2521.     ---------------.  [OIL AND GAS JOURNAL.]  Stanolind’s Synthol Plant to be in Operation in 1949.  Vol. 46, No. 2, 1947, p. 54.

        According to J. H. Forrester, manager of manufacturing for Stanolind, the proposed synthol plant of Stanolind Oil & Gas Co., Kans., will be producing gasoline from natural gas on a commercial scale in 1949.  The new plant will produce 5,300 bbl. of gasoline, 800 of fuel oil, and 1,060 of light hydrocarbons, and about 500,000 lb. of chemicals per day. J. E. Latta of the Tulsa laboratories said that the oxygenated compounds formed as byproducts will be useful in various fields as solvents, antifreeze preparations, and raw materials for the manufacture of fine chemicals.  Included are alcohols, ketones, organic acids, and aldehydes.