News | August 12, 2010

Merichem Company Launches New Website Focused On Global Hydrocarbon Technology Innovation, Customer Solutions

Source: Merichem Company -- Merichem Gas Technologies

Website offers easy, one-stop-shop navigation for diversified products/services end to end — upstream and downstream

Houston, — As a major component of Merichem Company's relaunch as a worldwide technologies-solution partner to the hydrocarbon industries and others, the company also has relaunched its website, www.merichem.com, to provide easy access to a broad range of innovative products and services.

Merichem, a global leader in hydrocarbon treating technology and byproduct management services, has united multiple treating technologies for end-to-end solutions, driven by increasingly complex customer demands. Merichem.com employing a bright, user-friendly format for easy-to-navigate access to the company's three business units: Merichem Process Technologies, Merichem Gas Technologies and Merichem Caustic Services.

"On our relaunched website, you see both the Merichem you know and the Merichem you'll want to know better," said chairman and CEO Kenneth F. Currie. "We have evolved this company from a traditional support organization with outstanding proprietary offerings to become a true innovation partner working on the next-generation of global, environmentally appropriate technology solutions for our customers. The site shows off what we can do for our customers."

In addition to sulfur removal technologies, Merichem is the industry leader in managing the beneficial reuse of refining caustic streams. Merichem chemical offerings include oxidation catalysts, naphthenic acid and derivatives, and soda chemicals. Merichem currently has more than 1,000 licensed process units worldwide.

"Current customers and those new to Merichem will appreciate the one-stop-shopping approach our website's navigation offers," said Patrick J. Hickey, Merichem president. "The site reflects the highly improved interconnections among our many operations, and allows efficient access to our many products and services."

Merichem Company provides a diversified portfolio of technologies, products and services to a broad range of operations, including the refining and petrochemicals industry. With more than 1,000 licensed process units worldwide, Merichem is a leader in licensing patented process technologies and proprietary equipment to provide hydrocarbon treating solutions and by-product management services that remove sulfur and other impurities from hydrocarbon liquids and gases in the upstream and downstream energy sectors. Merichem began as a domestic operator in the United States and today offer products and services to customers globally. The company is headquartered in Houston, with offices in Chicago, Alabama, Tokyo and Shanghai.

For more information: phone 713-428-5000, or visit www.merichem.com.

SOURCE: Merichem Company -- Merichem Gas Technologies