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To establish the project design basis for “Crude Oil Desalting Packages”, confirm “Crude quality and salt load” and its inputs: Record crude flow and assay, water and sediment, salt, emulsion behavior and wash-water quality in the feed basis. Final values, supply limits and acceptance criteria are recorded in approved engineering documents; no generic capacity or catalogue guarantee is assumed.
From project definition to delivery
Engineering of Crude Oil Desalting Packages concentrates on salt and basic-sediment-and-water removal, wash-water quality and distribution, mixing intensity, electrostatic-field selection, emulsion resolution, pressure drop and crude-temperature control. The selected configuration is verified against normal, minimum, start-up, shutdown and credible upset cases, then checked for operability, maintainability, energy use, process safety and site interfaces before the design is frozen.
The design basis for Crude Oil Desalting Packages is defined from service data, design conditions, and battery limits. For this equipment, Crude quality and salt load and Feed and outlet specification must be completed in the datasheet and design documents; performance values and guarantees are set only after the project basis is approved.
Materials, corrosion allowance, sour-service requirements, piping classes, nozzle design, insulation, coating, supports and maintenance access are coordinated with the actual process conditions and project code hierarchy.
Control philosophy, alarms and trips, cause-and-effect logic, interlocks, start-up and shutdown sequences, safe depressurization and operator access are developed consistently from the P&IDs through functional testing.
Battery limits, tie-in points, structural loads, cabling, instrumentation, drains, vents, access routes, lifting envelopes and shipping constraints are controlled through coordinated models and interface drawings.
From project definition to delivery
Proposal quality depends on complete input data and an explicit acceptance basis. The following lists provide a practical starting point and are completed during technical clarification.
Technical Datasheet
The flow range and outlet quality below are published examples for one electrostatic desalter family, not a universal crude-treatment standard, Delham rating, or guarantee.
| Parameter | Published value | Basis / secondary data | Application limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-unit crude flow | 160–2,000 m³/h (24,000–300,000 bbl/d) | Published range for a specific electrostatic desalter technology family. | Unit count, crude API gravity, viscosity, emulsion, wash-water ratio and vessel configuration affect capacity. |
| Outlet BS&W example | Down to 0.2% | Published lower performance example for that technology family. | Not a guarantee for every crude; inlet salt/water, temperature, chemical and test method must be defined. |
Delham Engineering
Send the available process data, battery limits and expected document list for a technical proposal. The engineering team will identify missing information through a structured clarification register.
