Merichem gives companies in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the energy industry (and other process industries) a way to clean up their act. Boasting more than 1,000 licensed process units worldwide, Merichem is the leader in licensing patented process technologies and providing proprietary equipment for hydrocarbon treatment and related management services that remove sulfur and other impurities from hydrocarbon liquids and gases during exploration, development, production, refining, and other process activities. The company also produces phenol and cresylic acids at its plant in Texas and naphthenic acids (used in paint driers and wood preservatives) at another in Alabama.