory B. Phillips, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Roland Schmidt, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Inventors:
Chris R. Copeland, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Cory B. Phillips, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Roland Schmidt, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 21/01 (2006.01); C02F 1/56 (2006.01); E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 43/30 (2006.01); C09K 8/592 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/2406 (2013.01); C09K 8/592 (2013.01); E21B 43/305 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus relate to treating hydrocarbons recovered with steam condensate from a formation. The treating removes particulates from the hydrocarbons by addition of a flocculant to produced fluids containing the hydrocarbons and an aqueous phase with the condensate. The flocculant causes the particulates suspended in the hydrocarbons to agglomerate and be transferred to the aqueous phase, which is then separated from the hydrocarbons.