Gas Odorants – Safe Handling, Health and the Environment

Section: General Interest

Author: Daniel E. Arrieta, PhD, DABT, Senior Toxicologist

Company: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

Description: Thiols (i.e. mercaptans), sulfides, and tetrahydrothiophene (THT) have been widely used in the odorization of natural and liquefied petroleum gas due to the fact that natural gas does not possess an odor.