Heavy distillate-based additives and methods for use in stabilizing asphaltenes
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorsMarco Respini, Justin Porter
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Abstract
A stabilizing additive is prepared from a heavy distillate byproduct obtained from one or more waste plastic pyrolysis processes. The heavy distillate byproduct may include polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons that each include between 2 and 4 condensed rings, heavy polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons having between 5 and 10 condensed aromatic rings, and combinations of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
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A stabilizing additive for stabilizing asphaltenes in a petroleum feedstock, wherein the stabilizing additive comprises a heavy distillate byproduct from waste plastic pyrolysis.
A method for stabilizing asphaltenes in a petroleum feedstock comprising:
- preparing a stabilizing additive comprising a heavy distillate byproduct from waste plastic pyrolysis;
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- introducing a volume of the stabilizing additive to the petroleum feedstock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.