PROGRAM OF MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE TECHNICAL OIL MISSION

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Washington, D.C., December 13 and 14, 1945

Thursday, December 13, 1945

Opening Remarks Mr. C.S. Snodgrass &
Dr. W.C. Schroeder 9:30-9:45 A.M.
Gasification of Fuels for the Production of Synthesis Gas and Hydrogen
W.W. Odell 9:30-10:30 A.M.
The Fischer-Tropsch Process The Operation of Plants Using Cobalt Catalyst
Alfred R. Powell 10:30-10:45 A.M.
Development of Iron Catalyst Processes
Harold V. Atwell 10:45-11:00 A.M.
Research of the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute at Mulheim.
Vladimir Haensel 11:00-11:30 A.M.

The Hydrogenation of Coal and Tar Coal at Wesseling, Gelsenberg, Scholyen and Leuna Tar at Bottrop, Bohlen and Zeitz.
L.L. Hirst 1:30-2:45 P.M.
Information on Hydrogenation at Heidelberg
Warren F. Farragher 2:45-3:15 P.M.
Lubricants Schkopau, Leuna and Ruhrchemie.
Hans Schindler 3:15-3:40 P.M.
Hamburg Area.
Paul K. Kuhne 3:40-4:00 P.M.
Catalyst Manufacture for Fischer-Tropsch and Other Processes
William A. Horne 4:00-4:30 P.M.
German Aviation Fuel Quality
George S. Bays 4:30-4:45 P.M.
Refineries Near Hamburg
Donald S. Fraser 4:45-5:00 P.M.
Oxidation of Methane
E.B. Peck 5:00-5:15 P.M.
Acetylene Chemistry (Reppe)
Irvin H. Jones 5:15-5:30 P.M.

Friday, December 14, 1945

Solvent Extraction Edeleanu and Espenhain
J.P. Jones 9:30-9:45 A.M.
Butane Dehydrogenation
John G. Allen 9:45-10:15 A.M.
Hydroforming and DHD
Ernest Cotton 10:15-10:30 A.M.
OXO Process
Horace M. Weir 10:30-10:45 A.M.
Schaumkohle
Donald S. Fraser 10:45-10:55 A.M.
Shell Research
Vladimir Haensel 10:55-11:30 A.M.

General Discussion

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