The Effect of Diffrent Solvents on Shaikan Viscous Crude Oil Through Thermal Application

The Effect of Diffrent Solvents on Shaikan Viscous Crude Oil Through Thermal Application

Crude oil

Viscosity

Petroleum industry

Methanol

Heavy metals

Heavy oil production

Petroleum transportation

Organic solvents

Toluene

Wellheads

Heavy Oil recovery

Polar Solvents

Viscosity Dilution

Viscous Crude Oil

Heavy crude oils are complex fluid mixture with a high proportion of asphaltic molecules, sulfur and several heavy metals like nickel, vanadium, and nitrogen. These components will affect negatively transporting viscous crude oil from production well-head to early processing facilities through pipeline, whereby the viscosity of heavy crude oils is ranging from 102 centipoise (c.P) to more than 105 c.P and low API gravity less than 20 API degree. In order to increase the efficiency of viscous crude oil flowability or mobility, reducing the viscosity factor is a promising method. In this experimental study, shaikan viscous crude oil has been blended with different solvents under different concentration rates and different temperatures conditions. The main objective of this experimental study is analyzing the effect of solvents like (methanol and toluene) on the heavy oil crude viscosity. The results obtained exhibit that, there is good viscosity reduction achieved by toluene but methanol solvent had a minor impact on viscosity reduction. 2020 IEEE.

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6th International Engineering Conference "Sustainable Technology and Development", IEC 2020, February 26, 2020 - February 27, 2020

2020

Albajalan, Ahmed R.

conferencePaper

10.1109/IEC49899.2020.9122844