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Lion Oil Research Lab Pioneers Wartime Petroleum Uses
In El Dorado Lion Oil Refining's research lab under J. W. Poole, chemists and engineers pursue wartime oil derivatives and asphalt innovations. They report breakthroughs in Naturalube DHD lubricants, paper impregnants, and durable coatings for lumber kilns, plus asphalt-driven mettle to waterproof and heat resist materials. The team aims to transform refining toward chemical synthesis, viewing petroleum as a vast future resource.
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el Dorado
Arkansas
Lion Oil Refining Company
J. W. Poole
Union
Germany
Poland
Lion
United States
Naturalube Dhd
General Motors
Lion’s Research Department
Cullendale
Poole
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phillips Exeter Academy
Ernest Engelke
Switzerland
Federal Polytechnical Institute of Zurich
University of Geneva
Baku
Russia
Krakow
Dutch East Indies
Mexico
E. R. Allison
Idaho
University of Washington
Seattle
University of Pennsylvania
Simon Miron
Houston
Rice Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Harry Green
Philadelphia
W. C. Ware
el Dorado Junior College
Janet Lemley
Hope
Bruce Benedict