520.    ---------------.  [CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.]  Methanol Today.  Vol. 58, No. 6, 1951, pp. 285-287.

      Two major processes are being used to produce synthetic MeOH:  Reaction of CO and H₂ and oxidation of selected fractions of natural or C₃H₈ and C₄H₁₀.  Synthetic MeOH producers are listed.  Estimated production costs are $0.138 per gal., net profit about $0.095 per gal.  The major % uses of MeOH are shown.  Synthetic production in 1951 should be about 160 million gal. and will probably reach 200 million gal. by 1953.