Innovative Mercaptan Scavangers: First Field Application

Mercaptans are naturally occurring components of sour crude oil and natural gas condensate. When present in appreciable<br>concentrations, they generate a very disagrenable smell witch can be a nuisance to operators and to surrounding communities.<br>Regulatory authorities aften require that mercaptan odors be controlled. A practical example of that has occurred to a gas<br>field located in southern Italy which was suffering nuisance odor problems originating from a gas well whose fluid contained<br>over 500 ppm total mercaptans.