Extraction and Sweetening Solutions for Your RSH Problems

Merichem Technologies can help you remove or sweeten mercaptans found in your light hydrocarbon streams. For heavier streams, we offer sweetening solutions that will meet your specifications with minimal processing.

MERICAT: Caustic Sweetening of Mercaptans

Targets: Mercaptans

Use: Sweetening of Mercaptans in heavier hydrocarbon streams

Applicable Feedstocks:

  • Naphtha Treating (Gasoline, Alkylate, Raffinate, Straight‑Run)
  • Condensates
  • Light Crude Oils

MERICAT II / MERICAT J: Caustic Sweetening of Mercaptans

Targets: Mercaptans

Use: Sweetening of mercaptans in Kerosene, Jet Fuel, Middle Distillates and Diesel streams.

Applicable Feedstocks:

  • Kerosene / Jet Fuel
  • Condensates
  • Middle Distillate

THIOLEX: Caustic Extraction of Contaminants

Targets: Mercaptans (RSH) as well as small amounts of H2S, COS and CO2

Use: Fresh or regenerated caustic extracts light RSH as a sodium salt, NaSR, from hydrocarbon.

Applicable Feedstocks:

  • LPG
  • NLG
  • Condensate
  • Naphtha
  • Acid / Sour Gas
  • Off Gas
  • Fuel Gas
  • Natural Gas