Experimental investigation of crude oil desalting and dehydration

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-82

  Al Otaibi, M ^a,b   Elkamel, A ^a   Al Sahhaf, T ^a   Ahmed, A S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT OIL COMPANY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Crude oil emulsions; Crude oil treatment; Dehydration desalting; Salt removal efficiency; Water cut efficiency

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEHYDRATION; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SALT REMOVAL;

DEMULSIFIERS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CRUDE OIL; DEHYDRATION; OIL-WATER EMULSION; SALT; SEPARATION;

EID: 0242274329     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986440302094     Document Type: Article

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