Streamlining the crude cleanup process

An effective emulsion-breaking treatment must deliver superior dehydration; excellent removal of salt, sediment, and metals; an oil-free effluent brine, and cost-effective economics.

As the leader in providing innovative process treatments for the global refinery industry, GE Water & Process Technologies offers a specific product line for the desalter demulsifier market. It includes:

	Primary emulsion breakers (to dehydrate crude oil)
	Reverse emulsion breakers (to de-oil water)
	Wetting agents (to improve solids removal)

Because desalter systems vary from refinery to refinery, GE technical and service professionals are prepared to engineer a customized program for your facility. They will:

	Analyze desalter configuration/operating temperature, crude slate, and wash-water rate
	Propose best practices from similar installations and provide benchmark comparisons
	Define process treatment objectives and criteria for success
	Monitor desalter operation to evaluate residence time, degree of hydrolysis, and salt balance

GE also is developing new desalter and demulsification technology, including:

	More robust demulsifiers
	Metals removal chemistry
	Analyzers to evaluate desalter effluent brine
	Bottom sediment and water (BS&W) monitors for crude oil
	Benzene reduction methods
	Patented mud wash aid technology
	Patented split feed chemical application