Paraffin removing compositions

A composition for removing depositions of paraffin wax, asphaltic and bituminous organic solids and similar materials comprising a basic solution of oxyalkylated materials wherein (A) at least one of said oxyalkylated materials is an oxyalkylated amine and one other of said oxyalkylated materials is (B) a sulfated oxyalkylated fatty alcohol or salt thereof, which composition contains in addition to (A) and (B) a mixture of non-ionic oxyalkylates one of which is (C) an oxyalkylated alkyl phenol, each alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and the other of which is (D) ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, said oxyalkylated amine (A) being the product of oxyalkylation of an oxyalkylatable amine containing as the oxyalkylatable groups an oxyalkylatable amino or hydroxyl group, the amine being selected from the group consisting of

• 1. monoamines containing a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, a furyl, pyranyl, hydrogenated furyl or hydrogenated pyranyl radical attached to the amino nitrogen, any remaining valences of the amino nitrogen being satisfied by hydrogen,
• 2. piperidine, piperazine, or morpholine,
• 3. a polyamine of the formula ##STR26## where R" is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, R' is a divalent alkylene radical of up to 6 carbon atoms and x is a number from 0 to 8, and
• 4. a monoacylated polyamine of the formula
• RCONHR'(NR').sub.x -NH.sub.2
• where RCO is the acyl group of a 10 to 18 carbon fatty acid or is abietyl CO, and R' and x are as defined in (3) above, or such an amine containing a hydroxyl group and wherein the range of proportions of the components is as follows:
• A. oxyalkylated amine, 15%-65%
• B. sulfated oxyalkylated fatty alcohol, 15%-50%
• C. oxyalkylated phenol, 15%-50%, and
• D. ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, 5%-30%.