2650.     ---------------.  [PETROLEUM TIMES.]  Synthetic Motor-Fuel Production.  Vol. 51, 1947, pp. 613 and 614.

        Synthetic motor fuel is now being produced in the Soviet zone of Germany at the monthly rate of 80,000 tons, or nearly as much as was obtained during the early part of the war from the synthetic gasoline plants now under Russian control.  These consist mainly of the Leuna and Brabag Works.  The machinery for the Oswiecim plant being brought to Poland as German reparations is being assembled.  When the plant goes on stream at the end of 1948, its output should be about 20,000 tons of synthetic gasoline per yr.  The Peat Institute of Russia has worked out a scheme for the complete utilization of peat burned in power stations.  The process consists in treating the peat chemically by means of gasification before sending it to the power station.  The power station receives excellent gaseous fuel, and what remains of the peat after the treatment is used to make synthetic gasoline.  The process of complete utilization of peat reduces capital expenditures on synthetic gasoline production by 20%, cost of the product by 18%, and peat consumption in power stations by 30-35%.