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Why are H2S, mercaptans, sulphur compounds and salt removed from the crude oils?

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Answer & Explanation:

1- The sulfur present in the crude oil can poison the catalysts that are used in the refining of crude oil into the many useful products obtained from crude oil.

2- The crude oil, containing sulfur compounds, introduced into a car or truck engine, it will again interfere with the catalytic converter installed in the exhaust system of the vehicle.

3- if sulfur is present in fuel, when the fuel is burned it will be converted to SO₂ which is a known precursor to acid rain.

4- Sulfur compounds can lead to increased corrosion in distillation equipment at the high temperatures used.

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