2987.     RUSHTON, J. H.  Liquid Fuels From Natural Gas.  Am. Gas Jour., vol. 168, No. 3, 1948, p. 38.

        Possibilities of producing liquid fuels from natural gas are outlined.  There are enough reserves of natural gas in the southwest United States and southern California to support the operation of about 30 plants devoted to the synthetic production of fuels for approximately 140 years.  Their daily production would be about 250,000 bbl.

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