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ABSTRACT AT a meeting held at the Mayfair Hotel, W.I, on March 11, an announcement was made by the Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., of a new and extended programme for the production in Great


Britain of chemicals from petroleum. In the past the main sources from which organic chemicals have been derived are coal by-products and fermentation processes. Access through your


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