New emulsion breaker; feedstock treatment
New products for emulsion breaking and feedstock treatment are on the market.
PetroLuxus 500 is a new aqueous emulsion-breaking product for drilling, production, refining, and storage.
It is a specially blended aqueous chemical solution developed for the treatment of hydrocarbon emulsions. When introduced into an emulsion, PetroLuxus 500 disperses rapidly while eliminating the interfacial surface tension between oil and other materials such as water, metals, dirt, sediments, and other contaminants.
The product works rapidly, usually within several hours, to effect separation of hydrocarbon emulsion components resulting in a stratification of materials by specific gravity. The company says that stratification of the emulsion components by specific gravity provides an efficient method for the remediation and recovery of the components. PetroLuxus(TM) 500 is nonhazardous, nonflammable, and biodegradable.
The product offers the opportunity to recover hydrocarbons and reduce former waste to nonhazardous, disposable, or salable materials.
PetroLuxus 500 can be utilized to break emulsions at all phases of crude oil production.
During the drilling phase it can be utilized to remediate drilling fluids-muds, tailings, and sludge pits. During the operational phase the product can be used to break emulsions at the wellhead, reduce water and particulates, and decrease viscosity in heavy oil. Emulsions created in the refining phase can be broken to maximize raw feedstock and processing final product. Storage facilities can utilize the product to clean and maintain tank batteries.
Feedstock treatment. PetroLuxus 100 is a new treatment for biodiesel, heavy oil, waste oil, and other raw fuel feedstocks.
The company says it is a cost effective, time efficient solution for upgrading raw fuel feedstocks before they enter the refining process or the treatment of finished product that has accumulated particulates and water during storage and transportation.
The specially blended treatment promises rapid dispersement that eliminates the interfacial surface tension of the feedstocks and other materials such as water, metals, dirt, sediments, and other contaminants. The product works rapidly, usually within several hours, to separate the components, resulting in a stratification of materials by specific gravity. The stratification of components provides a cleaner product for refining, the firm points out. PetroLuxus 100 is nonhazardous, nonflammable, and biodegradable.
It helps improve flow characteristics of heavy oil, segregate water, paraffin, and particulate matter, reduce acidity, reduce sulfur content, and reduce overall pumping costs, the company says.
Source: Planet Resource Recovery Inc., 8815 Industrial Drive, Pearland, TX 77584.
