Merichem® is a global leader in providing full-service sulfur removal, caustic treating and spent caustic treatment technologies in combination with proprietary chemicals and catalysts.

Contaminants stand in the way of your performance and profitability. Merichem® is in the business of effectively removing impurities for upstream, midstream and downstream, and petrochemicals companies.

Through engineering, design, fabrication, testing, analytics, technology and service, we develop proprietary solutions guaranteed to meet your specifications, performance and warranty requirements.

Merichem® Products

Merichem® offers a variety of proven technologies for the treatment of sulfur and other impurities, including: ​

FIBER FILM® Contactor

Mass Transfer Technology: Patented Contactor that eliminates the problems associated with conventional dispersion and phase separation methods.

AMINEX™

Amine Extraction of Contaminants: Removes acid gas and carbonyl sulfide from LPG-type liquid and gas streams.

AQUAFINING™

Water-Based Extraction of Impurities: Removes soluble organic and inorganic impurities from liquid hydrocarbon streams.

ESTEREX™ 

Acid Extraction of Contaminants: Removes neutral and acidic ester compounds from alkylation reactor product streams.

LO-CAT®

Sulfur Recovery Technology: Removes hydrogen sulfide from sour gas vapor streams using a patented liquid redox system.

MERICAT™

Caustic Sweetening of Mercaptan Compounds: Used in gasoline / naphtha, condensate and crude oil streams for the sweetening of mercaptan compounds.

MERICAT™ II / MERICAT™ J

Caustic Sweetening of Heavy Mercaptans: Proven solutions for sweetening heavy mercaptans contained in kerosene, jet fuel, middle-distillate and condensate.

NAPFINING™

Caustic Extraction of Naphthenic Acids: Removes naphthenic acid compounds from jet fuel, kerosene, diesel, condensate and crude oil streams without causing debilitating emulsions.

THIOLEX™

Caustic Extraction of Contaminants: Removes acid gas and mercaptan compounds from liquid and gas hydrocarbon streams.

CHLOREX™

Extraction of HCL with alkaline water: Removes chlorides from liquid and gas hydrocarbon streams.

MERICON™ I, II, III

Spent Caustic Treatment Solutions: On-site treatment technologies for the processing of spent caustics to allow the final stream to meet specifications for wastewater treating facilities.

REGEN® / REGEN® 

ULS Spent Caustic Regeneration: Reduces caustic consumption through the regeneration and reuse of the caustic solution.