Methods for treating hydrocarbon recovery operations and industrial waters

Patent · Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5928815

Thompson, N E.S.; Asperger, R G

This patent describes a method for consisting adding to the emulsion an effective demulsifying amount of a composition comprising a compound containing: an alkane triyl group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms; an alkylene group of 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and an alkali or alkaline earth metal group or an ammonium group.

• Assignee: Petrolite Corp., St. Louis, MO
• Patent Number(s): US 4826625
• OSTI ID: 5928815
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 21 Aug 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
HYDROCARBONS
RECOVERY
WASTE WATER
DEMULSIFICATION
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALKANES
EMULSIONS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
WASTE PROCESSING
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
WATER TREATMENT
COLLOIDS
CONTROL
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
METALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
PROCESSING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
020800* - Petroleum- Waste Management
320305 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Industrial Waste Management
520200 - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)