Simple Sulfur Search: The Oil Majors

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” -- Albert Einstein

Sometimes the simplest way to follow the desulfurization research juggernaut is to follow the companies that have the biggest stake in its results. For example, Google® for Saudi Aramco desulfurization and here are a few of the nuggets that turn up in the results list …

Diesel Desulfurization For High Temperature Fuel Cells
Sai P. Katikaneni1,2*, and J. Hunt1
1FuelCell Energy, 3 Great Pasture Road, Danbury, CT, 0681, USA
2Present Address: Saudi Aramco, PO Box 12814, Dhahran, 31311 Saudi Arabia
*sai.katikaneni@aramco.com
source: http://www.nacatsoc.org/20nam/abstracts/P-S12-07A.pdf
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Saudi Aramco Joins MIT Energy Initiative
by Saudi Aramco, January 13, 2010
Saudi Aramco recently joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) as a sustaining member. The five-year alliance will support MITEI's research and development of new energy technologies and improve processing techniques for cleaner fuels.
Isam A. Al-Bayat, Saudi Aramco's vice president of Engineering Services, and Rafael Reif, MIT provost, signed a letter of acknowledgement at MIT's offices in Cambridge, Mass. to formalize the relationship.
source: http://www.downstreamtoday.com/news/article.aspx?a_id=20470&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
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Chemical desulfurization of petroleum fractions for ultra-low sulfur fuels
MOHAMMAD FARHAT ALI (1) ; AL-MALKI Abdullah (2) ; AHMED Shakil (1) ;
Author(s) Affiliation(s)
(1) H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, PAKISTAN
(2) Research and Development Center, Saudi ARAMCO, Dhahran 31311, ARABIE SAOUDITE
source: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=21374773
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Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Volume 73, Issues 3-4, 11 May 2007, Pages 311-316
Desulfurization of diesel via the H2O2 oxidation of aromatic sulfides to sulfones using a tungstate catalyst
Farhan Al-Shahrania, b, Tiancun Xiaoa, Simon A.Llewellyna, Sami Barric, Zheng Jianga, Huahong Shia, Gary Martinieb and Malcolm L.H. Greena, ,
aInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, UK
bR&DC, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Arabia
cChemical Engineering Department, Imperial College, London, UK
source: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TF6-4MS3J8D-1&_user=10&_coverDate=05%2F11%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1198897293&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d4c9226d7704e50f1fc90be7e3cccfe0