OIL VISCOSITY REDUCTION

up to 80%

HEAVY CRUDE OIL PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION

HEAVY CRUDE OIL PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION

TODAY

  • MAIN CHALLENGES
    • High viscosity - poor flowability at standard temperatures
    • Increased energy consumption for pumping
    • Risk of solidification and pipeline blockages
  • DILUENTS AND HEATING ARE REQUIRED
    Chemicals and heating to achieve required viscosity level.
  • HIGH CAPEX AND OPEX COSTS
    Complex solutions equal to significant CAPEX and OPEX costs.

CHALLENGE

VISCOSITY REDUCTION WITHOUT DILUENTS AND HEATING




How to ensure heavy crude oil transportation without heating and diluents - while ensuring energy saving, reducing CAPEX and OPEX?

SOLUTION

APPLY PRT-BASED "C+(H)" SOLUTION

  • Consists of one or two activator(s): C-activator or/and H-activator
  • Affects carbon or/and hydrogen
  • Can be installed in parallel to a pipeline
  • Breaks long hydrocarbon chains to smaller ones

REDUCES OIL VISCOSITY up to 80% WITHOUT DILUENTS AND HEATING (can be adjusted upon a client requirement)


Additionally:
  • Increases yield of light hydrocarbons up to 40%

10% of crude oil processed with PRT affects the rest 90% of crude oil

VALUE

ENERGY SAVING. ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY. COST EFFECTIVE.

  • VISCOSITY REDUCTION

    up to

    80%

  • CAPEX/OPEX SAVINGS

    up to

    37%

  • REDUCTION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION

    up to

    27%

  • LIGHT FRACTION YIELD INCREASE

    up to

    40%

  • DILUENTS

    NO

  • HEATING

    NO