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Caustic services

For 65 years, Merichem has provided environmentally responsible handling of spent caustics and other secondary materials that result from refining, natural gas and petrochemical processing. Merichem Caustic Management Services safely transports your secondary materials to Merichem manufacturing facilities – as feedstocks for chemical manufacturing or as process chemicals to other end-users. We handle spent streams as non-waste activity, reducing your reportable wastes.

Why Merichem? TRUST
• Industry leader – with 65 years of reliability and expertise
• One of the largest downstream-materials handlers in the world
• Next-generation technical innovations
• Strict adherence to environmental laws, regulations and industry best practices
• Long-standing member of American Chemistry Council
• Company-developed Responsible Care Management System
• Product Stewardship standards of risk assessment and management
• Providing end-to-end technology solutions

Why Merichem? VALUE
• Dependable, with a proven track record of safe handling.
Assured outlet for secondary materials.
• Flexible arrangements through spot purchase and long-term contracts
• Naphthenic, phenolic, sulfidic caustics
• Spent acids, potassium spent caustics, disulfide and hydrocarbons
• Two high-volume manufacturing plants
• Unmatched infrastructure
• Barges, rail cars, tank trucks, ISO-bulk containers, and ocean-going vessels
• Able to handle large swings in volume and concentration
• Full service – globally
• State-of-the-art analytical lab
• Technical staff support
• Field service and advice
• Economical, on-site processing options

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  • Caustic services

    For 65 years, Merichem has provided environmentally responsible handling of spent caustics and other secondary materials that result from refining, natural gas and petrochemical processing. Merichem Caustic Management Services safely transports your secondary materials to Merichem manufacturing facilities ...

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    The LO-CAT process, available exclusively from Merichem, is a patented liquid redox system that uses a proprietary chelated iron solution to convert H2S to innocuous, elemental sulfur. It does not use any toxic chemicals and does not produce any hazardous waste byproducts. The environmentally safe catalyst ...

  • FIBER FILM - Non-dispersive hydrocarbon treating

    Introduced in 1974, the FIBER FILM® Contactor is the foundation for a variety of caustic, amine and acid treating processes. Merichem processes using FIBER FILM Contactors have been licensed worldwide and successfully applied to treating problems throughout the hydrocarbon processing industries. ...

  • NAPFINING™ Naphthenic acid removal

    NAPFINING™ technologies were first licensed in 1977 and to date Merichem has granted 78 unit operating licenses world-wide. The non-dispersive FIBER FILM® Contactor achieves reduced capital expenditure and less plant space requirements compared to most treating alternatives, making NAPFINING™ ...

  • THIOLEX™ caustic extraction of acid gas

    THIOLEX™ technology was rst licensed in 1980 and to date Merichem has granted 224 unit operating licenses world-wide. The non-dispersive FIBER FILM® Contactor achieves reduced capital expenditure and less plant space requirements compared to most treating alternatives, making THIOLEX™ ...

  • MERICON™ spent caustic processing

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  • MERICAT™ H2S & mercaptan sweetening

    MERICAT™ technologies were first licensed in 1977 and to date Merichem has granted 194 unit operating licenses world-wide. The non-dispersive FIBER FILM® Contactor achieves reduced capital expenditure and less plant space requirements compared to most treating alternatives, making MERICAT™ ...

  • LO-CAT® process for waste water treatment plants

    In 1980, Los Angeles began exploring alternatives to control the H2S concentration in the digester gas produced at the Hyperion Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP), which treats nearly 420 MGD, wastewater generating over 475 tons of raw sludge per day. The digester gas H2S concentration had to be controlled ...

  • LO-CAT® process for sulphur recovery / odor control

    The LO-CAT® Hydrogen Sulfide Oxidation System provides economical H2S removal to solve odor problems quickly and effectively. LO-CAT achieves H2S removal efficiencies exceeding 98%. The system also eliminates costly once-through chemicals, offers unique mobile bed contacting material, and reduces ...

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