A method and a system for transporting a flow of fluid hydrocarbons
containing wax and/or asphaltenes or any other precipitating solids
through a treatment and transportation system including a pipeline are
disclosed. The flow of fluid hydrocarbons is introduced into a reactor
(4), where it is mixed with another fluid flow having a temperature below
a crystallization temperature for the wax and/or asphaltenes or other
solids and containing particles or crystals acting as nucleating and/or
growth cores for the wax and/or asphaltenes or other solids, the mixing
temperature providing precipitation of the wax and/or asphaltenes or
other solids from the flow of fluid hydrocarbons, and the effluent flow
of hydrocarbons and particles is conveyed from the reactor (4) to a
pipeline (6) for transportation.