2826.     RILEY, H. L. (Chairman).  Chemicals From Coal in the North of England.  Coal-Processing Industries Report.  Chem. Age, vol. 53, 1945, pp. 565-568.

        Objectives to be considered are the development of the tar distillation industry and the extraction of C₂H₄ from coke-oven gas.  The statement is made that the Northeast provides one of the most suitable areas in the country for large-scale trials of the Fischer-Tropsch process.  The County of Durham, with its large coke-producing units and potential reservoirs of surplus gas, is eminently well-placed for this research work, and the products made by the Fischer-Tropsch process may be linked with those from the C₂H₄ extraction plant.