Anhui aims to fully achieve its target of 1.7 million tons of coal-based olefins by 2018

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Anhui aims to complete the construction of a 1.7 million-ton coal-to-olefins facility by 2018. Author/Source: Date: 2017-06-20 Clicks: 44 On June 15, Sinopec and Wanbei Coal and Electricity held a on-site meeting for the Zhong’an United Coal Chemical Project at Zhong’an United Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., to review the progress of various tasks following the project’s resumption meeting on January 20, and to discuss the key tasks for the next phase of the project’s development. The meeting called for full efforts to advance the project construction, ensuring that investment remains at 18 billion, with the goal of completing the project by the end of 2018 and having the entire process operational by the first half of 2019. Ling Yiqun, Deputy General Manager of Sinopec Group Company, and officials from relevant departments; Gong Naiqin, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Wanbei Coal and Electricity Group; Yang Dong, General Manager of Great Wall Energy Chemicals, and Ni Jin, Secretary of its Party Committee; Shi Huabiao, Vice Chairman, General Manager of Zhongan United, and Secretary of the Party Committee of its coal chemical subsidiary; as well as officials from various participating companies, attended the meeting. The meeting heard work reports from Zhongan United Company, the Coal Chemical Project Management Department of Zhongan United, and various participating units. Since the official resumption of work on the Zhong’an United Project on \"1.20\" and the establishment of the new leadership team, significant progress has been made in areas such as institutional and mechanism adjustments, integrated management, financing efforts, and the construction of coal chemical projects. Gong Naiqin, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Wanbei Coal and Electricity Group, said in his speech that the group would go all out to support the construction of the Zhongan United Project and ensure proper management of the Zhujixi Mine. Ling Yiqun, vice president of Sinopec Group, emphasized the need to address comprehensively the difficulties and issues that arise during the project’s implementation, in order to ensure achievement of the overall goals of completing the project by the end of 2018 and having the entire process operational by the first half of 2019. The meeting heard reports from Zhongan United Company and its two subsidiaries on organizational structure, production preparations, and operational status. It also received reports from the Coal Chemical Engineering Project Management Department and various participating units regarding the specific aspects of project construction, design, procurement, and construction, and discussed and arranged the key tasks for the next phase of the project. On December 7, 2016, a preparatory meeting was held for the resumption of work on the Zhong’an coal chemical project, to arrange the preparations for restarting operations. On January 20, 2017, a meeting on resuming work on the Zhong’an project was held in Huainan. The project headquarters issued the \"Notice on Resuming Construction of the Zhong’an United Coal Chemical Project\" (Petrochemical Shares Construction & Refining [2017] No. 6), announcing that work on the Zhong’an United Coal Chemical Project would officially resume. The Zhongan United Coal Chemical Integration Project is a key construction project of Sinopec and Anhui Province. Zhongan United Coal & Chemical Co., Ltd. was established on December 18, 2010, with a registered capital of 4 billion yuan. It is funded equally at 50% each by Sinopec Corporation and Anhui Wanbei Coal and Electricity Group Co., Ltd. The core process of the Zhongan United Coal Chemical Integration Project utilizes the S-MTO patent technology owned by Sinopec, while the gasification unit employs the SE-Dongfang furnace technology also owned by Sinopec. Using coal from the Zhujixi mine as raw material, methanol and converted olefins (LDPE/PP), ethylene glycol (MEG) and other products are produced. Sinopec Engineering Construction Co., Ltd. is responsible for the overall management of the design, procurement, and construction of the MTO/OCC and PP units in this project, as well as six supporting facilities including the control room and 110-kilovolt substation ； Sinopec Ningbo Engineering Co., Ltd. is responsible for the design and construction of the gasification unit for the contracted project.