The 30-million-ton propane dehydrogenation project has been officially announced! The size of the Chinese market is always beyond imagination

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January 4: International crude oil: WTI 47.96； Brent 57.06: Since 2013, propane has entered a new phase as a raw material for the chemical industry. In 2013, China’s imports of propane amounted to only 2.45 million tons. According to data released by the General Administration of Customs of China, China’s imports of propane from 2014 to 2018 were 4.75 million tons, 8.55 million tons, 11.6 million tons, 13.37 million tons, and 13.5 million tons respectively ； The increase is astonishing! On December 19, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its preliminary findings in an anti-dumping (AD) investigation into propane cylinders imported from China, determining that Chinese exporters were dumping these products at margins ranging from 8.27% to 83.50%. Under this ruling, the Department of Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits from Chinese propane cylinder importers based on these profit margins. The Ministry of Commerce is scheduled to announce the final decision around March 5, 2019. On December 28, 2018, the groundbreaking ceremony for the comprehensive utilization project of C3 and C4 compounds in the Lin Gang High-End Petrochemical Industrial Park in Binzhou, Shandong was held. Since 2013, propane has embarked on a brand new journey as a chemical raw material. In 2013, China’s imports of propane amounted to only 2.45 million tons. According to data released by the General Administration of Customs of China, China’s imports of propane from 2014 to 2018 were 4.75 million tons, 8.55 million tons, 11.6 million tons, 13.37 million tons, and 13.5 million tons respectively ； The increase is astonishing! The contribution of the PDH project to this data is certainly significant. https://mpt.135editor.com/mmbiz_jpg/dczgnL1qJAuQ8KuhAhFa5Z70Ro6j9RJt2DVSO0lmu2Gv5X6FmlBZSOsUogujA4yBMaicBN5R67DicOmH3ub98vlA/640?wx_fmt=jpeg To date, China has built propane dehydrogenation plants with a total production capacity of 4.67 million tons per year, as well as mixed alkane dehydrogenation plants with a capacity of 850,000 tons per year. A total of 45 propane dehydrogenation projects have been announced in the industry or are under construction, with a combined production capacity of 26.05 million tons per year. The maximum scale for a single set has risen to 900,000 tons. Including the propane dehydrogenation projects that are already in operation, the overall scale of this industry exceeds 30 million tons! Building on the C3 industry chain, a complementary polypropylene project would be a very solid choice. The propane dehydrogenation process for producing propylene uses only one raw material, propane, to yield one product, propylene; the yield of propylene is said to be around 85%. The processes for producing propylene from alkanes mainly include catalytic dehydrogenation and oxidative dehydrogenation. Among these, the technology for producing propylene from propane via catalytic dehydrogenation has been put into industrial use, while the technology for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane is still under active development. Currently, the processes mainly used for industrial applications are those from companies such as UOP-Oleflex, ABB Lummus-Catofin, and Uhde-Star. The catalytic dehydrogenation of alkanes to produce propylene is a reversible reaction that is highly endothermic and involves an increase in the number of molecules. \"High temperature\" and \"low pressure\" are favorable conditions for the dehydrogenation reaction to proceed, but one of the key aspects is the development of catalysts that are highly active, selective, and stable. Source: Polyolefin People. Disclaimer: The content contained herein is sourced from the Internet, WeChat official accounts and other public channels. We maintain a neutral stance regarding the views expressed in it, and it is provided for reference only for purposes of discussion. The copyright of the reproduced articles belongs to the original authors and institutions; if there is any infringement, please contact us to have it removed.