541.    ---------------.  [CHEMICAL TRADE JOURNAL AND CHEMICAL ENGINEER.]  Germany’s Synthetic Oil Plants.  Vol. 124, 1949, p. 336.

                  Production of synthetic petrol and oil in Germany is still prohibited.  At present 2 plants using the Fischer-Tropsch process are producing primary materials for the manufacture of fatty acids and synthetic detergents for the soap and washing-powder industry.  Permission has been given for 2 plants, originally built for hydrogenation of coal by the Bergius process, to be used to a limited extent for the hydrogenation of residues from the initial refining of imported crude oils and also for the production of synthetic ammonia.