A system and process for refining crude oil to produce higher-purity, cleaner-burning designer fuels with reduced emissions. The crude oil may be treated with viscosity-reductant additives, which reduces viscosity by up to 50% and increases API gravity by more than 2 points. The method of spray-cracking and vacuum-flashing of crude oil separates light end chains and heavy end chains inside the reactor. The vapor is condensed into designer fuels like bunker, diesel, jet/kerosene fuel, naphtha and gasoline fuel using multi-stage horizontal reverse condensate-condenser. The GVF centrifuges are configured to separate targeted fuels of desired density value as per their ideal fuel densities, which carry out centrifugal polishing to generate targeted fuel products of desired density and hydrocarbon molecules of desired purity values. These designer fuels are further treated with desulfurization additive. A method for automating daily selection of designer fuels and chemical-rich residuum from the process is disclosed.

A method and apparatus for separating production fluids using a system designed to minimize the heating requirements through thermodynamic efficiency and reduce equipment costs.

A method and apparatus for separating production fluids using a system designed to minimize the heating requirements through thermodynamic efficiency and reduce equipment costs.

The present invention relates to a process of desalting crudeoil, in particular a process for desalting a crude oil which comprises an ionic liquid, an organic acid and any resulting organic salt.

The present invention relates to a process of desalting crudeoil, in particular a process for desalting a crude oil which comprises an ionic liquid, an organic acid and any resulting organic salt.

A method for sulfur removal and upgrading comprising the steps of mixing a heated oil feed and a supercritical water feed in a feed mixer, allowing conversion reactions to occur in the supercritical water reactor, reducing the temperature in the cooling device to produce a cooled fluid, reducing the pressure in the depressurizing device to produce a discharged fluid, separating the discharged fluid in the gas-liquid separator to produce a liquid phase product, increasing the pressure to produce pressurized liquid product, the pressure of pressurized liquid product is greater than the critical pressure of water, processing the pressurized liquid product in the hydration reactor to produce a hydrated oil stream, separating the hydrated oil stream to produce an extracted upgraded oil and an oxygenate concentrated stream, the oxygenate concentrated stream comprises the oxygenates, and processing the extracted upgraded oil in the hydrotreater to produce a desulfurized upgraded oil.

A method for sulfur removal and upgrading comprising the steps of mixing a heated oil feed and a supercritical water feed in a feed mixer, allowing conversion reactions to occur in the supercritical water reactor, reducing the temperature in the cooling device to produce a cooled fluid, reducing the pressure in the depressurizing device to produce a discharged fluid, separating the discharged fluid in the gas-liquid separator to produce a liquid phase product, increasing the pressure to produce pressurized liquid product, the pressure of pressurized liquid product is greater than the critical pressure of water, processing the pressurized liquid product in the hydration reactor to produce a hydrated oil stream, separating the hydrated oil stream to produce an extracted upgraded oil and an oxygenate concentrated stream, the oxygenate concentrated stream comprises the oxygenates, and processing the extracted upgraded oil in the hydrotreater to produce a desulfurized upgraded oil.

Systems and methods for separation of hydrocarbon containing fluids are provided. More particularly, the disclosure is relevant to separating fluids having a gas phase, a hydrocarbon liquid phase, and an aqueous liquid phase using indirect heating. In general, the system uses a first gas separation followed by pressure reduction and then a second gas separation. Indirect follows the second gas separation and then three-phase separation.

Systems and methods for separation of hydrocarbon containing fluids are provided. More particularly, the disclosure is relevant to separating fluids having a gas phase, a hydrocarbon liquid phase, and an aqueous liquid phase using indirect heating. In general, the system uses a first gas separation followed by pressure reduction and then a second gas separation. Indirect follows the second gas separation and then three-phase separation.

A Process for the purification of renewable oils. The process may also be applied to petroleum oils such as used motor oil and the like. The process involves centrifuging the renewable oil in a centrifugal device producing a minimum of 7000 RCF, then contacting the oil with a mixture containing water, a straight chain hydro-treated ester compound, and a phosphate derivative at a minimum temperature of 100 C. for 10 minutes, then raising temperature to approximately between 120 C. and 130 C. to complete reaction. The mixture is then again centrifuged in a centrifugal device producing a minimum of 7000 RCF.