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The article presents information on the cat cracking machines. Cat cracking is also known as catalytic cracking. The use of cat crackers for refining oil brought a revolutionary change in the petroleum industry of U.S. The implementation of cat cracking machines began for the production of commercial oil products in 1936.

The article focuses on the agreement between Universal Oil Products Co. and Gasoline Products Co. over gasoline cracking patents. Observers see the agreement as an indication that the petroleum refining industry is moving towards the patent philosophy of the automobile manufacturers. Universal is the owner and licensor of the Dubss gasoline cracking process. The immediate effect of the agreement will include the withdrawal of lawsuits filed by Texas Co. against the Solvex Refineries of Texas among others.

The article presents several ways of producing high octane gasoline in 1942. These include the polymerization of cracked gases which resulted to an 82 octane fuel, alkylation of isobutane with olefins which gave a 92 to 95 octane fuel and mixtures of catalytic grades of gasoline, alkylate and aromatic hydrocarbons. It cites the use of solid phosphoric acid by Universal Oil Products as a catalyst which is currently used in the production of regular polymer gasoline, aviation gasoline and ethyl benzene.

The article reports that Standard Oil Co. of Indiana along with Standard Oil of New Jersey and M. W. Kellogg Co., is developing a catalytic refining process which may give the same results as the Houdry process. It is stated that thermal cracking process was the method used by oil companies before the advent of Houdry process.

The article reports on the status of heavy oil production, the crude oil market, and petroleum cracking in the U.S. as of June 1925.

The article discusses polymerization of byproduct gases as a method of recovering high-test fuel from waste cracking gases. Two methods of polymerization have been developed, namely, the use of intense heat and heavy pressure and the use of a catalysts under lower heat and pressure. Also noted is the recent formation of the Polymerization Process Corp. by Phillips Petroleum Co., Texas Corp. and Standard of Indiana.

The article focuses on the restraint of trade charge filed by U.S. Attorney General Stone against 50 Standard Oil and other oil companies under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1924. Stone has called for injunctions to stop what he believes is illegal procedure. At issue in the case is the cracking process for petroleum. It negates the belief that the administration of President Calvin Coolidge is using the lawsuit for political purposes.