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THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES FOR METHODS FOR TREATING BOTTOMS SLUDGE AND WATER-OIL INTERPHASE EMULSIONS PRESENT IN A CONTAINMENT VESSEL BY INJECTING INTO THE SLUDGE AN EFFECTIVE RESOLVING AMOUNT OF AN OIL-BASED DEMULSIFIER. IN A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT, THE CONTAINMENT VESSEL IS A DESALTER CONTAINING A BOTTOMS SLUDGE LAYER, A WATER/BRINE LAYER, A WATER-OIL INTERPHASE EMULSION LAYER AND A HYDROCARBON LAYER AND THE DEMULSIFIER IS INJECTED THROUGH THE MUD WASH HEADER.(FIG. 1)
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