Abstract :
THE FOURTH ANNUAL AIEE Petroleum Industry Conference held at Philadelphia´s (Pa.) Sheraton Hotel, Sept. 9–11, 1957, was an outstanding success with an attendance in excess of 400. Participants came from 21 states, Canada, and Venezuela. The conference had never before been held in the East and the response was most gratifying to all concerned with its planning. The conference chairman was A. L. R. Maynard, General Electric Company (GE), and the vice-chairman was S. P. Axe, Atlantic Refining Company.