Patent ID: 11920091
Assignee: LOCUS SOLUTIONS IPCO, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B  E  Y | IPC B  C  E

Claim 0:
1. A method of demulsifying and desalting recovered crude oil fluids, comprising:
applying to the recovered crude oil fluids a composition comprising Starmerella bombicola or Wickerhamomyces anomalus yeast, wherein said recovered crude oil fluids are stored in an oil storage tank and comprise one or more impurities and a water-oil or oil-water emulsion,
mixing the composition and the recovered crude oil fluids in the oil storage tank until the water-oil or oil-water emulsion demulsifies into a water phase and a hydrocarbon phase and the one or more impurities separate from the hydrocarbon phase, and
extracting the water phase and the one or more impurities from the hydrocarbon phase, wherein the one or more impurities comprise dissolved solids.