Refinery desalting

London, 29 - 30 September 2010

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Course Topics:

  • Desalting fundamentals
  • Opportunity crude processing
  • Tank farm management
  • Crude oil quality impact
  • Desalter equipment
  • Desalter designs
  • Heavy crude oil desalting
  • Best practices and case studies
  • Field testing
  • Troubleshooting process

Course dates & venues

London 29 & 30 September 2010

VENUE DETAILS

Course tutors


Brad Mason, Global Desalting Industry Developement Manager, NALCO

Tony Potter, Consultant, NALCO

Tom Collins, Vice President, Electrostatic Process Division, ALLIED TECHNOLOGY

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course participants will have increased their knowledge of the key desalter operating practices. They will have improved their understanding of desalter performance impacts related to design and equipment differences on their individual sites, and should also have a better ability in troubleshooting operational issues using mechanical, operational, and chemical solutions.

They should also take with them the realisation of how critical the desalting process is:

  • Protecting the downstream operations
  • Improving equipment reliability in terms of reducing corrosion
  • Fouling
  • Energy consumption
  • Waste water treatment impacts
  • Reduce total cost of operation