【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】From 2013 to 2026: China’s first 100-kilometer-long carbon dioxide transmission pipeline – the million-ton-class CCUS carbon dioxide pipeline in the Shengli Oilfield – has been operating steadily for 1,000 days

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Let’s give praise and support to the achievements made in China’s chemical engineering technology and equipment; your participation in discussions is the greatest encouragement. **********************【Ten Years of Great Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】A continuously updated summary post is available – feel free to join the discussions: https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html ***************** On March 28th, reporters learned from Sinopec that China’s first 100-kilometer-long carbon dioxide transmission pipeline – the million-ton capacity CCUS carbon dioxide pipeline in the Shengli Oilfield – has been operating safely and steadily for 1,000 days.   CCUS stands for carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies. This pipeline connects Qilu Petrochemical with the Gaoqing oil field in Shengli Oil Field; it is an important part of China’s first million-ton-scale CCUS full-chain demonstration project – the Shengli Oil Field million-ton-scale CCUS project. As of March 28, the total amount of carbon dioxide injected into this project has exceeded 1.3 billion cubic meters, driving continuous progress in the fields of large-scale carbon emission reduction and green energy development in China.   The image shows the first station of the million-ton-class CCUS carbon dioxide transmission pipeline in Sinopec’s Shengli Oilfield. (Xinhua News Agency) In the past, China’s CCUS industry relied on imports for its key equipment. Zhang Shiming, an expert in CCUS from Shengli Oilfield, explained that through continuous research and efforts, the team developed an original theoretical and technical approach for the high-pressure mixed-phase flooding of carbon dioxide in deep, low-permeability continental oil reservoirs, which enabled an increase in crude oil recovery rates by over 15 percentage points, as well as a 20 percentage point increase in the rate of carbon dioxide retention in these reservoirs ； Overcome the technology for capturing millions of tons of carbon dioxide with low energy consumption and low costs, achieving a 19% reduction in energy consumption per unit and a reduction of costs by over 30% ； Key engineering equipment for the entire process was developed, overcoming the challenges to the large-scale application of CCUS.   At present, all the carbon dioxide injected into the million-ton-class CCUS project at the Shengli Oilfield is sequestered underground. The daily oil production has increased from 220 tons to 460 tons, doubling and continuing to rise, which indicates that the CCUS technology in the Shengli Oilfield has moved from \"technical validation\" to actual industrial application.   Yang Yong, the key leader of Shengli Oilfield, said that in the future, the field will focus on promoting the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, and will develop \"four million-ton\" demonstration projects related to the capture and utilization of low-concentration carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants at Shengli Oilfield, striving to become a provider of technical solutions and a standard-setter for the entire CCUS industry chain. (Reporter Yuan Min)