Mercury & Arsenic in Petroleum Analysis

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Mercury & Arsenic in Petroleum Analysis

(Houston, Texas) -- ACS Labs, headed by Ernie Williams, has announced that they have developed a procedure for analyzing mercury in organic matrices such as petroleum products, LPG, natural gas, cracked Naphtha and feedstock.

Mercury and Arsenic are becoming more and more critical to the chemical industry as it gets into the cold boxes and, under pressure, can result in explosions at refineries. Much of the crude coming from parts of the world contain higher levels of mercury is creating a greater need to monitor mercury and arsenic levels in petroleum products, LPG, natural gas, cracked Naphtha and feedstock.

Mercury is a naturally occurring compound when drilling for oil as it volatilizes with heat.

ACS Labs is a lab specializing in metals analysis and has spent the past decade perfecting procedures for mercury testing.

ACS is a commercial lab dedicated to major, minor, and ultra trace metal analysis. Because of this expertise, in early 1988, ACS began working to develop a technique for analyzing mercury in petroleum factions. Since that time, ACS has completed thousands of petroleum samples, ranging from gas samples to light-weight gas oils, crude, naphthas, raffinates and others.

The hazards of mercury in petroleum warrant analytical techniques which yield a high level of confidence, which has prompted us to embellish on past techniques to now provide better technology for this element.

Mercury, Arsenic, Lead, Antimony, and other metals in petroleum products has become increasingly important. ACS Labs has developed proprietary techniques for the testing of Mercury and Arsenic in petroleum-based products. Other matrices include, but are not limited to crude, feed stocks, natural gas, and LPG.

Detection Limits:

Mercury -- 2 PPB

Arsenic and other metals -- 10 PPB