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History of the HPI: The 1940s: Global conflict, FCC, 100 octane, synthetic rubber—Wartime necessitates advancing technologies

April 13, 2022

Hydrocarbon Processing continues its History of the HPI series with major technological developments in the refining and petrochemical industries during the 1940s. Listen to how global conflict sparked new refining and petrochemical processes/products and how the processing industry advanced through the decade.