**What are your thoughts on the gradual establishment of large-scale refineries? ---20 million tons/year | Hebei Xinhua United Petrochemical Integration of refining and chemical production

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This post was last edited by I am kind on 2017-5-13 15:20. **Will large-scale refineries be built one after another? How will refineries with a capacity of tens of millions of tons fare – will they be phased out?** Will the scale of elimination through atmospheric and vacuum distillation increase to below 3.5 million tons per year? What are your thoughts? Let’s discuss it together. Thank you! 20 million tons per year | First public announcement regarding the environmental impact assessment for Hebei Xinhua United Petrochemical’s integrated refining and chemical processing project. In accordance with the provisions and requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Interim Measures for Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment (original document No. [2006] 28 issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration), and the Notice on Strengthening Risk Prevention and Tightening Environmental Impact Assessment Management (document No. [2012] 98), Hebei Xinhua United Petrochemical Co., Ltd. has entrusted CNOOC Environmental Protection Services (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. with carrying out the environmental impact assessment for its 20 million tons per year integrated refining and chemical processing project. The relevant details of this environmental impact assessment are hereby made public; relevant organizations or individuals are welcome to offer their valuable opinions and suggestions regarding environmental protection issues during the project’s construction phase. I. Project Overview
Project Name: Hebei Xinhua United Petrochemical Co., Ltd. 20 million tons/year Integrated Refining and Chemicals Project
Location: Caofeidian Chemical Industrial Park, Tangshan City, Hebei Province
Project Overview: The total capacity of the project is 20 million tons per year for refining, 5.57 million tons per year for aromatics, and 800,000 tons per year for polypropylene; the total investment required is approximately 60 billion yuan. It mainly produces chemical raw materials such as polypropylene, propane, benzene, aromatics, and sulfur, as well as vehicle fuel products such as LPG, gasoline, kerosene, and diesel. The project is divided into two series: The construction scope of Series 1 includes a 3 million tons per year delayed coking unit, a 1.6 million tons per year catalytic cracking unit, desulfurization and hydrodesulfurization units, a 250,000 tons per year gas fractionation unit, a 40,000 tons per year MTBE unit, a 2.6 million tons per year hydrocracking unit, a 2.6 million tons per year diesel hydrocracking unit, a No. 1 kerosene hydrorefining unit, an 800,000 tons per year catalytic gasoline hydrodesulfurization and etherification unit, a 3.2 million tons per year continuous reforming unit, a 2 million tons per year aromatic units complex, a 1.3 million tons per year continuous aromatization unit, a 500,000 tons per year isomerization unit, a 200,000 tons per year alkylation unit, acid water stripping units, solvent regeneration units, sulfur recovery units, as well as various supporting utility systems. The construction contents of Phase II include: a 3.3 million tons/year residue hydrodesulfurization unit, a 3.1 million tons/year catalytic cracking unit, desulfurization and demethylation units, a 600,000 tons/year gas fractionation unit, a 100,000 tons/year MTBE unit, a 3.5 million tons/year hydrocracking unit, a 2 million tons/year diesel hydrocracking unit, a No. 2 kerosene hydrorefining unit, a 1.5 million tons/year catalytic gasoline hydrodesulfurization and etherification unit, a 3.8 million tons/year continuous reforming unit, an 2.25 million tons/year aromatics unit, a 1.2 million tons/year continuous aromatization unit, a 300,000 tons/year isomerization unit, a 250,000 tons/year alkylation unit, an acidic water stripping unit, a solvent regeneration unit, a sulfur recovery unit, a 600,000 tons/year propane dehydrogenation unit, an 800,000 tons/year polypropylene unit, as well as various process units for the comprehensive utilization of petroleum coke, along with the accompanying utility systems. The annual operating time of the project is 8,400 hours. II. Name and contact information of the project owner
Project owner’s name: Hebei Xinhua United Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
Address: Caofeidian Chemical Industrial Park, Tangshan City
Contact person: Chu Bin
Phone: 0315_5078860
Fax: 0315_5078860
Email: bin.chu@sinogiantgroap.com

III. Name and contact information of the environmental impact assessment agency responsible for the evaluation
Environmental impact assessment agency: CNOOC Environmental Protection Services (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
Address: 10th floor, Beike Entrepreneurship Building, No. 20 Beiyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Contact person: Engineer Jiao
Phone: 010-51262112-856
Fax: 010-84928383
Email: coeseia@126.com

IV. Work procedures and main tasks of the environmental impact assessment
Work procedures: After receiving the task from the client to prepare an environmental impact report, the environmental impact assessment agency conducts on-site inspections, collects relevant technical data, and carries out monitoring of the current environmental conditions. On the basis of this, it prepares the environmental impact report in accordance with the requirements set forth in the technical guidelines for environmental impact assessment. Main contents: General introduction, project overview, engineering analysis, regional environmental overview, investigation and assessment of current environmental quality, prediction and assessment of environmental impacts, environmental risk assessment, environmental protection measures and their economic and technical evaluation, clean production analysis and circular economy, total pollutant control, economic benefit and cost analysis of environmental impacts, environmental management and monitoring plan, compliance analysis of project construction, conclusions and recommendations, etc. V. Main matters for seeking public opinions: (1) Scope and targets of the survey: the public within the potential impact area of this project, relevant experts, related institutions and organizations, as well as other environmental advocates interested in the construction of this project. (2) Main contents of the public consultation: It seeks public opinions and suggestions regarding the environmental impacts generated during the operation of this project, the effectiveness of environmental protection facilities, as well as other environmental issues. VI. Main ways for the public to submit opinions The public can contact the project developer by email, phone, fax, letter, or in person to obtain relevant information and submit their opinions and suggestions. VII. The period for seeking public opinions and the method for providing feedback will be publicly displayed for 10 working days from the date of the announcement. The period for seeking public comments runs from the date of the environmental impact assessment announcement until the date when the approval of the environmental impact assessment report is finalized. The project owner will carefully verify the issues raised. For those opinions or suggestions that are found to be valid, an explanation will be provided regarding whether they will be adopted or not, and a proper response will be given. (Caofeidian District **Portal Website) Note: Hebei Xinhua United Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xinhua United Metallurgical Holding Group Co., Ltd. Xinhua United Metallurgy Holding Group is listed among the “Top 500 Private Enterprises in China”, and has ranked first among private enterprises in Hebei Province for three consecutive years