503.    ---------------.  [CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS.]  Fischer Summarizes Wartime Progress in Synthetic Oil Research.  Vol. 22, 1944, p. 391.

                   Digest of a review of the various processes using C oxides and H₂ for the production of synthetic oils.  Normal-pressure synthesis, medium-pressure synthesis, and the use of Ni, Co, Ru, and Fe catalysts are briefly touched upon.