International Petroleum and Petrochemical Technology

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Beijing, China | 26-28, March 2020

Abstract Submission Form

Please complete all information on this form and send to: paper@ipptc.org

Presenter’s Name (as it should appear on the program)

a) First Name: Amrit

b) Middle Initial: -
c) Last Name: Kaur
d) Prefix (please highlight): Dr. Professor Miss Ms. Mrs. Mr.
e) Citizenship: Malaysian
f) Current position: Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Student
g) Organization (College, University, Business, or Professional Affiliation, if applicable): UCSI
University Kuala Lumpur

Contact Information

a) Address: Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Technology & Built
Environment, UCSI University, No. 1, Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights (Taman
Connaught), Cheras 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
b) City: Kuala Lumpur
c) State /Province: Kuala Lumpur
e) Country: Malaysia
f) Postal / Zip Code: 56000
g) Work Phone (please add country code):
h) Fax:
i) Mobile Phone: +60176275058
j) Email: amritkaur693@gmail.com

Submission Details

a) What kind of major issue do you address? Transportation and Flow Assurance
 (E.g. Drilling, Production and Oilfield Chemistry; Oil & Gas Storage and Transportation and Flow
Assurance; Offshore Drilling and Production Engineering, Gathering and Transportation System;
Refining and Petrochemical Engineering; Machinery, Materials and Corrosion Protection; Intelligence
and Information Technology; Environmental Surveillance, Governing and HSE Management):
Oil & Gas Storage and Transportation and Flow Assurance
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c) Are you willing to join the technical committee of IPPTC? (Please highlight)
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highlight)
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Abstract must be in English, with 235-450 words. Please use single space and a Times New
Roman 12-point font. Abstract should provide a brief description of objectives, methodology,
theory, and summary of results/conclusions. Please do not include any charts, bibliographies or
footnotes. Please also note that when the abstract is accepted, the shortened version of about
100 words abstract will be asked to be resubmitted for speakers.
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Title of Presentation: Relationship between Crude Properties and Demulsifier Performance

Authors (please list all): Amrit Kaur

Abstract:
Emulsion is highly undesired and it poses a major challenge in upstream petroleum industry. The
undesirable well head water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions drastically increase the viscosity of oil and
dramatically increase the pumping cost, enhance corrosion, reduce throughput and can lead to
equipment failure. Water in crude oil reduces efficiency of vessels due to limited space besides
reducing the oil recovery which leads to environmental concern as oil content will be present in
effluent water. The API gravity gets affected and due to the salt content present, the market value
of crude reduces. Chemical demulsification method is employed due to the low operational cost
and space required. Due to the vast range of different types of crude oils and the EOR process
conditions, the development and selection of effective demulsifiers for regional crude oils has
been time consuming and a tedious process. This experimental study is proposed to define
relationship between crude characteristics of wax, asphaltene and crude API with RSN and cloud
point properties of demulsifiers with its performances accordingly. 16 different types of
demulsifiers with RSN ranges from eleven (11) to twenty one (21) were tested using demulsifier
bottle test. The demulsifiers comprises of resin alkoxylate, modified polyol and polyimine
derivative.Synthetic crude is used throughout the study with API of 27,34,37 and 40. The wax
and asphaltene contents of each crude API is varied. The study used 2% NaCl water representing
average salinity of the produced water in Malaysian offshore fields. Demulsification test
conducted using 50:50 ratio in term of the crude and brine volume.100ppm demulsifier dosed
into emulsion mixture and the separation is monitores and recorded after 5 minutes time. The
demulsifier bottle test is performed at 60 degree celcius which is similar to the operating
temperature of demulsifier injection in Malaysian offshore field. Based on the results obtained,
resin alkoxylate showed the best performance while polyimine derivative based demulsifier had
the poorest performance. Based on the three chemistry groups, demulsifier with high RSN which
is from 19 to 21 work best in resolving the emulsion compared to the low RSN demulsifiers.

Keywords: emulsion ; wax content ; crude API; demulsifier chemistry; demulsifier performance

Presenter(s) Biography (50-100 words):

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(1) Amrit Kaur
Amrit Kaur was born in Alor Star,Kedah, Malaysia in 1994. She has a strong background in
administration through previous 3 years of working experience. Her last job was in a local oil
and gas company, Bumi Armada whereby her responsibility was in claims processing and
payment. Currently, she is an aspiring engineer, pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree focused in
Chemical Engineering from UCSI University. Amrit is an avid reader, active in extracurricular
activities and societies, tries to contribute to society whenever time permits and dabbles in
outdoor activities on holidays.