Experiments have been conducted for number of years by the SMR. Ca, at Pushun for the extraction of oil'from shale. "These, however, have bbetn on a negligible scale, 'The new plant will be the first large scale experimental factory undertaken by the says, liquefaction is' already Japanese, although, as Mr. Matsuoka
big industry In Western countei 'The findings of the Naval Station at 'Tokuyama, Japan, which has been conducting' res in coal hydrogenation on_bel SMR. Ca, and of Dr.
'Abe, recently returned from' a tour of foreign countries studying coal will con: tribute to the Fushun experiment.
Whether wringing shale oF coal, the signifeant feature of the coal hydrogenation business seems to lie the. possibility "that henceforth Japan may have at her command an almost inexhaustible supply of fuel all not only for her fighting forces fenland, sea and in the air but also enough to spare for her ever expanding industries. At least, the SIR. feels a solution is at long. last ight to help make Japan no longer dependent upon foreign supplies of all.
In connection with the announce ment that work will soon start the Fushun plant, the S.M.R. Ca, reveals that a special Civil Liquefaction Plant Construction OMice has been established, to commence operations carly next year. Mr, Tadao Sengoku of the S.MLR. Planning See-ton, and who is at present visiting in Tokyo, has been named chief of the new arnee. He will be aided by the following SMR. experts on" coal hydrogenation: Mr. "H. "Miyamoto, Superintendent of the S.M.R. Mond: Gas Plant. at Fushun; Mr. Ryoichi Soda, of the Planning Seeiion; Mr. Tomdo Tagawa, of the Planning Sec-ton; and Mr. Ryonosuke Abe, of the Central Experiment Station here.
The board of directors of the SMR, Ca, has also voted to increase the power of the Fushun Electric Station from 80,000 kilowatts {0 180,- 000 Kellowatts within the next two years in order to meet the impending demand for electric power from thy projected coal hydrogenation plant As well as from the Showa Steel Works, the Aluminium Manufacturing Company and the Fushun Collieries. The original plan was to increase the power by only 50,000 kilowatts on a three-year plan starting thi placed an order with a Nagasaki firm for an electric generator which when completed is "expected to be the Second largest in the world. It is said to have been contracted for at 1,500,000 yen, to be installed in one Year and four months. The power lant proposes to spend a further 4,500,000 yen for a general expansion programme. The company distributes electric power to Anshan and Mukden as well as fo the large factories in Fushun,
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