Bidding for the trial operation plan during the production preparation phase of the Shenhua Baotou coal-to-olefins upgrading demonstration project has been completed

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On May 26, the list of candidates shortlisted in the public tender for safety assessment services during the production preparation phase of the Guoneng Baotou Chemical Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Upgrade Demonstration Project, as well as for services related to the formulation, review, and approval of commissioning plans, was made public. First winning bidder: Qingdao Ousaisi Environment and Safety Technology Co., Ltd. The main production facilities of the Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Upgrading Demonstration Project (hereinafter referred to as the Upgrading Demonstration Project) are constructed on the vacant land within the existing facility of Guoneng Baotou Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. as well as on some newly acquired land. In order to further scale up, intensify, and modernize the comprehensive development and utilization of coal resources, enhance the core competitiveness of the emerging coal chemical industry based on coal-to-olefins technology, and establish new coal chemical production bases, Guoneng Baotou Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. plans to launch a demonstration project for upgrading coal-to-olefins facilities in order to increase the scale and capacity of existing plants. Following the upgrade, the production capacity for coal-based methanol is expected to increase from 1.8 million tons per year to 3.8 million tons per year, while the production capacity for methanol-to-olefins is set to rise from 600,000 tons per year to 1.35 million tons per year, in order to further leverage economies of scale. This project is a key demonstration project for the **Energy Group**, with a total investment of 17.15 billion yuan; it is located in the Jiuyuan Industrial Park in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia. The construction scale is 2 million tons of methanol and 750,000 tons of polyolefins per year, with plans to achieve low-carbon development in coal chemical manufacturing through new energy sources such as green electricity and green hydrogen. The main units include a 2 million tons per year methanol-to-olefins (MTO) plant and a 750,000 tons per year olefins separation unit, which utilize the DMTO-III technology jointly developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Sinopec Guangzhou Engineering Company. The project is expected to be completed in December 2026.