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Contents 1 I don't think the WikiProject Chemicals tag is appropriate for this article 2 Is sour gas limited only to gases containing H2S?? 3 Deleted edit by 136.159.183.197 about Sour gas and Land Use 4 Split

[edit] I don't think the WikiProject Chemicals tag is appropriate for this article

Hi, Beetstra: I just want to say that I don't think this Acid gas article should be part of the of WikiProject Chemicals. I would agree that the Hydrogen sulfide and the Carbon dioxide articles belong in that WikiProject ... but applying it to this article is inappropriate. I am not going to revert it, but I do want you to know that I disagree. Regards, - mbeychok 00:30, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is sour gas limited only to gases containing H2S??

Should SO2-containing gases, such as coal power plant flue gas, also be considered in the definition of "sour gas." Regardless, it seems that, given the noted distinction between sour gas and more general acid gas, a separate article should be created for sour gas to distinguish it from acid gas. 199.197.135.1 21:59, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

The terms "sour gas" and "acid gas" are primarly used in the industries devoted to production, transportation and processing of petroleum crude oil and raw natural gas. The term "sour gas" refers to gases containing H₂S and mercaptans because of their very distinctive and foul odors. In my 50 plus years as a chemical engineer, I have only very occasionally heard of the term "sour gas" being applied to flue gases or other gases containing SO₂. Removing SO₂ from flue gases is referred to as flue gas desulfurization or just FGD ... and Wikipedia already has an article on that subject at Flue gas desulfurization.

There are a great many processes available for removing both H₂S and CO₂ from gas mixures, namely Amine gas treating, Selexol, Rectisol, Benfield, Ucarsol, Morphysorb, Sulfinol processes and many others. The fact that the two gases (H₂S and CO₂) very often occur together in raw natural gas and in petroleum refinery byproduct gases ... and are very often removed together from such gases ... is one of the primary reasons for keeping them together in this article.

For the great many chemists, engineers, operators and others who work in the hydrocarbon industries (natural gas and petroleum crude oil transportation, production, processing and refining) as well as in petrochemical plants, they all are quite familiar with referring to acid gases and sour gases together. The distinction between acid and sour gases was included in this article so as to provide an understanding of the distinction for neophytes to the hydrocarbon industries. I hope this answers your concerns. - mbeychok 22:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted edit by 136.159.183.197 about Sour gas and Land Use

Deleted that section because it was completely out of context. What Energy Utilities Board of what country or state or province? Emergency planning for what? Drilling a sour gas well or what? When adding a new section , be sure to provide context and to remember this will be read by people from many countries. Also include some reference that explains or discusses the required permit or the enabling legislation. When you have done that, it would be a good idea to submit the proposed new section here on the Discussion page to see what others think of it. - mbeychok 05:18, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split

I've split the article into sour gas and acid gas; the two are different. I've edited the source article to be suitable in both cases; this leaves in notes such as that the terms are used interchangeably even though they're technically different things. Hopefully they'll diverge from this point into two more clearly separate articles. --Firien § 11:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)