Scientific Contributions Oil and Gas
Vol 48 No 1 (2025)

SALT REVOLUTION: A SMART SOLUTION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BY REFINING ROCK SALT THROUGH INNOVATIVE ABSTERSION METHODS

Hamzah Hamzah (Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Diponegoro Semarang, Indonesia)
Badrut Tamam Ibnu Ali (Pusat Teknologi Industri Proses dan Manufaktur, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Tanggerang Selatan, Indonesia)
Dorit Bayu Islam Nuswantoro (Pusat Teknologi Industri Proses dan Manufaktur, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Tanggerang Selatan, Indonesia)
Soleh Iskandar (Pusat Teknologi Industri Proses dan Manufaktur, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Tanggerang Selatan, Indonesia)
Didi Dwi Anggoro (Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Diponegoro Semarang, Indonesia)
Budiyono Budiyono (Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Diponegoro Semarang, Indonesia)
Hens Saputra (Pusat Teknologi Industri Proses dan Manufaktur, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Tanggerang Selatan, Indonesia)
Mochammad Ismail (Pusat Riset Teknologi Industri Proses dan Manufaktur, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia)
Imam Wahyudi (usat Riset Teknologi Industri Proses dan Manufaktur, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia)
Fausiah Fausiah (Pusat Riset Teknologi Industri Proses dan Manufaktur, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia)
Aminuddin Aminuddin (Pusat Riset Teknologi Industri Proses dan Manufaktur, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Feb 2025

Abstract

The need for salt in the petroleum industry is very high, especially in drilling. This significant demand is not matched by salt production. Effective, low-cost, and environmentally friendly technology to produce salt of the appropriate quality is still a challenge in the petroleum industry. On the other hand, the amount of rock salt produced by salt farmers in Indonesia reaches 2.5 million tons per year. This research utilizes rock salt from salt farmers. It converts it into quality salt according to the needs of the petroleum industry by using a modified mixing washer method to increase NaCl purity and reduce impurity levels such as Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions. The results showed that rock salt was successfully converted into industrial-grade salt using the modified abstersion method with a mixer washer tool. The characteristics of the salt produced after the mixing washer are that it has a whiter and cleaner color than premium and rock salt. Mixer washer salt has a concentration of 98.80% NaCl, 0.064% Ca2+, and 0.062% Mg2+, meeting the standard for petroleum industry-grade salt and suitable for use in the drilling process.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

SCOG

Publisher

Subject

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Energy

Description

The Scientific Contributions for Oil and Gas is the official journal of the Testing Center for Oil and Gas LEMIGAS for the dissemination of information on research activities, technology engineering development and laboratory testing in the oil and gas field. Manuscripts in English are accepted from ...