Morenci / Edmonton / Galveston / Freeport / Tampa / Chalmette / San Juan / Chino / Saint John / Hidalgo / Garyville / Port Arthur / Vancouver / St. Croix / Baytown / Sweeny / Deer Park / Texas City / /
Company
Veba Oel AG / LUKoil / Duke Energy Corp. / Amoco Co. / BP Amoco p.l.c. / CF Industries Inc. / CRU International Ltd. / El Paso Energy Corp. / Comet Resources Ltd. / Statoil ASA / Premcor Refining Group Inc. / Outokumpu Oyj / Texaco Inc. / Norilsk Nickel Corp. / Bahrain Petroleum Co. / Petróleos Mexicano S.A. de C.V. / Asturiana de Zinc S.A. / El Paso Corp. / LUKARCO / Western Oil Sands Inc. / Albian Sands Energy Inc. / Tengizchevroil / Syncrude Canada Ltd. / Mobil Corp. / Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. / Qatar Liquified Gas Co. / Koch Industries Inc. / Petrozuata / Atlantic Richfield Co. / McMoRan Exploration Co. / Enchira Biotechnology Corp. / Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. / Phelps Dodge Corp. / Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC / Hovensa LLC / Crew Development Corp. / Duke Energy Field Services LLC / Roan Antelope Mining Corp. / Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc. / Premcor Inc. / Total Fina Elf S.A. / Petro-Canada / Noranda Inc. / Exxon Mobil Corp. / Fertiberia S.A. / Conoco Inc. / Energy Biosystems Corp. / Clark Refining & Marketing Inc. / Compagnie Financère Belge des Pétroles / Merey Sweeny Limited Partnership / Motiva Enterprises LLC / Nanjing Chemical Industry Group / Phillips Petroleum Co. / Shell Canada Ltd. / BP p.l.c. / Big Bend Transfer Station Co. / IMC Global Inc. / QNI Pty. Ltd. / TrueNorth Energy L.P. / Corridor Pipeline Ltd. / ChevronTexaco Corp. / Gazprom / The Coastal Corp. / Sociéte Nationale Elf Aquitaine / Cargill Inc. / Anaconda Nickel Ltd. / Irving Oil Ltd. / Shell Oil Co. / Hess / Exxon Corp. / Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd. / Chevron Corp. / Norddeutsche Affinerie AG / Chevron Canada Resources Ltd. / Saudi Arabian Oil Co. / British Petroleum Co. / ASARCO Incorprated / /
Continent
Asia / South America / Europe / /
Country
Venezuela / Bahrain / Norway / Thailand / Brazil / United Kingdom / China / Israel / Finland / Italy / Tunisia / Mexico / Kuwait / Chile / Kazakhstan / Qatar / Uzbekistan / U.S. Virgin Islands / Morocco / Spain / Netherlands / Bulgaria / Egypt / Colombia / France / Japan / Canada / Australia / Philippines / Iraq / India / Germany / Zambia / Saudi Arabia / Iran / United Arab Emirates / Poland / Belgium / Russia / Jordan / United States / Netherlands Antilles / Ukraine / /
Currency
USD / cent / CAD / /
Event
M&A / Business Partnership / Funding / Force Majeure / Product Issues / Company Expansion / Name Change / Reorganization / FDA Phase / /
Facility
Phillips refinery / Mishraq Mine / Scotford Refinery / Muliashi North Mine / Pemex’s Cadereyta refinery / Muskeg River Mine / Aurora Mine / Jose complex / Tengiz oilfield / Port Sulphur / Kennecott Utah Copper’s smelter / PdVSA’s refinery / Main Pass Mine / Frasch mine / Codelco’s Chuquicamata smelter / Fort McMurray / port of Jose / Shell Canada’s Scotford refinery / Texistepec Mine / Fort Saskatchewan / Port Arthur / Black Sea port of Novorossiysk / Mishraq Frasch Mine / Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant / Altonorte smelter / port of Novorossiysk / /
IndustryTerm
crude oil production / Heavy oil upgrading facilities / inorganic chemicals / sulfur transportation / conventional mining methods / sour gas processing plants / recoverable crude oil / gas plant / gas and oil producer / natural gas prices / energy / oil sands / crude oil / oil producers / petroleum products / emission control systems / natural gas producer / natural gas processing / oil industry experts / flash smelting technology / oil products / inorganic chemical / oil refining / nonferrous metal smelters / natural gas treatment plants / agricultural chemical production / phosphate processing / synthetic crude oil / sour gas / gas processing plant / partial processing / satellite plants treating refinery gases / synthetic rubber production / higher processing / technology / coal products / chemical / higher sulfur crude oil / natural gas field / seasonal products / transportation / petroleum coke product / tradition processing techniques / paper products / natural gas / oil and gas / plant site / natural gas plants / heavy oil upgrader project / high-sulfur natural gas / metal / natural gas processing operations / profitable processing / gas system / oil and gas producer / orderly mining / zinc processing plant / light-oil equivalent / higher sulfur heating oil / in situ technology / intermediate chemical product / propulsion systems / heavy oil upgrading projects / chemical reagent / natural gas industry / oil / gas cleaning systems / home heating oil / oil refineries / gas gathering / oil and gas expansion project / mining / /
NaturalFeature
Mt. Recovered / Mount Margaret / Sicily / English Channel / Caspian Sea / Kola Peninsula / Gulf of Mexico / West Coast / Black Sea / North Sea / Baltic Sea / Mildred Lake / Mindoro Island / Fort Hill / Rocky Mountain region / Negros Island / /
Organization
U.S. Department of Energy / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Hillsborough County Commission / U.S. Federal Trade Commission / China Sulphuric Acid Industry Association / United Nations / U.S. Air Force / North American Sulphur Service / International Maritime Organization / European Commission / European Union / North America Sulphur Service / Government of Norway / international governing organization / Environmental Protection Commission / U.S. Census Bureau / /
Person
Tula / Glenn J. Wallace / Herman Frasch / Salina Cruz / Cobre (Codelco) / Corporación Nacional Del Cobre / /
Position
Chemical Market Reporter / producer / leading producer / phosphate producer / gas and oil producer / statistical assistant / major producer / international data coordinator / oil and gas producer in the United States / producer in the United States / natural gas producer / /
Product
Astrakhan / groundwater / /
ProvinceOrState
New Brunswick / Louisiana / Hormuzgan Province / New Mexico / Utah / Arizona / Alberta / Texas / Nevada / Alaska / Sicily / Western Australia / Florida / /
PublishedMedium
Chemical & Engineering News / SULFUR / the USGS monthly / the Oil & Gas Journal / /
Region
Gulf of Mexico / North Africa / U.S. West Coast / the Netherlands Antilles / Western Australia / Antilles / Latin America / Middle East / northern Alberta / western Kazakhstan / Black Sea / Mediterranean / southern Europe / West Coast / central Florida / southern Spain / /
SportsEvent
Kuwait precipitating Operation Desert Shield / /
Technology
newly developed technology / in situ technology / flash smelting technology / refining technology / /
SULFUR By Joyce A. Ober Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Maria Arguelles, statistical assistant, and the world production table was prepared by Glenn J. Wallace, international data coordinator. After near