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"China Coal Chemical Industry" selected the top ten news authors/sources of China's coal chemical industry in 2016: date: 2017-01-19 Click rate: 18 Recently, "China Coal Chemical Industry" magazine organized and selected the top ten news about China's coal chemical industry in 2016. 4 million tons/year coal-to-liquid production begins * * News events that have received wide attention in the industry, such as telegrams of congratulations, China Petroleum & Chemical Industry Federation’s release of coal chemical industry development guidelines, and the State Council’s release of guidance for the petrochemical industry, were selected. As the beginning of the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan”, the economic trend in 2016 hovered at a low level, oil prices and coal prices were both depressed, environmental governance requirements became more stringent, and the coal chemical industry faced unprecedented difficulties. But even under this background, the coal chemical industry is still active and has received widespread attention in terms of policies, projects, technologies, etc., showing the coal chemical industry's tenacious exploration spirit of not being discouraged and not stopping in the face of difficulties. Among the top ten news selected, there are both the introduction of industrial planning and related * * Adjustments to coal chemical industry policies by departments ； There are both the success of major demonstration projects and breakthroughs in core technologies. What has attracted more widespread attention is that * * The leaders gave unprecedented care and support to the coal chemical project. Not only did they personally inspect the demonstration project, but they also sent a congratulatory message as soon as the project was successfully put into operation. This news was selected as the top ten news with the highest vote. Some insiders commented that this year's top ten coal chemical industry news has a strong guiding role. Participating in the selection of China's top ten coal chemical industry news in 2016 are leaders of the China Petroleum & Chemical Industry Federation, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, well-known experts in the industry, heads of coal chemical industry companies and editorial members of this journal. Top Ten News of China’s Coal Chemical Industry in 2016 1. 4 million tons/year coal-to-liquids production commenced * * Congratulations on the official launch of the 4 million tons/year coal indirect liquefaction demonstration project of Shenhua Ningxia Coal Group, the world's largest coal-to-liquids project, on December 28, 2016. The design scale of the project is to produce 4.05 million tons of synthetic oil products annually. This project is the coal-to-liquids project with the largest single investment and the largest installation scale in the world so far. It has an estimated investment of 55 billion yuan and took 39 months of hard work to build. The project undertakes * * The localization rate of 37 major technologies, equipment and materials exceeds 98%, breaking the monopoly of foreign technologies and leading the world in many indicators. The design scale of the project is to produce 4.05 million tons of synthetic oil products annually. Among them, there are 2.73 million tons of blended diesel, 980,000 tons of naphtha, 340,000 tons of liquefied gas, 200,000 tons of by-product sulfur, 75,000 tons of mixed alcohol, and 107,000 tons of sulfuric acid. The estimated investment is 55 billion yuan, and the annual conversion of coal is 20.46 million tons. * * * * I have always been very concerned about this project. July 19, 2016 * * * * We inspected the project and learned about the construction status of the project in detail. After the project is officially put into production, * * * * Also gave important instructions. * * * * It was pointed out that the completion and commissioning of this major project is of great significance for my country to enhance its ability to independently guarantee energy, promote the clean and efficient use of coal, and promote the development of ethnic areas. It is a useful exploration of energy security, efficiency, clean and low-carbon development methods, and an important result of the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy. 2. China Petroleum & Chemical Industry Federation released Coal Chemical Industry Development Guide In April 2016, China Petroleum & Chemical Industry Federation issued the “13th Five-Year Plan Development Guide for Modern Coal Chemical Industry”. The "Guide" involves an introduction to the development status of the coal chemical industry, analysis of the industry's development environment, the development goals and main tasks of the coal chemical industry during the "13th Five-Year Plan", and suggestions for industry development. In terms of optimizing the industrial layout, the "Guide" proposes to adhere to the basic principle of "being close to raw materials, close to the market, and entering the chemical industry park", and in accordance with the layout requirements of "acting within the capacity, water, and environmental carrying capacity" and adopting the approach of "industrial parkization, large-scale equipment, production flexibility, and product diversification" so that the development of modern coal chemical industry can be reasonably controlled in terms of total volume and more reasonable in layout. Build large-scale coal chemical industry bases in the central and western regions such as Yimin in eastern Inner Mongolia, Dalu in western Inner Mongolia, Zhundong in Xinjiang, Yili in Xinjiang, northern Shaanxi, Ningdong-Shanghaimiao, Yunnan and Guizhou, and Lianghuai in Anhui to form an industrial pattern complementary to the petrochemical industry in the east. The "Guide" proposes that in the next five years, coal-to-liquid production capacity will be 12 million tons/year, coal-to-natural gas production capacity will be 20 billion cubic meters/year, coal-to-olefin production capacity will be 16 million tons/year, coal-to-aromatics production capacity will be 1 million tons/year, and coal-to-ethylene glycol production will be 6-8 million tons/year. In terms of energy conservation and emission reduction goals, by 2020, the modern coal chemical industry will achieve a 10% reduction in water consumption per unit of industrial added value, a 5% improvement in energy efficiency, and a 5% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions compared with 2015. 3. The State Council issued guidance on the petrochemical industry. On July 23, 2016, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Guidance on Adjusting the Structure of the Petrochemical Industry to Promote Transformation and Increase Efficiency." The "Guiding Opinions" point out that factors such as resource supply, environmental capacity, safety guarantees, and industrial foundation must be comprehensively considered to improve the layout of the petrochemical industry, orderly promote the construction of seven major coastal petrochemical industry bases, and orderly enter new petrochemical industry bases for refining, ethylene, and aromatics projects. Strengthen the planning and construction of chemical industry parks, carry out pilot projects for smart chemical industry parks, and conduct comprehensive assessments and information disclosure in accordance with the law. In areas in the central and western regions that meet resource and environmental conditions, we will develop the modern coal chemical industry in an orderly manner in conjunction with the development of large-scale coal bases. 4. The first gas and oil comprehensive utilization demonstration project passed the appraisal. On June 16, 2016, the Yanchang China Coal Yulin Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd. Gas and Oil Comprehensive Utilization Demonstration Project (referred to as the Jingbian Project) located in Jingbian, Shaanxi passed the expert appraisal in Beijing. The Jingbian project's integrated optimization development and industrial application of kerosene, oil and gas comprehensive utilization technology achievements have been identified by the China Petroleum and Chemical Federation as the overall technology to be at an internationally leading level. The Jingbian project is the world’s first large-scale gas and oil comprehensive utilization industrial demonstration project. Due to the use of dry gas from coal, natural gas, and residual oil cracking by-products as raw materials, carbon and hydrogen complementation is achieved. The carbon monoxide conversion rate is 60% lower than that of a single coal chemical industry, and the scale of low-temperature methanol washing is reduced by 66%. It not only significantly reduces project investment, the consumption of water-gas conversion units and the increase in carbon monoxide supplementation after methane oxidation. With the additional energy consumption, the consumption of coal and natural gas (dry gas containing the by-product of catalytic cracking of residual oil) for the same production of 1 ton of methanol is only 1.246 tons or 905.6 cubic meters respectively. The reduction in energy consumption per unit product, especially the amount of coal, has significantly reduced the production and emissions of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide in the project. 5. The synthesis gas and steam co-production gasifier was successfully developed. On April 1, 2016, the syngas and steam co-production gasifier jointly developed by Shanxi Yangmei Fengxi Fertilizer Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. and Shanxi Yangmei Chemical Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd., led by the Shanxi Clean Energy Research Institute of Tsinghua University, was successfully ignited, fed, and combined with gas at the Shanxi Yangmei Fengxi Linyi Branch. The technology was successfully put into operation and achieved two world firsts: First, for the first time, coal-water slurry + water-cooled wall + radiant steam generator were combined and successfully industrialized. Second, for the first time, the original gasification furnace (coal-water slurry + refractory bricks + quenching process) was directly upgraded to a more efficient and reliable co-generation furnace (coal-water slurry + water-cooled wall + radiant steam generator + quenching process), which pioneered the transformation of new coal gasification technology. 6. The Ministry of Environmental Protection released a new version of the "Environmental Impact Assessment Law". On September 1, 2016, the revised new version of the "Environmental Impact Assessment Law" was officially implemented. Among them, the most direct impact on the coal chemical industry is that environmental impact assessment approval is no longer a prerequisite for project approval. Before the amendment, Article 25 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Law stipulated that: If the environmental impact assessment document of a construction project has not been reviewed by the approval department prescribed by law or has not been approved after review, the project approval department shall not approve its construction, and the construction unit shall not start construction. After modification, it becomes: If the environmental impact assessment document of a construction project has not been reviewed by the approval department in accordance with the law or has not been approved after review, the construction unit shall not start construction. In other words, the original administrative approval of environmental impact assessments takes precedence over other report approvals or project approvals and is their prerequisite. If the environmental impact assessment is not approved, other reports will not be approved. This is a tandem approach. In the future, when this prerequisite is cancelled, it will provide space for different departments to handle procedures in parallel, forming a parallel approach. This changes the situation of “first-instance dominance” in environmental impact assessment. 7. Decentralization of approval authority for coal-to-olefins and methanol projects On December 12, 2016, the * * The Prime Minister signed and approved, and the State Council issued the " * * Catalog of Approved Investment Projects (2016 Edition)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Catalog"). This revision of the Catalog is the third time the State Council has revised it after the two revisions in 2013 and 2014. The "Catalogue" proposes that the planned new oil refining, coal-to-olefins, coal-to-methanol and other projects will be decentralized to the provincial level. * * or place * * approved. Regarding the coal chemical industry, the "Catalogue" mentioned: “New coal-to-olefins and new coal-to-paraxylene (PX) projects will be established at the provincial level * * according to * * Approval of relevant planning approvals. A new coal-to-methanol project with an annual output of more than 1 million tons will be established at the provincial level * * approved. Construction of other projects is prohibited. ” 8. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the "Petrochemical and Chemical Industry Development Plan" On September 29, 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology formulated and released the "Petrochemical and Chemical Industry Development Plan (2016-2020)". The "Plan" proposes that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, major progress will be made in the structural adjustment, transformation and upgrading of the petrochemical and chemical industries, quality and efficiency will be significantly improved, and solid steps will be taken towards becoming a powerful country in the petrochemical and chemical industries. The Plan also proposed a series of development goals: In terms of structural adjustment goals, the problem of overcapacity in traditional chemical products has been effectively alleviated, and the ability to support basic raw materials such as olefins and aromatics and new chemical materials has been significantly improved, forming a number of internationally competitive large-scale enterprise groups, world-class chemical industry parks, and new industrialization industry demonstration bases with petrochemicals and chemicals as the leading industries. ； In terms of innovation-driven goals, scientific research investment accounts for 1.2% of the industry’s main business income. ； In terms of green development goals, by the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan, water consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP will be reduced by 23%, energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per 10,000 yuan of GDP will be reduced by 18%, total chemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen emissions will be reduced by 10%, total sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions will be reduced by 15%, and volatile organic compound emissions in key industries will be reduced by more than 30%. 9. The Ministry of Environmental Protection approved 7 new coal chemical projects in one year. On December 6, 2016, the environmental impact report of the 2 billion cubic meters/year coal-to-natural gas project of Xinjiang Yili Xintian Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. was approved. * * Approval from the Ministry of Environmental Protection. This is the seventh award in 2016 * * New coal chemical project approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The remaining 6 coal chemical projects with environmental impact assessment approval and their specific approval times are as follows:: On July 8, 2016, the environmental impact report of the 2 million tons/year coal indirect liquefaction demonstration project of Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal-to-Liquids Co., Ltd. was approved ； On July 8, 2016, the environmental impact report of the 800,000-ton-annual coal-to-polyolefin project jointly owned by China Power Investment Corporation and French company Total was approved. ； On April 25, 2016, the environmental impact report of the 4 billion cubic meters/year coal-to-natural gas project of Inner Mongolia Beijing Enterprises Jingtai Energy Development Co., Ltd. was approved ； On April 25, 2016, the environmental impact report of the 4 billion standard cubic meters/year coal-to-natural gas project of Xinjiang Suxin Energy Hefeng Co., Ltd. was approved ； On March 4, 2016, the environmental impact report of Shanxi Lu'an Mining (Group) Co., Ltd.'s high-sulfur coal clean utilization, oilification, electricity and heat integration demonstration project was approved ； On March 4, 2016, the environmental impact report of China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s Shanxi Datong Low-Deterioration Bituminous Coal Clean Utilization Demonstration Project (CNOOC’s 4 billion cubic meters of coal-to-gas production project) was approved. In 2015, none of the environmental impact assessments for new coal chemical projects were approved. 10. The largest coal-to-olefins project in China produced products. On October 18, 2016, the Ordos coal deep processing demonstration project of Inner Mongolia Zhongtian Hechuang Energy Co., Ltd. completed all technological processes and produced qualified polyethylene and polypropylene. This marks the commencement of production of China's largest coal-to-olefins project with leading technology. The total investment of the Zhongtian Hechuang Ordos coal chemical project is about 60 billion yuan. The main construction content includes projects with an annual output of 25 million tons of coal mines (including coal preparation plants), 3.6 million tons of methanol units, 1.37 million tons of olefins and their supporting thermal power plant projects, water pipelines and self-provided railway lines. This project uses the methanol-to-low-carbon olefins technology jointly developed by Sinopec Refining and Chemical Engineering Group and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation. It is currently the largest coal-to-olefins project in the world. In May 2014, the project officially started construction. On April 28, 2016, the methanol synthesis unit was successfully delivered. In August 2016, the project's 3.6 million-ton methanol synthesis unit began preparations for commissioning and commissioning.