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News Release from: Sabic Innovative Plastics | Subject: Silbreak
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 14 April 2005
Demulsifiers promise to boost oil output
A new demulsifier technology aims to help the oil industry to exploit sources of crude that were once considered economically unattractive.
The global thirst for energy, and specifically crude oil, continues to grow, and as the cost and availability of this precious resource increases, oil companies are under pressure to find new sources and technologies to enhance production yields To help, GE Advanced Materials has launched its Silbreak silicone product offering, a new demulsifier technology that may enable the oil industry to exploit sources of crude that were once considered economically unattractive
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 26 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Long under-explored, the science of crude oil demulsification is now gaining momentum, and GE's new family of silicone-based Silbreak demulsifiers offers tangible benefits to end users, such as: a higher speed of separation than competitive offerings; more complete separation, reducing the salt content of separated crude; a leaner, sharper interface between the crude and water phases, resulting in dryer crude oil and cleaner water; durable, long-lasting performance; and a potentially more competitive cost/performance ratio than many competitive products.
Silbreak demulsifiers may offer new options for customers to differentiate their product offerings, access new fields, and obtain improved levels of performance from the crude they obtain.
"GE Advanced Materials recognises the emerging challenges and opportunities for crude oil demulsification", said SJ Hull, Leader of Field Market Development, Oil and Gas, GE Advanced Materials.
"And we are committed to developing a range of superior demulsifiers to meet these challenges and maximise the competitiveness of our customers".
GE Advanced Materials is expecting increased use of Silbreak demulsifiers in many areas where customers need quick, clear separation of two phases such as water and oil (for example mineral oil, silicone oil, or crude oil).
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