Patent ID: 8063004

Claim:
A substantially non-aqueous composition for reducing the viscosity of petroleum paraffin wax and/or asphaltenes found in petroleum, the composition comprising a blend of: (a) a plasticizing agent, for plasticing wax or asphaltenes, comprising tributoxyethylphosphate (KP-140); (b) a solubilizing agent, for solubilizing wax or asphaltenes, selected from the group consisting of: crude oil, petroleum distillates, turpentine, pine oil, gas-to-liquid fuels (G.T.L.), vegetable oil, fatty acids, a blend of fatty acids, esterified fatty acids, amidified fatty acids, turpentine, pine oil, glycol ethers, and n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone aka M-PYROL; and (c) a surface active agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of the blend to an interfacial surface tension of less than 20 dynes per cm 2 , selected from the group consisting of nonionic ethoxylated alcohols surfactant (HLB ranging from about 10.0 to about 15.0), nonionic fluorosurfactants (HLB ranging from about 10.0 to about 13.0), and nonionic phosphate ester surfactants (HLB ranging from about 6.0 to about 10.0), wherein the substantially non-aqueous composition includes not more than 0.5% water by weight.