Washington / Galveston / Morehead City / Warsaw / Magna / Tampa / London / /
Company
Total petroleum / Amoco Corp. / Motiva Enterprises / Magma Copper Co. / PCS Phosphates Inc. / Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. / Lagoven SA / Texaco Inc. / ASARCO Incorporated / Freeport-McMoRan Inc. / Freeport Sulphur / Houston Chronicle / Star Enterprises / Cyprus Miami Mining Corp. / Saudi Aramco / Kennecott Corp. / Mobil Oil Corp. / IMC Global Inc. / W W 331 Steel / Equilon Enterprises / Phelps Dodge Corp. / Shell Oil Co. / Exxon Corp. / Chevron Corp. / Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc. / /
Continent
Europe / Asia / North America / South America / /
Country
Puerto Rico / Senegal / Venezuela / South Africa / Colombia / France / Japan / Brazil / Canada / Australia / Korea / China / India / Germany / Saudi Arabia / Tunisia / Mexico / Iran / Chile / Poland / Indonesia / Russia / United States / Soviet Union / U.S. Virgin Islands / Morocco / Spain / /
The Fertilizer Institute / f.o.b. mine / Culberson Mine / Lagoven’s Amuay refinery / Main Pass Mine / /
IndustryTerm
crude oil production / large sour gas deposits / inorganic chemicals / paper products / conventional mining methods / important sulfur producer / natural gas / chemical products / natural gas plants / metal usage / oil sands / crude oil / agricultural chemicals / petroleum products / orderly mining / huge oil sand deposits / miscellaneous plastic products / natural gas processing / chemicals / inorganic chemical / intermediate chemical product / high-sulfur crude oil / natural gas treatment plants / important supplier / organic chemicals / chemical reagent / rubber / sulfur as its primary product / oil and gas industry / satellite plants treating refinery gases / chemical industry / mining / coal products / chemical / /
NaturalFeature
Gulf of Mexico / /
Organization
Bureau of the Census / Association Production and International Trade Committee / U.S. Department of Commerce / U.S. Government / U.S. Bureau / Department of Commerce / BY PETROLEUM ADMINISTRATION FOR DEFENSE / Fertilizer Institute / Fertecon North America Sulfur Service / Chinese Government / /
Person
Frasch / / /
Position
Chemical Market Reporter / producer / leading producer / major U.S. companies / increasingly important sulfur producer / /
Product
Hill Proprietary Co. / Ltd. / sulfuric acid / /
ProvinceOrState
Ohio / Minnesota / Virginia / North Dakota / Indiana / Louisiana / Michigan / New Mexico / Utah / Montana / Mississippi / California / Colorado / Alberta / Texas / Kansas / Kentucky / New Jersey / Wisconsin / Wyoming / Illinois / Pennsylvania / Delaware / Florida / North Carolina / /
PublishedMedium
SULFUR / Houston Chronicle / The Oil & Gas Journal / /
Region
Gulf of Mexico / western United States / west Texas / former Soviet Union / west coast / Latin America / /
SULFUR By Joyce A. Ober Through its major derivative, sulfuric acid, sulfur ranks as one of the more important elements used as an industrial raw material. It is of prime importance to every sector of the world’s indus