1072.    --------------.  [FOSTER, A. L.] Texaco Now Licensing Process for Synthetic Fuel Production.  Oil Gas Jour., vol. 46, No. 41, 1948, p. 68.

       Hydrocol process for making synthetic gasoline and other products from natural gas has been tested commercially in a 120-bbl.-per-day pilot plant of the Texas Company at Montebello, Calif., and is being offered for general license.  It is estimated that enough natural gas is available in the United States to support 50 Hydrocol plants producing a total of 350,000 bbl. gasoline per day.  It is estimated also that the overall cost for present-day American plants will be only about 1/3 that of the German plants.  The Fe catalyst used on the fluidized principle has a life of 500 hr. and costs $0.05-$0.10 per lb.