Reduction of Total Acid Number (TAN) of El-Fula Crude Oil by Zeolite and Magnesium Oxide

Abstract

The objective of this project is to reduce the naphthenic acids from Al-Fula crude oil by using decarboxylation technology based onmagnesium oxide and zeolite as catalysts.The naphthenic acid reduction operation started by experimental studies in petroleum laboratories, research and studies. The project involves a description of the catalysts (zeolite & magnesium oxide) behaviour, and the assay of AL- Fula crude oil according to the 2015 results. It’s also includes mechanism which is used in the catalytic reactions and technology used to reduce the naphthenic acids.Finally the experimental data of AL-Fula crude analytically compared withCalifornia crudes by magnesium oxide catalyst.It was found that the total acid number (TAN) ofAL-Fula crude, Moga [AL-Fula crude oil sample according to central processing facilities-using magnesium oxide] decreased from 7.56 to 6.45 and, Keye [AL-Fula crude oil sample according to central processing facilities]using zeolitedecreasedfrom 3.31 to 1.56.