How is Crude Oil Transported?
| Typically, the crude oil produced from an oil well is treated to remove excess water and inorganic solids such as salt and then collected and stored for shipment to a refinery.
So, how is Crude Oil Transported?
Often, the crude oil from several fields can be accumulated at a central point for shipping through a pipeline. | |
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Precipitations and accumulations of asphaltenes in a pipeline for transferring crude oil could result in loss of oil flow and/or equipment failure. Crude oil storage facilities could have maintenance or capacity problems if asphaltene precipitations occur during shipping of crude oil.
Precipitation of asphaltene during shipping is clearly just as undesirable as during production. As a result of these potential problems, many chemicals, also referred to herein as "additives", including solvents, are available to prevent or control the precipitation of asphaltenes. Often, by the time a crude oil reaches a shipping center, it may contain at least some of these additives.
It would be desirable in the art of shipping crude oil by pumping the crude oil through pipelines to minimise the precipitation of asphaltenes during shipping.
It would also be desirable if the more than one crude oil could be blended and then so shipped while still minimizing the precipitation of asphaltenes. It would be even more desirable if these objectives could be achieved while saving chemical and energy costs.
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