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      408.     ------.  [COMPAGNIE DE BÉTHUNE ]  Hydrocarbons and Alcohols.  British Patent 255,829.  July 27, 1925.  Chem. Abs., vol. 21, 1927, p. 2978.

Specifics producing hydrocarbon oils resembling petroleum by heating CH4 or a gas containing CH4 to 200º-600º under pressure in the presence of a catalyst such as Fe2O3 or a suitable mixture of metal oxides or metals.  H2 or some O2 promotes the reaction.