Patent ID: 11946021
Assignee: UNITED LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A method for removing contaminant material from oil and gas industrial refinement equipment, the method comprising:
(A) providing a solvent composition comprising methyl soyate, an aprotic solvent, an additional solvent, a dilent comprising diesel fuel, biodiesel fuel, fuel oil, heavy aromatic naphtha, sweet crude oil, or combinations thereof, a sodium nitrite solution, and a cationic surfactant, wherein the additional solvent is suitable for maintaining the cationic surfactant in solution, and wherein the additional solvent comprises dipropylene glycol wherein the methyl soyate, the aprotic solvent, and the additional solvent are mixed together prior to addition of the cationic surfactant;
(B) contacting the contaminant material on oil and gas industrial refinement equipment with the solvent composition, wherein the contaminant material comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of asphalt, heavy asphaltenic materials, hydrogen-deficient carbonaceous materials, coke, tar, heavy oil deposits, hydrocarbon sludge, lube oil, or any combination thereof; and
(C) allowing the solvent composition to react with the contaminant material such that at least a portion of the contaminant material is no longer attached to the industrial equipment;
(D) further comprising the solvent composition contacting the industrial equipment; additionally comprising the solvent composition dissolving at least a portion of the contaminant material such that at least a portion of the contaminant material is dissolved within the solvent composition; and further comprising removing the solvent composition comprising the dissolved contaminant material from further contact with the industrial equipment.