Chemical Products Industries

What Chemical Products Industries does

Chemical Products Industries, Inc. (CPI), founded in 1978 in Oklahoma City and now incorporated in Texas, is a chemical manufacturing firm that has been acquired by and consolidated into Merichem Technologies. CPI/Merichem specializes in sulfur removal and treatment for the oil and gas value chain, with a portfolio built on proprietary process technologies including Fiber Film mass transfer solutions, LO-CAT liquid redox H2S removal, caustic treating systems, amine treating systems, and spent caustic regeneration/treatment units. The company also supplies a catalog of specialty chemicals and consumables — catalysts, activated carbon, cobalt products, adsorbents, surfactants, water repellents, and industrial cleaners/degreasers — plus skid-mounted vessel systems for packaged sour gas treatment.

The business serves upstream (exploration and production), midstream (pipelines, gas plants, transmix, storage), and downstream (refineries, petrochemical, chemical) operators, with adjacent exposure to biofuels/renewables and specialty applications such as landfill gas, biogas, and geothermal streams. The revenue model combines custom-engineered equipment and licensed technology sales with recurring consumable chemical sales and technical services, priced via quote-based, consultative engagements supported by a direct enterprise field-sales motion and a 'Talk to an Expert' / 'Request a Quote' website funnel. The parent Merichem reports multinational offices and facilities serving global customers, while the GPSA Perfect Record Award (2024) signals an emphasis on operational safety and reliability in the underlying field operations.

Name

Chemical Products Industries

Legal name

Chemical Products Industries, Inc.

Website

https://chemicalproductsokc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chemical Products Industries, now part of Merichem Technologies, is a specialty chemical and process-equipment manufacturer providing proprietary sulfur and H2S removal, caustic treating, and amine treating technologies to upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas operators, plus renewables and specialty gas applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Sulfur Treatment and Removal

NAICS

Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (325180), Chemical Manufacturing (325)

SIC

Chemicals & Allied Products (2800), Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810)

akta.pro primary industry

Sulfur Recovery & Acid Gas Treatment (SRU, Tail Gas Treating, Amine Units) (EUALAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mercury & Sulfur Removal Sorbents (Oil & Gas) (IMAEAIAJ), Sulfur Recovery & Tail Gas Treating (Claus, SCOT) (EUAAABAE), Water Treatment & Process Specialty Chemicals (IMAEABAN)

Keywords

• Sulfur removal solutions
• H2S treatment systems
• Oil gas chemicals
• Caustic treating solutions
• Amine treating systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Oklahoma City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Treatment Technology Licensing & Equipment Sales: Sale of packaged systems, skid-mounted vessels, and licensed treatment technologies for sour gas treatment. The company offers complete treatment solutions including vessels and systems.
2. Specialty Chemicals and Consumables: Sale of specialty chemicals, catalysts, carbon, cobalt, adsorbents, surfactants, water repellents, and chemical cleaners/degreasers for industrial treatment applications.
3. Technical Services: Technical services including solution consulting, R&D support, and fabrication engineering design services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Chemical Products Industries (now part of Merichem Technologies) manufactures and supplies sulfur removal and treatment systems, including H2S removal, mercaptan/COS removal, caustic regeneration, amine treating, Fiber Film mass transfer solutions, and skid-mounted vessel systems. It also produces specialty chemicals (catalysts, carbon, cobalt, adsorbents, surfactants, water repellents, cleaners and degreasers) used in industrial sulfur treatment processes.

Product overview

Chemical Products Industries is now part of Merichem Technologies, which offers a comprehensive portfolio of sulfur removal and treatment solutions. The product ecosystem includes multiple treatment technologies (H2S Removal, Mercaptan/COS Removal, Caustic Regeneration, Amine Treating, Caustic Treating, Naphthenic Acid Removal, Fiber Film Mass Transfer, and Water Wash systems) and associated specialty chemical products (Adsorbents, Catalysts, Carbon, Cobalt, Surfactants, Cleaners, Water Repellents). The company also provides skid-mounted vessel systems for packaged sour gas treatment. These solutions serve the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas sectors, as well as biofuels, renewables, and specialty industrial applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• H2S Removal Solutions Comprehensive H2S removal solutions including Liquid Redox (LO-CAT), adsorbents, caustic treaters, amine treaters, and vessel systems for treating hydrogen sulfide in gas streams. Sold to industrial clients in oil and gas, refining, and petrochemical operations.
• Mercaptan (RSH) and COS Removal Solutions for removing mercaptans (RSH) and carbonyl sulfide (COS) using caustic treaters, amine treaters, and naphthenic acid treaters, targeted at hydrocarbon stream treatment in refining and petrochemical operations.
• Caustic Regeneration and Spent Caustic Treatment Caustic regeneration units and spent caustic treatment units for regenerating and treating caustic solutions used in sulfur removal processes, enabling beneficial reuse and waste reduction at refineries and petrochemical plants.
• Specialty Chemicals, Catalysts, Carbon and Cobalt Portfolio of specialty chemicals including catalysts, activated carbon, cobalt products, O2 adsorbents, surfactants, water repellents, and chemical cleaners and degreasers for use in industrial treatment applications.
• Fiber Film Mass Transfer Solutions Mass transfer solutions using Fiber Film technology for efficient sulfur removal in liquid hydrocarbon streams, engineered for performance and low operational cost to treat H2S, mercaptans, and other sulfur compounds.
• Amine Treating Solutions Amine treating technology for removal of H2S and CO2 from gas streams across various industrial applications including natural gas processing and refining.
• Caustic Treating Solutions Caustic treating technology for removing H2S and mercaptans from liquid hydrocarbon streams in refining and petrochemical operations.
• Naphthenic Acid Removal Solutions for removing naphthenic acids from crude oil and refinery streams to reduce corrosion and improve product quality at refineries and crude processing facilities.
• Water Wash Systems

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• UOP (Honeywell UOP): Honeywell UOP licenses process technologies and catalysts across refining, petrochemicals, and gas processing, including amine treating and sulfur recovery units — directly competitive with CPI/Merichem's amine and sulfur treatment portfolio, but bundled with a much broader technology offering.
• Clariant: Large specialty chemicals and catalyst producer with refining and petrochemical catalyst offerings (including sulfur-related catalyst systems), competing partially via the consumables/catalyst adjacencies to CPI's specialty chemicals portfolio.
• Shell Catalysts & Technologies: Licenses refining, gas processing, and sulfur management technologies (e.g., SCOT tail-gas treating), overlapping with Merichem/CPI on sulfur recovery technology licensing for midstream and downstream customers.
• BASF: Diversified global chemical manufacturer producing catalysts, adsorbents, and process chemicals relevant to gas treatment and refining — a broad incumbent competing primarily in specialty chemicals/catalyst consumption rather than process licensing.

Direct peers

• Haldor Topsoe: Topsoe supplies catalysts and proprietary process technologies for refining, gas processing, and sulfur removal (including hydroprocessing and Claus/TGT adjacent solutions), competing head-to-head in H2S/sulfur treatment technology licensing.
• Axens: Axens provides refinery and petrochemical process technologies, catalysts, and adsorbents with significant overlap in sulfur treatment, amine regeneration, and spent caustic handling — directly competing for the same refining and petrochemical customers.
• Merichem Technologies (parent): Parent company of Chemical Products Industries following the acquisition; offers the same Fiber Film, LO-CAT, caustic, and amine technologies and now represents the unified platform CPI was folded into — the most directly comparable entity by product mix and customer base.
• Porocel: Specialty manufacturer of activated alumina and catalyst supports/adsorbents used in desulfurization and H2S scavenging — directly competing with CPI's adsorbent portfolio and Fiber Film/Fiber Reactor catalyst bed media.

Emerging players

• Veolia Water Technologies: Provides water and wastewater treatment chemicals and services to industrial clients including refining — overlapping with CPI/Merichem's specialty chemicals and spent caustic/wash water offerings for industrial process treatment.
• Sulzer (ChemTech): Supplies mass transfer, separation, and reaction technology for refining, gas processing, and sulfur recovery — overlapping with the Fiber Film mass transfer architecture that anchors CPI/Merichem's H2S removal offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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