dc.contributor.author | Amter, Aljilani | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-24T17:00:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-24T17:00:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-07-24 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/53126 | |
dc.description | Mabruk is a mature oilfield located in Libya's Sirte basin | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this thesis was to optimize the concentration of demulsifier required to remove water from water-in-oil emulsions in the crude oil from Mabruk oil field, Libya. This was achieved by conducting a series of industrial standard Bottle-Test’s on the crude oil emulsions from Mabruk oil field. Mabruk oil field is located in Libya's Sirte basin. Mabruk’s crude oil has a moderate emulsion tendency easily treated by injecting an emulsion breaker (EB) into the inlet crude oil of the separation plant, to enhance oil-water separation by weakening the rigid film existing between the water and the oil that prevents the drops from coalescing. Optimizing the EB dosage in the field was a field trial based method, with dosages ranging from 5 – 100 ppm depending on emulsion stability and hardness. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Oilfield emulsion treatment | en_US |
dc.subject | Crude oil dehydration | en_US |
dc.subject | water in oil emulsion | en_US |
dc.title | Demulsification of Water in Crude Oil | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2014-07-15 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Applied Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | N/A | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Mark Gibson | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Mark Gibson, Jan Haelssig | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Michael Pegg | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |