2038. LEPRESTRE, R. (Applied Chemicals, Inc.). Liquid Hydrocarbons From Natural Gas and Superheated Steam. United States Patent 2,258,511, Oct. 7, 1941; appl. filed May 13, 1939, Serial No. 273,533; 3 claims (Cl. 260-449). Chem. Abs., vol. 36, 1942, p. 642.

Describes apparatus and a process that involves simultaneously injecting natural gas and superheated steam under a pressure in excess of a minimum of 5,000 p. s. i. into a chamber heated to approximately 1,000°-1,100° F. and then subjecting the heated mixture to a catalyst of Fe oxide and passing the product to a condenser.

LEVY, W. J. See abs. 2823.