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Natural gas sweetening

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-001413

The process of removing hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbon dioxide (CO2), and mercaptans from natural gas to make it suitable for transport and sale. Sour natural gas must be sweetened because H2S is highly toxic, and H2S and CO2 corrode natural gas pipelines.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-001413
FieldEnergy
SubjectNatural gas
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-001413",
  "term": "Natural gas sweetening",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The process of removing hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbon dioxide (CO2), and mercaptans from natural gas to make it suitable for transport and sale. Sour natural gas must be sweetened because H2S is highly toxic, and H2S and CO2 corrode natural gas pipelines.",
  "subject": "Natural gas",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/natural-gas-sweetening/"
}

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