Birthplace of better petrochemicals
An outstanding source of petrochemicals, Conoco once again demonstrates its progressive thinking and ability to serve you.
it is cylindrical in shape with a center well extending from bottom to top.
Rapidly expanding petrochemical facilities, exemplified in a new and unique research building, are making service to Conoco customers even more comprehensive and efficient than in the past.
A growing staff of trained technical specialists will occupy the air-conditioned offices and laboratories which are situated around the well. Suspended from the "cap" of the building is a travel hoist which is used for handling heavy equipment.
Conoco's new Development and Research Pilot Plant in Ponca City, Oklahoma, is one of the most unusual structures of its kind. Converted from an 80,000-barrel oil-storage tank,
In this "house of petrochemical progress/5 new and better Conoco products are being developed . . . new ways to help you with your particular problems.
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CONOCO Outstanding
Conoco Petrochemicals
NEOLENE 4 0 0 — an intermediate for synthetic detergents . . . specified by the world's foremost synthetic detergent processors. Notable for its characteristics of stability, uniformity, and purity, NEOLENE 400 yields a sulfonate with superior qualities of color and odor.
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WATER-SOLUBLE SULFONATES —produced from NEOLENE 400. Available as sulfonate slurry, sulfonic acid, or in spray-dried and drum-dried forms. OIL-SOLUBLE SULFONATES—manufactured by sulfonation of synthetically produced hydrocarbon under closely controlled conditions.
Petrochemical know-how front the ground Up !
DODECYLBENZYL CHLORIDE — a versatile intermediate. By virtue of the reactive chlorine in the molecule, this material readily reacts with many organic compounds to form products such as nonionics and quaternary salts.
Continental Oil Company
C O N O C O H - 3 4 0 , a secondary plasticizer for vinyls— outstanding light stability . . . improved low-temperature flexibility • . . viscosity depressant and stabilizer in plastisols.
Petrochemical Department, Division E-10 6 3 0 Fifth Avenue, New York 2 0 , N. Y. 1 3 5 3 No. North Branch Street, Chicago, III.
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