1831.  ------. [KELLOGG, M. W., CO.] [Liquid Hydrocarbons.] French Patent 832,038, Sept. 20, 1938. Chem. Abs., vol. 33, 1939, p. 2531.

Light gaseous hydrocarbons are converted into liquid hydrocarbons by subjecting them to the action of O₂ in presence of a catalyst at elevated temperature so as to obtain a gas comprising CO and H₂ and converting this intermediate product into liquid hydrocarbons by synthesis in presence of a catalyst at a temperature of about 200º. The oxidation of the gaseous hydrocarbons may be effected in presence of a Ni catalyst at a temperature of 820º-1,100º.