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Many of the requests I handled during my tenure with the Saudi Aramco enterprise was for the names of experts in specific technologies. An excellent starting point for identification of experts is a technical article database like Academic Search Complete.

Searching Academic Search Complete using the term “desulfurization” turns up a large number of recent technical articles. And in addition to the cite and abstract of each article, the list of author(s) of the article often include an email address.

Here, for example, are four recent articles on the desulfurization topic. You will note that each of them includes the email address of one of the authors.

APPLICATION OF NEW ZRO2-SBA-15 MATERIALS AS CATALYTIC SUPPORTS: STUDY OF INTRINSIC ACTIVITY OF MO CATALYSTS IN DEEP HDS.
Authors:Gutiérrez, Oliver Y.1
Ayala, Erika1
Puente, Ivan1
Klimova, Tatiana1 klimova@servidor.unam.mx
Source:Chemical Engineering Communications; Oct2009, Vol. 196 Issue 10, p1163-1177, 15p, 3 charts, 5 graphs

Efficient oxidation of thiophene derivatives with homogeneous and heterogeneous MTO/H₂O₂ systems: A novel approach for, oxidative desulfurization (ODS) of diesel fuel.
Authors:Di Giuseppe, Andrea1
Crucianelli, Marcello1 marcello.crucianelli@univaq.it
De Angelis, Francesco1
Crestini, Claudia2
Saladino, Raffaele3 saladino@unitus.it
Source:Applied Catalysis B: Environmental; Jul2009, Vol. 89 Issue 1/2, p239-245, 7p

Efficient oxidation of thiophene derivatives with homogeneous and heterogeneous MTO/H₂O₂ systems: A novel approach for, oxidative desulfurization (ODS) of diesel fuel.
Authors:Di Giuseppe, Andrea1
Crucianelli, Marcello1 marcello.crucianelli@univaq.it
De Angelis, Francesco1
Crestini, Claudia2
Saladino, Raffaele3 saladino@unitus.it
Source:Applied Catalysis B: Environmental; Jul2009, Vol. 89 Issue 1/2, p239-245, 7p

Removal of hazardous gaseous pollutants from industrial flue gases by a novel multi-stage fluidized bed desulfurizer
Authors:Mohanty, C.R.1
Adapala, Sivaji2
Meikap, B.C.2 bcmeikap@che.iitkgp.ernet.in
Source:Journal of Hazardous Materials; Jun2009, Vol. 165 Issue 1-3, p427-434, 8p

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