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Crude oil stabilizers should help with processing incompatible crude oil blends

July 24, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Unlike many traditional asphaltene dispersants, GE’s EmBreak 2167 and EmBreak 2168 crude stabilizers are ashless and do not contain any metals, such as phosphorous or calcium, that could contribute to catalyst contamination or equipment fouling.

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The stabilizers are a part of the company’s patent-pending technology that can be used specifically in refinery desalters and other oil and water separation equipment.

“Being able to process discounted crude oils depends on the other crudes that they are blended with, and that is where EmBreak 2167 and 2168 come into the picture,” said Buzz Barlow, GE Power & Water.

Incompatible crudes blends may precipitate asphaltenes or other heavy molecular weight aliphatics resulting in uncontrolled emulsions, which can cause poor effluent brine quality as well as deteriorating salt and solids removal efficiency.

(source: Filtration+Separation)

Filed Under: Alberta, International, News Tagged With: crude oil, disperants, EmBreak, GE, oil, refineries, stabilizers

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