Extraction and Sweetening Solutions for Your RSH Problems

Merichem® 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

Learn more about removing or sweetening of mercaptan compounds with MERICAT

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

Learn more about sweetening of mercaptans with MERICAT II / MERICAT J

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

Learn more about mercaptan removal with THIOLEX