Water cut of crude oil
Water cut of crude oil refers to the mass percentage of water in all the liquids, i.e. crude oil plus water. Water cut is an important...
Category - Crude Oil Refining
Slug catcher is a static equipment used in the upstream oil production facilities to minimize the slug from oil and gas pipeline. Fluids extracted from oil and...
In upstream crude oil production and processing facilities, the produced water from oil wells is separated in the slug catcher. Generally this produced water...
Heavy Naphtha cut from the atmospheric crude oil distillation column in a refinery is sent to a ‘Naphtha Hydrotreating Unit’. After the naphtha...
Crude oil is first refined in an Atmospheric Distillation Column. Fractions of crude oil such as lighter gases (C1-C4), gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, fuel oil...
Diesel is well known as a liquid fuel used in diesel engine which is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition of...
Centrifugal pumps
Operating problems in a centrifugal Pump which can cause damage to the centrifugal pump can be either hydraulic or mechanical. In the first...
Usually crude oil extracted from geological sources is accompanied by hydrogen sulphide gas (H2S). This H2S is separated from rest of the oil at the...
Crude oil extracted from geological sources is a mixture of a wide range of hydrocarbons starting from lightest methane to heavy long chain hydrocarbons found...
Crude Oil Storage – Generally crude oil is extracted from the geological sources then stored in the crude form until it is shipped to a refining facility...
Crude oil is sent to the atmospheric distillation unit after desalting and heating. The purpose of atmospheric distillation is primary separation of various...
Usually crude oil extracted from geological sources is accompanied by hydrogen sulphide gas (H2S). This H2S is separated from rest of the oil at the...