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Sulphur sales should bear processing cost

Abstract

In this analysis, all the pertinent costs of processing sulfur from sour gas are allocated to one item, the sulfur produced from the sour gas. Therefore, in the graphical representations, the sour gas fed to the amine unit was considered to be dry sour gas containing no carbon dioxide. Cases were considered for increasing percentages of hydrogen sulfide. Costs of amine units and sulfur units were estimated and updated from the literature both for capital investment and operating costs for plants sized to produce sulfur at rates ranging from 20 to 500 long tons per day. The figures shown on the graph for unit costs confirm that the sulfur industry in W. Canada has been selling its sulfur below cost until recently. The conditioning of the natural gas bore the cost of producing sulfur, a sign of unhealthy sulfur markets. Producers would be wise to replenish their sulfur stockpiles to obtain stable marketing conditions at good prices.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 20, 1969
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-82-076405
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Oilweek (Calgary, Alberta); (Canada); Journal Volume: 19:48
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; DESULFURIZATION; SULFUR; MARKET; NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY; AMINES; CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST; HYDROGEN SULFIDES; NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS; PRODUCTION; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRY; NONMETALS; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; 030400* - Natural Gas- Products & By-Products; 030700 - Natural Gas- Waste Management
OSTI ID:
5517119
Research Organizations:
McGill Univ
Country of Origin:
Canada
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: OLWKA
Submitting Site:
TUL
Size:
Pages: 53-54, 60
Announcement Date:
Aug 01, 1980

Citation Formats

Jones, W. Sulphur sales should bear processing cost. Canada: N. p., 1969. Web.
Jones, W. Sulphur sales should bear processing cost. Canada.
Jones, W. 1969. "Sulphur sales should bear processing cost." Canada.
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abstractNote = {In this analysis, all the pertinent costs of processing sulfur from sour gas are allocated to one item, the sulfur produced from the sour gas. Therefore, in the graphical representations, the sour gas fed to the amine unit was considered to be dry sour gas containing no carbon dioxide. Cases were considered for increasing percentages of hydrogen sulfide. Costs of amine units and sulfur units were estimated and updated from the literature both for capital investment and operating costs for plants sized to produce sulfur at rates ranging from 20 to 500 long tons per day. The figures shown on the graph for unit costs confirm that the sulfur industry in W. Canada has been selling its sulfur below cost until recently. The conditioning of the natural gas bore the cost of producing sulfur, a sign of unhealthy sulfur markets. Producers would be wise to replenish their sulfur stockpiles to obtain stable marketing conditions at good prices.}
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