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Date of Patent
November 3, 2009
Patent Application Number
11281532
Date Filed
November 17, 2005
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Patent abstract
The invention pertains to the use of a class of acetylenic surfactants to resolve or break water and oil emulsions. The surfactants are of particular advantage in resolving crude oil emulsions of the type encountered in desalter and similar apparatus designed to extract brines from the crude as they partition to the aqueous phase in the desalter.
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