1071.    ---------------.  [FOSTER, A. L.] Merger of Synthetics Programs.  Oil Gas Jour., vol. 46, No. 44, 1948, p. 42.

       Cities Service Oil Co. and M. W. Kellogg Co. have merged their synthetic fuel research programs and are prepared to license synthetic fuel plants for operation of the process.  Cities Service Co. has been interested for several years in the chemistry and technology of natural gas and is one of the largest producers and controls one of the largest gas reserves in the United States.  Research is now being concentrated on the isolation purification of the byproduct chemicals obtained during the process, and the reconversion of the oxygenated products to hydrocarbons.  It is stated that the cost of producing a synthetic crude oil is comparable at present to the price of crude oil.