Jinchuan Group

OQ's Sohar complex converts Omani natural gas to methanol, then to olefins via MTO (methanol-to-olefins) using SAPO-34 zeolite catalysts. Natural gas → methanol → plastic: a non-crude route to petrochemicals.

Compound Interest's infographics decode everyday chemistry — why coffee is bitter (chlorogenic acid), why onions make you cry (syn-propanethial-S-oxide), why bleach removes stains (oxidative cleavage of chromophores). Chemistry made visual.

Genomatica's bio-BDO (1,4-butanediol) — produced by E. coli engineered to ferment sugars — replaces petrochemical BDO in spandex and biodegradable plastics. Microbial cell factories replacing oil wells.