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THE first World Petroleum Congress since the War was held in London on July 19-25 inclusive. Delegates from twenty-five countries attended and 1,200 members from all parts of the world took part in the proceedings. Members were welcomed by the president, Mr. T. Dewhurst, at the Science Museum, South Kensington, on the evening of July 19, and on the following day the work of the Congress began. Apart from the daily sessions, lectures were given at the Royal Institution by Mr. J. B. Aug. Kessler on “Rationalisation of the Oil Industry” on July 20, a resume of which follows this article, and by Sir John Cadman on “Science in the Petroleum Industry”, referred to in NATURE of July 29, p. 162.
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World Petroleum Congress. Nature 132, 214 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132214a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132214a0