1937 ⟶ Eugene Houdry develops industrial catalytic cracking of petroleum

Eugene Houdry develops a method of industrial scale catalyti...
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1937

🛢️ Benjamin Silliman Jr. pioneers petroleum cracking

Benjamin Silliman, Jr. pioneers methods of petroleum cracking, which makes the entire modern petrochemical industry possible.⟶
Benjamin Silliman Jr. pioneers petroleum cracking (1855)
Petroleum CrackingPetrochemical IndustryBenjamin Silliman Jr.Oil RefiningIndustrial Revolution19th CenturyChemical Engineering
United States of AmericaUnited States of America

🏭 Eugene Houdry develops industrial catalytic cracking of petroleum

Eugene Houdry develops a method of industrial scale catalytic cracking of petroleum, leading to the development of the first modern oil refinery.⟶
Eugene Houdry develops industrial catalytic cracking of petroleum (1937)
Chemical EngineeringPetroleum RefiningEugene HoudryCatalysisOil Industry20th CenturyIndustrial ProcessesEnergy
United StatesUnited States