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THE summer meeting of the Institution of Petroleum Teclmologists will be held in London at the Royal Society of Arts on June 28–29, The programme consists of a series of papers, available in advance, on general topics which will be submitted for discussion. The subjects of the first day's discussions are the relation of oil and coal to the petroleum industry, measurement of oil in bulk, and the format of the Institution's Journal. The second day is being given to a series of reports on the progress of naphthology; the Refining and Chemical Section, under the chairmanship of Dr. F. H. Garner, will occupy the morning session, while the Field Technology, Geology and General Sections, under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Beeby Thompson, will take up the afternoon session. During the course of the annual dinner on June 29, the Redwood Medal of the Institution will be presented to Dr. David White, of the U.S. Geological Survey, who is known for his studies in palseobotany. This medal is awarded biennially, and is given for contributions to our knowledge of petroleum technology.
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Institution of Petroleum Geologists. Nature 133, 944 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133944d0
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