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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Mexico City, MX;
Laura Verónica Castro Sotelo, Mexico City, MX;
Alfonso López Ortega, Mexico City, MX;
José Gonzalo Hernández Cortez, Mexico City, MX;
Fernando Alvarez Ramírez, Mexico City, MX;
Arquímedes Estrada Martínez, Mexico City, MX;
Flavio Salvador Vázquez Moreno, Mexico City, MX;
Eugenio Alejandro Flores Oropeza, Mexico City, MX;
Laura Verónica Castro Sotelo, Mexico City, MX;
Alfonso López Ortega, Mexico City, MX;
José Gonzalo Hernández Cortez, Mexico City, MX;
Fernando Alvarez Ramírez, Mexico City, MX;
Arquímedes Estrada Martínez, Mexico City, MX;
Flavio Salvador Vázquez Moreno, Mexico City, MX;
INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO, Mexico City, MX;
Abstract
The present invention is related to formulations including one or more block copolymers with low polydispersity and bifunctionalized with amines, and an ionic liquid. A method of demulsifying, dehydrating, and desalting crude oils having API gravity ranging between 8 to 30 admixes the formulation with the crude oil in an amount effective to demulsify, dehydrate and/or desalt the crude oils.