Chapter 846 Oil Grown From the Ground

On September 28, the continuously rising oil price hit the highest increase of the month, closing at US$71 per barrel, more than doubled compared to a year ago. Jiang Chen also saw the pressure of high oil prices on the global economy from the financial report of Future Heavy Industries.

Affected by rising costs, the profits of multiple projects of Future Heavy Industries have dropped by 13% compared with the previous quarter. Future Human Biotechnology and Future Human Mining were also slightly affected, while Future Human’s tourism profit remained at the same level as last quarter, and Future Human Technology was the only company that maintained an upward trend.

As long as the technological leadership is maintained, the Internet is like an endless gold mine.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) issued a statement on the same day that OPEC members will hold an informal meeting in Algeria in October to discuss moderately increasing production to maintain stability in the oil market. Only when oil prices stabilize within a relatively reasonable range can the interests of these oil-producing countries be maximized.

If the global economy slumps because of oil prices, although they can make a fortune in a short period of time, but then the demand for oil shrinks, their life will become difficult.

However, after the announcement of the statement, it did not curb the rise in oil prices.

Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, once said: Petroleum is such a precious chemical raw material, you actually use it to burn

The level of petrochemical industry is one of the standards to measure the development level of a country's basic industry, and the output of ethylene is a symbol to measure the development level of a country's petrochemical industry. The fuel function is only a function at the end of petroleum. Otherwise, why not use gasoline to measure the development level of the country's basic industries?

The basic chemical raw materials represented by ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, and xylene all come from petroleum!

Oil prices are too high, which is indeed a big trouble for emerging economies.

However, for Jiang Chen, who possesses the technology of the entire 22nd century, this trouble is not as big as he imagined.

Not enough oil? Just replace it with something else!

At this moment, in the laboratory of Future Human Biology, Jiang Chen followed the branch CEO Tao Ming into the training area.

"this way please."

Tao Ming made a gesture of invitation, and respectfully opened the door for Jiang Chen.

The door opened, and fresh air rushed in.

The circular roof is covered with six-grid graphene panels,

Below is an experimental field consisting of separate culture tanks. I saw that in these cultivation tanks, plants that looked like palm trees were standing.

More than a dozen researchers surrounded the cultivation tank, some were responsible for recording data, some were adjusting experimental equipment, and some were checking the growth status of the plants.

Seeing Jiang Chen and the director of the research institute walking in, the researchers who were leading the experimental team's eyes lit up and immediately stepped forward.

This white man in a white coat looks tall and thin, and he looks about fifty years old.

"This is Mr. Jiang Chen, the chairman of our group." Tao Ming said with a smile to the approaching researcher, and then led Jiang Chen beside him.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Jiang Chen, and I've admired your name for a long time." Sullivan smiled, showing his white teeth, and shook Jiang Chen's hand.

Immediately afterwards, Tao Ming introduced Professor Sullivan in front of Jiang Chen.

"This is Professor Bill Sullivan, whom we hired from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research field is bioengineering and genetic technology. His main research direction is petroleum plants. He has an authoritative position in the research on improved petroleum grass."

"It's also a pleasure to meet you, Professor Sullivan. Thanks for joining us, our research topic has taken a big step forward." Jiang Chen said with a smile while shaking Professor Sullivan's hand.

"No, no, I should be the one thanking you." After letting go, Sullivan shook his head seriously, looked at Jiang Chen and said, "The DNA code you provided is very interesting. After seeing those materials, The few problems that bothered me before were immediately resolved. May I know who invented those codes? If it is convenient, I hope to communicate with him. "

"Uh, it's a bit difficult, because for various reasons, he can't come here for the time being." Jiang Chen casually confused the question, and then changed the topic, "Let's not talk about that, how is the research going? ? Can you show me that?"

Hearing Jiang Chen ask about the progress of the research, Sullivan looked quite smug.

"Of course, I'll show you right now."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and led Jiang Chen and Tao Ming to a "palm tree", then opened his hands in the direction of the cultivation tank and smiled.

"This is the result of our research, oil palm."

Speaking, Sullivan gestured to the assistant, took the gloves from him and put them on, and then opened the glass cover of the cultivation cabin.

"After modifying the dna of oil palm, after modifying 37 dna fragments, after two generations of cultivation, we got the variant oil palm tree named 'oil palm'. The reason why it is called oil palm is because The oil he produces is no longer the original palm oil, but a liquid that is close to 90% similar to petroleum ... like this."

As he spoke, he took the knife from his assistant and stroked it lightly on the surface of the palm tree.

An astonishing scene appeared.

Just scratching the bark, the dark red blood-like sap flowed down the shallow wound!

The assistant wearing plastic gloves stepped forward, took 20ml of the liquid in a beaker, and then took it to an instrument for on-site component identification.

Soon, a report was placed in front of Jiang Chen.

Although he couldn't understand it, Jane had already interpreted the parameters on the report for him.

Indeed, as Professor Sullivan said, the sap produced by this oil palm is indeed surprisingly similar to oil! With a little processing, you can get oil that's even better than what's found in the ground!

"In the beginning we tried to produce this liquid through the fruit. But then we found that if the oil-secreting tissue is designed in the vegetative tissue of the plant, the production efficiency will be greatly reduced. Later we simply deleted the relevant dna, completely transformed it into a fruitless palm tree, and then designed the oil-secreting organ next to the transporting tissue, and finally we got what we have now." As he spoke, Professor Sullivan knocked excitedly Knock on the glass cover outside the cultivation tank, "Just make a small opening in the bark, and you can harvest a lot of oil from the tube under the bark!"

Looking at this plant that looks no different from a palm tree, Jiang Chen's expression became brighter.

My darling, grow oil from the ground, this nima is like RMB that can grow!

Although he brought the relevant dna of oil plants from the database in the last days, a piece of dna code that he couldn't understand at all was far less shocking than seeing the "black gold" left under the bark with his own eyes!

Oh no, it's a dark red liquid...what the hell! As long as the oil can be extracted!

"How long is the production cycle of this plant?" Jiang Chen asked immediately.

In his impression, the initial growth of palm plants is quite slow. After reaching maturity, the speed is only about one meter a year. If you wait five years to use this palm tree to produce oil in large quantities, the day lily will be cold by then!

"We don't need to start planting seedlings again. We can induce differentiation of oil palm by special means to make specific changes in the structure of vegetative tissue and transporting tissue, and we can obtain finished plants! The cycle of this induced differentiation is about Two months!" Sullivan said with certainty.

"Haha, you have made a great contribution this time!" Jiang Chen suddenly showed joy, patted Sullivan on the shoulder, and said loudly, "All the researchers who participated in this project will receive 500,000 U.S. dollars. Bonus! As for Professor Sullivan, I personally reward him another five million dollars!"

Everyone in the institute gasped. Even Tao Ming, who was standing behind Jiang Chen, couldn't help but twitch his brows.

Tens of millions of bonuses are paid out alone, which is probably no one in the world.

However, Jiang Chen didn't feel that the money was worthless, and he never skimped on researchers.

Talents are always the core of Future Group, and only by retaining these talents can we have a future!

(To be continued.)

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