REMOVING CHLATHRATE INHIBITORS FROM CONTAMINATED PETROLEUM STREAMS

A process is presented for treating crude oil that contains a clathrate hydrate inhibitor. In the process, a crude oil contaminated with the inhibitor is maintained in a vessel at inhibitor removal conditions to produce a treated crude oil having a reduced methanol concentration.

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Hauptverfasser: RUFAEL TECLE S, SHONG ROBERT G, HICKS REBECCA A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A process is presented for treating crude oil that contains a clathrate hydrate inhibitor. In the process, a crude oil contaminated with the inhibitor is maintained in a vessel at inhibitor removal conditions to produce a treated crude oil having a reduced methanol concentration.