Hydrogen sulfide refers to a naturally occurring gas from crude oils. Apart from this, the formation of this gas also occurs during the refining process because of degradation of the sulfur-containing compounds in crude oil at higher temperatures. For the removal of hydrogen sulfide or reducing the amount of hydrogen sulfide, the gas has to be passed through a treatment that contains hydrogen sulfide scavenger, which is an agent that reacts chemically with hydrogen sulfide. Owing to the consistent growth in demand for oil, there is remarkable growth in the crude oil production activities across the globe. As a result, a growth in various oilfield operations including cementing, drilling, workover and completion, well stimulation, and production is observed. This scenario is fueling the demand for different production chemicals including hydrogen sulfide scavengers. On the back of this factor, the global hydrogen sulfide scavengers market is expected to gather quintessential sales opportunities in the upcoming years.
Over the period of recent few years, there in notable increase in the number of new oil and gas discoveries across different African countries. As a result, several well-entrenched enterprises engaged in the exploration and production activities are focused on exploring these untapped reserves from Africa. Thus, increase in number of newly discovered crude oil and natural gas reserves in African countries is likely to help in generating promising sales opportunities for the enterprises operating in the hydrogen sulfide scavengers market in the forthcoming years.