WEB-25-25 Crude Pretreatment: Improving Desalter Performance

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Stable desalter operation is necessary for reliable refinery operation. Use of crude oil pretreatment demulsifier programs have helped refiners maintain this stable operation, reducing emulsion carryover events, which cause corrosion and fouling problems downstream, and reducing oily brine problems, which hinder WWTP operation. Additionally, crude oil pretreatment has allowed refiners to expand their crude envelope to include more opportunity crudes. Learn as to why pretreatment demulsifier programs are effective in resolving difficult to treat desalter emulsions and how these programs enable more reliable and profitable refinery operation.