GREEN COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN DOWNHOLE AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Crude oil may be treated with an additive made with Tire Pyrolysis Oil and naphtha, condensate, or both naphtha and condensate. Also disclosed herein are compositions including Tire Pyrolysis Oil wherein the composition is selected from the group consisting of: pipeline cleaner, tank cleaner, paraffin inhibitor or modifier, asphaltene inhibitor or modifier, scale inhibitor, corrosion inhibitor, stimulation fluid, crude oil density reducer, and crude oil viscosity reducer. The Tire Pyrolysis Oil is a green product recovered from recycling tires.
1 . A composition comprising Pyrolysis Oil wherein the composition is selected from the group consisting of: pipeline cleaner, tank cleaner, paraffin inhibitor or modifier, asphaltene inhibitor or modifier, scale inhibitor, corrosion inhibitor, stimulation fluid, crude oil density reducer, and crude oil viscosity reducer.
2 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is a pipeline cleaner.
3 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is a tank cleaner.
4 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is a paraffin inhibitor or modifier.
5 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is an asphaltene inhibitor or modifier.
6 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is a scale inhibitor.
7 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is a corrosion inhibitor.
8 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is a stimulation fluid.
9 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is a crude oil density reducer.
10 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is a crude oil viscosity reducer.
11 . The composition of claim 1 where in the Pyrolysis Oil is prepared using the method of U.S. Pat. No. 6,835,861.
12 . The composition of claim 1 where in the Pyrolysis Oil is prepared using the method of U.S. Patent Publication No. 2008/0096787.
13 . A crude oil additive comprising naphtha and Pyrolysis Oil.
14 . A crude oil additive comprising condensate and Pyrolysis Oil.
15 . A method for reducing the viscosity of crude oil comprising introducing a viscosity reducing agent into the crude oil wherein the viscosity reducing agent comprises a diluent and Pyrolysis Oil.
16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the Pyrolysis Oil is present in the viscosity reducing agent at a concentration of from about 0.1 to about 99 volume percent.
17 . The method of claim 15 wherein the diluent is naphtha.
18 . The method of claim 15 wherein the diluent is condensate.
19 . The composition of claim 1 wherein the Pyrolysis Oil is Tire Pyrolysis Oil.
20 . The crude oil additive of claim 13 wherein the Pyrolysis Oil is Tire Pyrolysis Oil.
21 . The crude oil additive of claim 14 wherein the Pyrolysis Oil is Tire Pyrolysis Oil.
22 . The method of claim 15 wherein the Pyrolysis Oil is Tire Pyrolysis Oil.
23 . The crude oil additive of claim 13 wherein the crude oil additive is a heavy crude oil additive.
24 . The crude oil additive of claim 14 wherein the crude oil additive is a heavy crude oil additive.
25 . The method additive of claim 15 wherein the method is for reducing the viscosity of heavy crude oil.
26 . The composition of claim 19 further comprising a member selected from the group consisting of diesel oil, terpenes, limonene, acidifying compounds, nano surfactants, carbon disulfide, 2-butoxy ethanol, ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, ethylene glycol, methanol, ethanol, xylenes, and combinations thereof.
27 . The crude oil additive of claim 20 further comprising a member selected from the group consisting of diesel oil, terpenes, limonene, acidifying compounds, nano surfactants, carbon disulfide, 2-butoxy ethanol, ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, ethylene glycol, methanol, ethanol, xylenes, and combinations thereof.
28 . The crude oil additive of claim 21 further comprising a member selected from the group consisting of diesel oil, terpenes, limonene, acidifying compounds, nano surfactants, carbon disulfide, 2-butoxy ethanol, ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, ethylene glycol, methanol, ethanol, xylenes, and combinations thereof.
29 . The method of claim 22 wherein the viscosity reducing agent further comprising a member selected from the group consisting of diesel oil, terpenes, limonene, acidifying compounds, nano surfactants, carbon disulfide, 2-butoxy ethanol, ethylene glycol monopropyl ether, ethylene glycol, methanol, ethanol, xylenes, and combinations thereof.