Atlantic Richfield Corp

The peroxidation route to propylene oxide was discovered by Halcon International (Scientific Design) in the late 1960s and commercialized in a partnership with Atlantic Richfield Corp. (ARCO) in the 1970s. The chemistry... 

The hydroperoxidation method was first developed by Halcon Corp and Atlantic Richfield Oil Corp (now Lyondell) in the 1970s, and was then also implemented commercially by Shell. The catalysts for this reaction are either homogeneous Mo complexes (Halcon/ARCO) or heterogeneous silica-supported Ti" (Shell) [2, 3]. 

The objectives of the Trace Metals Project, in which the Atlantic Richfield Co., Chevron Research Co., Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Mobil Research and Development Corp., and Phillips Petroleum Co. participated, were fourfold to define the current state of the art, to develop analytical methods for application at the part-per-billion level using techniques available at most laboratories (10 ppb, i.e., 10 ng/g, was chosen as a reasonable attainable improvement of existing technology), to determine the precision of the methods developed, and to publish the procedures and results. 

The authors are indebted to the Atlantic Richfield Co., Engelhard Minerals Chemicals Corp., and the many people who have contributed to the experimental work, design studies, and successful commercial application of the octafining process. 

American Cyanamid Co., 3) Amoco Production Co., 4) Atlantic Richfield Co., 5) BASF-Wyandotte Co., 6) British Petroleum Co., England, 7) Calgon Corp., 8) Cities Service Oil Co., 9) Continental Oil Co., 10) Ethyl Corp., 11) Exxon Production Research Co., 12)... 

American Cyanamid Co., 3) Amoco Production Co., 4) Atlantic Richfield Co., 5) BASF-Wyandotte Co., 6) British Petroleum Co., England, 7). Calgon Corp., 8) Cities Service Oil Co., 9) Continental Oil Co., 10) Ethyl Corp., 11) Exxon Production Research Co., 12) Getty Oil Co., 13) Gulf Research and Development Co., 14) Marathop Oil Co., 15) Mobil Research and Development Co., 16) Nalco Chemical Co., 17) Phillips Petroleum Co., 18) Shell Development Co., 19) Standard Oil of Ohio Co., 20) Stepan Chemical Co., 21) Sun Oil Chemical Co., 22) Texaco Inc., 23) Union Carbide Corp., 24) Union Oil Co., 25) Westvaco Inc., 26) Witco Chemical Co., and the University of Florida. 

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