MERICAT™
MERICAT™ was first licensed in 1977 and is used to sweeten mercaptan compounds in gasoline/naphtha, condensate, and crude oil streams. MERICAT™ treats reagents with caustic/catalyst/air using our proprietary FIBER FILM® Contactor as the mass transfer device.
Product families
Applications
- Other Oil Gas & Mining Applications
- Refining & Gas Processing
Product Families
- Refinery & Gas Treatment Chemicals
Other characteristics
- Brand
- MERICAT
- End Uses
- Oil & Gas Applications
- Applicable Processes
- Gas Sweetening
- Markets
- Industrial
- Advantages
Reduces mercaptan content, using a strong caustic to meet mercaptan specifications and pass Doctor tests; Allows customers to meet pipeline specification requirements for NGL, Y-grade fuels, pentane or condensate; Simple and proven technology for sweetening light mercaptans in a hydrocarbon stream; a single vessel can achieve the RSH sweetening—no need for additional settling vessels; Removes odorous RSH with minimal processing to meet total sulfur specifications
- Technology
- Industrial Additives & Materials
- Industrial Additives End Use
- Oil & Gas Applications
