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TANK CLEANING – THE CRUDE OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM

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Anamika Talwaria

Editor & Head of Content for Tank Storage Magazine & StocExpo and Chair of Women in Tanks.

The DS Jet Mixing System offered by Allerion Oilfield Services can prevent the build-up of crude oil sludge crude oils have the propensity to separate into the heavier and lighter hydrocarbons from which they are composed. This is often aggravated by cool temperatures, the venting of volatile components from the crude, and by the static condition of fluid during storage. The heavy ends that separate from the crude oil and are deposited on the bottoms of storage vessels are known as ‘tank bottoms’, or ‘sludge’. It is a combination of hydrocarbons, sediment, paraffin and water. Sludge can accelerate corrosion, reduce […]

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