Storage tank cleanouts.
Bottoms removed, oil recovered.
Vacuum truck or vacuum box removal of high BS&W and paraffin bottoms, with oil recovery at Baytown.
Four steps, about ten seconds
- Marketable crude oil. Accepted by the gatherer.
- Off-spec crude, higher BS&W. Can cause rejected loads. Pulled with the bottoms.
- Water, solids and paraffin. Costly to dispose of. Pumpable bottoms go by 130 bbl vacuum truck; non-pumpable material goes into a vacuum box.
Producer key takeaways
- Production tanks often accumulate produced water and paraffin, resulting in rejected loads from the crude gathering company.
- United dispatches a 130 bbl vacuum truck to remove the high BS&W and paraffin bottoms and transports them to our facility for oil recovery and reclamation. Non-pumpable material goes into a vacuum box.
