Several of these base chemicals may be made more readily from natural gas rather than petroleum. Synthesis gas is an obvious candidate, due to the high hydrogen content of natural gas. Moreover, the light alkenes may be made from wet natural gas (NGL) in a process known as steam cracking. Within inGAP, we carry out research in order to understand how ethene and ethene derivatives are formed in several chemical processes. These compounds are used to produce plastic polymers.