Sulfur-Containing Chemicals in the Oil and Gas Industry

For many years sulfur-containing chemicals have played an essential role in the Oil and Gas industry, both upstream and downstream.

Reasonably, the latest changes in the regulations and green approach to fuel and chemical production create new challenges in the field. Oil refineries and olefin producers consume hundreds of kilotons of sulfur organic compounds.

In general, customers choose dimethyl disulfide and polysulfide. Each choice has advantages, and chemical producers search for new solutions to improve the material's performance, make it easier to handle, and reduce the environmental footprint.

New Approach In Fuel Production

These new developments reduce SOx and carbon emissions, increase yield, and make production more economically efficient.

Last years, we saw that oil refineries reduced the production of traditional fuel, which should lead to a reduction of sulfiding agents. But the trend is the opposite. The market is tight, and consumption is continuously growing.

This contradiction can be explained because of two reasons:

• New olefin plants construction WW
• Biofuel production needs even more sulfur than traditional hydroprocessing

As the demand grows, the sulfiding agents' prices increase several times in 2-3 years. The products' price starts to significantly influence the total cost of activated HDT catalysts, which was never…