2382.     ---------------.  [NATIONAL PETROLEUM NEWS.]  Stanolind to Build 2 Plants to Make Chemicals From Gas.  Vol. 39, No. 34, 1947, p. 16; Chem. Eng. News, vol. 25, 1947, p. 2436.

        Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. will build chemical recovery and separation plants adjacent to each of the synthetic gasoline plants now under construction – Carthage Hydrocol near Brownsville, Tex., and the Stanolind plant, Hugoton, Kans. – to refine byproduct chemicals from them.  A contract has already been made with United States Industrial Chemicals, Inc., for the sale of water-soluble oxygenated hydrocarbon chemicals to be produced.  Furthermore, the latter will build its own plants at the 2 locations to manufacture an additional line of chemicals.  Each of the synthetic gasoline plants will produce around 100,000,000 lb. per yr. of water-soluble oxygenated hydrocarbons.  These chemicals consist mainly of straight-chain alcohols, aldehydes, acids, and ketones containing 2-4 C atoms per mol.  Stanolind has not yet completed its plans for refining and marketing the higher molecular weight alcohols, acids, aldehydes, and ketones containing 5-12 or more C atoms.  The chemical recovery and separation plants are expected to be completed in about 2 yr.  The cost of the plant is not given.  It is estimated that the chemicals from the 2 synthetic gasoline plants may exceed a total of 300,000,000 lb. per yr.  Commodities to be produced are listed.