443. CORNIC, Y. [Petroleum.] French Patent 696,1963. Oct. 30, 1930. Chem. Abs., vol. 25, 1931, p. 2843.

Patent Abstracts

443. CORNIC, Y. [Petroleum.] French Patent 696,163. Oct. 30, 1930. Chem. Abs., vol. 25, 1931, p. 2843.

Petroleum is obtained by treating CH₄ with nascent CO₂; the O of the CO₂ burns a part of the H of the CH₄, which then condenses to petroleum. The CO₂ is obtained from carbonates dissociated by heat, with or without the addition of substances favoring dissociation and with or without pressure.