2648.     PETROLEUM TIMES.  New Synthetic Oil Processes in Germany.  Vol. 48, 1944, p. 28.

Reference to recent work described by Dr. F. Fischer.  Mention of new raw materials for manufacturing synthesis gas and of work with new and more effective catalysts.  Increasing the octane number of synthetic oils has received attention.  The synthesis of carbohydrates as found in nature is visualized.