Patents Assigned to KANFA MATOR AS
  • METHOD FOR SEPARATING OIL FROM WATER BY INJECTING SIMULTANEOUSLY A LIQUIFIED GAS INTO THE GRAVITY SEPARATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110174693
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of phase separation of a hydrocarbon containing mixed phase fluid composition into at least two separted fluid phases which method comprises introducing (8) a hydrocarbon-containing composition into a phase separator (1) and withdrawing at least two said separated fluid phases (12, 13, 14) from said separator (1), whereby a lipophilic liquefied gas is simultaneusly introduced (24, 19, 17) into said separator (1) with said composition or, preferably, into a fluid-filled region of said separator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: KANFA MATOR AS
    Inventors: Karsten Rabe, Erling Tor Heitmann