2038.     ---------------.  [LAHIRI, A.]  Synthetic Oil From Coal.  III.  Economics of Synthetic Oil Manufacture.  Jour. Sci. Ind. Research (India), vol. 7, A, 1948, pp. 442-446; British Abs., 1949, B, I, p. 336.

        Discusses in detail products and economics of the hydrogenation and Fischer-Tropsch process for the manufacture of petroleum from coal; it is stressed that the 2 processes are complementary.  Reviews present position regarding raw materials in India, with particular reference to the quality of coal, and considers the economic prospects of the 2 processes.

        ----------.  See abs. 1771a.