Dehydration of heavy crude oil using disc stack centrifuges

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 371-380

  Dhuldhoya, Nimish ^a   Mileo, Mike ^b   Faucher, Mark ^c   Sellman, Erik ^c  

^a Texaco E and P Inc   (United States)

^b Texaco UK   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFA LAVAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; DEHYDRATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMULSIFICATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEPARATORS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS;

API GRAVITIES; DEMULSIFIERS; HEAVY CRUDE OIL; HOLD UP; LARGE AMOUNTS; LARGE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

CRUDE OIL; CRUDE PETROLEUM;

DISC STACK CENTRIFUGES; ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS;

EID: 0031640749     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/49119-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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