Cost-effective phase separation in the petrochemical and refining industry

In every refining facility or petrochemical plant several process units are designed to separate hydrocarbons and aqueous phases, selectively remove and extract impurities, and prevent or control foaming. For effective phase separation, GE’s technology improves performance at every step of the process.

Whether employing GE’s technology to dehydrate crude oil, reverse breakers to de-oil water, or wetting agents to improve solids removal, you will have the cost-effective treatments to streamline the refining and petrochemical process.
Efficient phase separation is critical in process units such as:

	Refinery desalters and cokers
	Ethylene quench water systems
	Water wash systems in chemicals production
	API separators

Over the past decade, GE Water & Process Technologies has developed patented products (oil-based, water-based, and silicone-based) for improving overall separation efficiency while reducing overall operating cost. The following products and treatments can help you meet your production and profit goals:

	Petroflo™ for foaming control and emulsion breaking
	Foamtrol™ for foaming control
	Embreak™ for emulsion breaking
	SolSet™ for solids settling
	SolSep™ for solids separation
	ProChem™ for foaming control and emulsion breaking
	Predator™ for processing of opportunity crudes
	SpecAid™ for treatment of finished fuels

GE solutions and technical specialist can diagnose your production problem, identify potential treatment options, apply the most cost-effective phase separation programs, and monitor the results to ensure optimum performance.