InLine Electrocoalescer
Enhances liquid-liquid separation, improving crude oil processing and facility efficiency
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August 5 2025
The InLine ElectroCoalescer (IEC) is an innovative technology developed by TechnipFMC to enhance liquid-liquid separation in crude oil processing. It is a pipe-based electrocoalescer designed to break challenging oil-continuous emulsions upstream of oil dehydrators and desalters, improving their operability and performance.
The IEC technology offers several key benefits:
1. It significantly reduces the overall footprint and costs of new production facilities.
2. It can increase the throughput of existing systems and reduce the size of new-built systems.
3. It substantially reduces energy consumption compared to conventional technologies.
4. It can reduce chemical demulsifier usage by up to 90%.
The IEC can be deployed as a stand-alone unit or as part of an integrated debottlenecking package. It is suitable for both greenfield and brownfield applications, including offshore and onshore facilities. In greenfield projects, it can reduce facility size and increase throughput. In brownfield applications, it helps debottleneck oil processing systems and boost production. The technology can also enable the return of abandoned fields to production, improving project economics.
Additionally, the IEC can be used in refineries to debottleneck existing oil desalting systems and improve the performance of new desalting installations. Overall, the InLine ElectroCoalescer represents a significant advancement in crude oil processing technology, offering improved oil quality, increased production throughput, and enhanced project economics.
Pros & Limitations
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Drastically enhances liquid-liquid separation
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Reduces overall footprint of production facilities
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Lowers costs for new production facilities
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Improves operability and performance of oil dehydrators and desalters
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Increases throughput of existing systems
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Can be used in both greenfield and brownfield applications
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Helps debottleneck oil processing systems
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Boosts production in existing facilities
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Can enable abandoned fields to return to production
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Reduces size and improves performance of new desalting installations in refineries
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Compact design lowers installation costs
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Substantially reduces energy consumption compared to conventional technologies
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Reduces chemical demulsifier usage by up to 90%
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| Theme/Discipline | Process Engineering |
| Core Tech | Process Equipment |
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Key features
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Pipe-based electrocoalescer, Breaks oil-continuous emulsions, Reduces overall footprint and costs, Improves operability and performance of oil dehydrators and desalters, Can be deployed as stand-alone units or integrated packages, Applicable in both greenfield and brownfield projects, Usable in refineries for oil desalting systems
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Benefits
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Enhances liquid-liquid separation, Increases throughput of existing systems, Reduces footprint of new-built systems, Reduces energy consumption compared to conventional technologies, Reduces chemical demulsifier usage up to 90%
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Applications
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Crude oil processing facilities, Oil dehydrators, Desalters, Refineries
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