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Primary Emulsion Breakers

Nalco Waters’ premium primary emulsion breakers improve desalter oil-water separation, allowing for increased unit throughput and reliability in processing a wide range of crude oil compositions and quality. 

Nalco Water has a long and established history of providing advanced chemistry solutions and expert services to help our downstream customers improve desalter performance. We continue to innovate in emulsion breaker technologies to help our customers combat the most difficult challenges at the desalter.

Maximize Total Value Delivered (TVD) with Next-Gen Proprietary Primary Emulsion Breaker Technology

Nalco Water’s primary emulsion breakers help refineries:

  • Increase throughput and reliability through improved emulsion control
  • Enable more opportunity crude processing
  • Lower cost of operations & maintenance
  • Improve water management with reduced slop handling and reprocessing of difficult waste streams
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Case Study: Advanced Emulsion Breakers Improve Desalting Efficiency

Learn how Nalco Water's advanced primary emulsion breaker helps enhance desalting performance, support unit reliability, and increase profitability.

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Nalco Water’s RESOLV™ Desalter Technology

Primary emulsion breakers are just one part of Nalco Water’s comprehensive desalting management program. Learn more about our adjunct & overlay emulsion breakers, crude unit contaminant removal, and crude unit feedstock pretreatment program.

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