1. Sulfur production in the United States

    Sulfur production in the United States was 9.04 million metric tons of sulfur content in 2014, all of it recovered as a byproduct, from oil refineries, natural gas processing plants, and metal smelters. The United States was second in the world in sulfur production in 2014, behind China. The sulfur recovered was marketed in the forms of native sulfur, and sulfuric acid. Total value was US$927 million in 2014. Byproduct sulfur from oil refineries, gas processing plants, and metal smelters is a "nondiscretionary byproduct," meaning that the sulfur recovery is mandated by environmental regulations put in place to prevent air pollution. Because the sulfur must be removed as a cost of producing the primary product, the sulfur byproduct will be sold, even at a price lower than the cost of recovery. This has enabled byproduct sulfur to drive other forms of sulfur production, notably Frasch sulfur, out of the market in the United States. Wikipedia

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    Sulfur production in the United States was 9.04 million metric tons of sulfur content in 2014, all of it recovered as a byproduct, from oil refineries (83 percent), natural gas processing plants (10 percent), and metal smelters (7 percent). The United States was second in the world in sulfur production in 2014, behind China. The sulfur recovered was marketed in the forms of native (elemental ...
  3. Sulfuric acid production is the major end use for sulfur, and consumption of sulfuric acid has been regarded as one of the best indexes of a nation's industrial development. ... On the Questions tab of the subscriber preferences page, please select "Sulfur" and any other options in which you may be interested. Please see the list services page ...
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    the higher consumption of sulfur to process the phosphate rock into phosphate fertilizers. New sulfur demand associated with phosphate fertilizer projects is expected mostly in Africa and west Asia. World sulfur production was unchanged compared with that in 2022. Starting in 2023, sulfur production from the Middle
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  6. Sulfur : Total U.S. domestic production of sulfur was approximately 8,706 million kilograms (M kg) in 2019 (USGS, 2021). In 2019, elemental sulfur was recovered at petroleum refineries, natural-gas -processing plants, and coking plants at 95 operations in 27 states (USGS, 2022). As of 2018, large oil refineries along the Gulf Coast produced a
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    Events, Trends, and Issues: Total U.S. sulfur production in 2021 was estimated to have increased by 3% from that of 2020, and shipments also increased by 4% from those of 2020. Domestic production of elemental sulfur from petroleum refineries and recovery from natural gas operations increased by 3%. However, in the first 6 months of
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    The quantity of sulphur required to feed North American phosphate production has fallen from 11.3 million t/a in 1990 to 6.5 million t/a in 2016, and since then Mosaic has idled and then permanently closed its Plant City facility, removing another 550-600,000 t/a of sulphur demand from the market.
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    Domestic Production and Use: In 2022, recovered elemental sulfur and byproduct sulfuric acid were produced at 93 . operations in 27 States. Total shipments were valued at about $1.3 billion. Elemental sulfur production was estimated to be 8.0 million tons; Louisiana and Texas accounted for about 46% of domestic production. Elemental sulfur was
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    Refining. As Table 1 shows, the refining industry is the main source of elemental sulphur in the US. US domestic oil production has been rising over the past decade, reaching 13.1 million bbl/d in early 2020, before covid related lockdowns and the resultant lack of fuel consumption for vehicles and aircraft led to a slump in consumption during 2020 to a low point of 9.7 million bbl/d in August.
  11. Since domestic sulfur production peaked at nearly 11 million metric tons in 1974, the sulfur industry has undergone dramatic change. In 1974, mined sulfur produced using the Frasch hot water method provided 8 million tons of sulfur, representing 75 percent of total elemental sulfur production. (In the Frasch process, hot water is injected directly into the sulfur-containing mineral strata, melting
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