... relatively low salinity produced water, from crude oil desalters at Gas Oil Separation Plants, for use as a wash water stream for crude oil desalting. The concept, known as Desalter Effluent Reuse Technology (DERT), was successfully field-tested and is now being deployed on a commercial scale. The idea...

.... Debottlenecking activities including wash water injection into the production separator increased production 8% higher of the design capacity. Recent plant capacity test confirmed additional cooling would be required to increase production 19% higher than design capacity. Additional cooling capacity was installed...