United Energy

In-Situ Chemical Tank Bottom Clean-up

Our K-LINE products will suspend the tank bottom sludge crystals in the oil allowing the crystals to flow freely into crude oil in a liquid state. You recover the lost oil that was previous sludge.

Steps to Recovery

Determine the composite make-up of the sludge on the Tank bottom via sample analysis.
Calculate the volume of the sludge build up in the tank.
Perform a Tank equipment analysis to determine potential levels of Heat, and agitation available.
Calculate the specialty chemical mix and the dosage required to disperse the sludge into a free flowing state.
Chemical application.

United Energy Tank Cleaning Solution Compared with Conventional Methods
Requirements	Requirements Description	Conventional Methods	United Energy Chemical Solution
Recovery of sludge	The amount of slude that is recovered and sold as oli in the cleaning process	low	high
Setup and Mobilization Costs	Scaffolding, cranes, cleaning equipment, air systems, high pressure equipment	high	low
Outside contractor cleaning costs	Sub contracted costs of tank cleaning specialists	high	low
Lost production / Profit margin:	Shut-down time resulting in the loss of capacity while the tank is out of service.	4 weeks	one week
Utility and operating costs:	Consumption of steam, and electricity, caused from the actual cleaning process	high	very low
Chemical	The chemicals used for treatment	low	medium
Re-processing/recovery costs:	Cleaned-out sludge which requires re-processing.	high	low	Want to be a partner? Asphaltene & Paraffin Mechanisms for Action Case Studies Available: Pipelines LAB Reduced Viscosity/Pressure Wells Venuezula Kansas General Info Nigeria Tank 19 Trinidad