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...an increasingly important source I he largest elemental sulphur producing area in the world today is a narrow belt along the Coast
Both
metallurgy
and
chemistry
combine
in
of the Gulf of Mexico. Large quantities of ele-
Canada, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Ger-
mental sulphur lie in natural beds in Japan, Italy,
many, Great Britain, Holland and Egypt to pro-
the Andes Mountains of South America, as well as
duce substantial quantities of elemental sulphur
many other sections of the world.
from sulphides of hydrogen, iron and oil shale.
Most of the natural gas coming from fields on
This company has the largest single unit in
the East slope of the Rocky Mountains contains
the
hydrogen sulphide rendering the gas "sour." The
elemental sulphur from hydrogen sulphide con-
recovery of the sulphur from this gas, thereby
tained in sour gas.
T e x a s Gulf S u l p h u r Co. 75 East 4 5 t h Street, N e w Y o r k 1 7 , N . Y.
1218
purifying it, is a feat of chemical engineering.
world
Sulphur
at
Worland,
Producing
Wyoming,
recovering
Units
NEWGULF, TEXAS e MOSS BLUFF, TEXAS a SPINDLETOP, TEXAS
