Morenci / Galveston / Freeport / Saint Johns / Kinshasa / Tampa / Pyrites / Garyville / Port Arthur / Ankara / St. Croix / Baytown / Sweeny / Deer Park / Texas City / /
Company
Veba Oel AG / LUKoil / Duke Energy Corp. / Amoco Co. / BP Amoco p.l.c. / CRU International Ltd. / El Paso Energy Corp. / Premcor Refining Group Inc. / ConocoPhillips / Norilsk Nickel / Texaco Inc. / Petróleos Mexicano S.A. de C.V. / CF Industries / Investment Bank / El Paso Corp. / LUKARCO / Tengizchevroil / Phelps Dodge Mining Co. / Gulf Sulphur Services Ltd. LLP / Syncrude Canada Ltd. / Mobil Corp. / Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. / Alberta Sulfur Research Ltd. / Atlantic Richfield Co. / McMoRan Exploration Co. / Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. / Phelps Dodge Corp. / Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC / Hovensa LLC / Statoil / Duke Energy Field Services LLC / Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc. / Premcor Inc. / ExxonMobil / Saudi Oil Co. / Noranda Inc. / Exxon Mobil Corp. / Conoco Inc. / Merey Sweeny Limited Partnership / Motiva Enterprises LLC / ASARCO Incorporated / Phillips Petroleum Co. / BP p.l.c. / Big Bend Transfer Station Co. / IMC Global Inc. / Abu Dhabi National Oil Company / Savage Industries Inc. / Cargill / Tosco Corp. / ChevronTexaco Corp. / The Coastal Corp. / Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp. / Irving Oil Ltd. / Valero Energy Corp. / Shell Oil Co. / Hess / Jeziorko Mine / Exxon Corp. / Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd. / Chevron Corp. / Eti Holdings / Trinity Storage Services L.P. / British Petroleum Co. / /
Continent
Asia / South America / Europe / North America / /
Country
Venezuela / Norway / Brazil / China / Tunisia / Mexico / Kuwait / Chile / Kazakhstan / Congo / U.S. Virgin Islands / Morocco / Spain / Japan / Canada / Australia / Iraq / India / Germany / Zambia / Saudi Arabia / United Arab Emirates / Poland / Turkey / Russia / Jordan / United States / South Korea / Ireland / /
Currency
USD / cent / GBP / CAD / /
Event
M&A / Product Issues / Environmental Issue / Diplomatic Relations / Funding / Business Partnership / Company Expansion / FDA Phase / Reorganization / Name Change / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Osiek Mine / port of José / Phillips refinery / Mishraq Mine / Pemex’s Cadereyta refinery / Tengiz oilfield / Port Sulphur / Frasch mine / Lonshi Mine / José complex / SX-EW facility / Baytown refinery / Poland’s Jeziorko Mine / Texistepec Mine / Port Arthur / Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant / Altonorte smelter / /
IndustryTerm
natural gas treatment / heavy oil upgrading facilities / sulfur transportation / conventional mining methods / costly equipment / sour gas processing plants / recoverable crude oil / aqueous solution / energy / greenhouse gas emissions / fertilizer grade ammonium sulfate / oil sands / crude oil / chemical processing / sour gas operation / oil producers / petroleum products / satellite plants / sulfur compound / natural gas processing / heavy oil upgrader / phosphate products / oil products / agricultural and industrial applications / acid gas / inorganic chemical / oil refining / food processing / natural gas operations / sour gas reserve / natural gas treatment plants / sour gas / gas processing plant / electricity / furnace fuel oil / energy balance / mine site / upgraded oil / coke product / coal products / chemical / higher sulfur crude oil / acid gas reinjection / external energy source / gas production / gas treatment facilities / transportation / refinery gas streams / natural gas / estimated oil sands / oil and gas / natural gas plants / high-sulfur natural gas / real estate / natural gas processing operations / giant oil / energy consumption / easier transportation / sulfur forming equipment / orderly mining / crude oil production facilities / sweet oil / sour gas processing / higher sulfur heating oil / synthesis gas / natural gas industry estimate / intermediate chemical product / heavy oil upgrading projects / chemical reagent / natural gas industry / high-pressure natural gas / oil / oil and gas processors / local environmental / retail outlets / heavy oil / expanded oil / home heating oil / oil refineries / gas gathering / gas processing operation / mining / /
NaturalFeature
Mt. Recovered / English Channel / Caspian Sea / Kola Peninsula / Gulf of Mexico / Black Sea / Gulf Coast / Mississippi River / Mildred Lake / Rocky Mountain region / /
Organization
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Canadian Government / Hillsborough County Commission / Energy and Utilities Board / Norwegian Government / European Council / U.S. Federal Trade Commission / United Nations / European Parliament / North American Sulphur Service / European Union / North America Sulphur Service / State circuit court / Environmental Protection Commission / U.S. Census Bureau / /
Person
Pechanganickel / Glenn J. Wallace / Salina Cruz / Cobre (Codelco) / Corporación Nacional Del Cobre / /
Position
Chemical Market Reporter / producer / sulfur producer / statistical assistant / international data coordinator / last remaining Frasch producer in the United States / /
Product
Tengiz / New Mexico / ground water / /
ProvinceOrState
New Brunswick / Louisiana / New Mexico / California / Arizona / Alberta / Texas / Illinois / Pennsylvania / Alaska / Michigan / Pecos County / Mississippi / Kansas / Wyoming / Florida / /
PublishedMedium
Chemical & Engineering News / the Oil & Gas Journal / /
Region
Gulf of Mexico / North Africa / U.S. west coast / Western Europe / Gulf Coast / Middle East / western Kazakhstan / Black Sea / west coast / western Texas / central Florida / /
Technology
coking technology / refining technology / 75.10 alternative technologies / gas processors / /
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