Oil Treatment
We purify used oil by removing water, solids, and contaminants—helping your equipment run better and last longer. Our solutions improve oil quality, cut costs, and reduce waste, making them ideal for lubricants, hydraulic systems, and fuel treatment.
Oil Filtration and Separation
Oil filtration and separation processes are used to remove particulate matter, water, and other impurities from crude oil or refined products to ensure optimal quality and performance.
- Solid Particle Filtration: Using mechanical or fabric filters to remove contaminants like dirt, dust, and metal particles from crude oil or refined products.
- Water Separation: Separating water from oil using gravity separators, coalescers, or centrifuges to prevent issues like corrosion or equipment damage.
- Oil-Water Separation: Utilizing skimmers or separators to extract water from oil, which is critical for preventing issues in the transportation and storage of oil.
Oil Desalting
Desalting is an essential pre-treatment process that removes salts, impurities, and water from crude oil before it enters the refining process. This ensures the oil is free from corrosive elements that can affect equipment and processing.
- Electrostatic Desalting: The most common technique, which uses an electrostatic field to separate water and salts from the oil.
- Chemical Desalting: Involves adding chemicals to the crude oil to help break down and remove salts and impurities.
Oil Degassing
Oil degassing removes dissolved gases (like hydrogen sulfide, methane, and carbon dioxide) from crude oil or refined products. This is crucial for maintaining oil quality and ensuring the safety of the oil for transport and storage.
- Vacuum Degassing: Using a vacuum to lower the pressure of the oil, causing dissolved gases to escape.
- Thermal Degassing: Heating oil to release volatile compounds and gases.
- Gas Stripping: Using an inert gas (like nitrogen) to strip gases from oil.
Oil Sweetening
- Amine Sweetening: Using amine solutions to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and other sulfur compounds from sour oil.
- Hydrodesulfurization: A catalytic process where sulfur compounds are removed by reacting with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
- Mercaptan Removal: Techniques to remove mercaptans and other sulfur-containing compounds, typically using chemical scrubbing or oxidation.
Oil Dehydration
Dehydration of crude oil and refined products is essential to prevent corrosion, maintain product quality, and ensure that the oil meets the required specifications for transportation or storage.
- Centrifugal Separation: Using centrifugal force to separate water from oil.
- Thermal Dehydration: Heating oil to promote water separation through distillation or evaporation.
- Absorbent Materials: Using materials like silica gel or activated clay to absorb water from oil.
Oil Refining and Hydrocracking
Hydrocracking is a process in refining that uses hydrogen to break down heavier hydrocarbons into lighter, more valuable products like gasoline and diesel. It’s essential for maximizing the value and output of crude oil.
- Hydrocracking: Breaking down heavy hydrocarbons in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst.
- Catalytic Cracking: Using a catalyst to break down large hydrocarbon molecules into lighter fractions.
- Hydrotreating: A process that uses hydrogen to remove contaminants like sulfur, nitrogen, and metals from refined products.
Oil Stabilization
Oil stabilization is the process of removing lighter hydrocarbons (like methane, ethane, and propane) from crude oil to stabilize it for transport, storage, and further processing.
- Flash Distillation: Using heat to separate lighter hydrocarbons from heavier crude oil.
- Pressure Reduction: Lowering the pressure of the oil to allow the volatile components to vaporize and be separated.
Oil Additive and Viscosity Control
- Viscosity Reduction: Using additives to lower the viscosity of heavy oils to improve flow in pipelines or processing equipment.
- Anti-Wear Additives: Adding compounds to reduce wear and tear on engines and machinery that use oil.
- Pour Point Depressants: Additives that lower the freezing point of oil, ensuring it remains fluid at low temperatures.
Oil Recovery and Waste Oil Treatment
Waste oil treatment is an important process to recover usable oil or refine contaminated oil, especially in industrial and automotive applications. It helps reduce waste and environmental impact.
- Vacuum Distillation: Distilling waste oils under reduced pressure to separate usable oil from contaminants.
- Bioremediation: Using bacteria or other microorganisms to degrade contaminants in waste oils.
- Regeneration of Used Oils: Treating used oils for reprocessing or reuse in industrial applications.
Oil Storage and Preservation
Proper storage and preservation of oil are essential for maintaining its quality over time, particularly for long-term storage or transportation.
- Corrosion Inhibitors: Chemicals added to oil to prevent the corrosion of storage tanks and pipelines.
- Antioxidants: Additives that prevent the oxidation of oil during storage, preserving its properties.
- Tank Cleaning and Maintenance: Methods for keeping storage tanks free of contaminants and ensuring oil purity.