Handover of Jilin Cornell’s 300,000 tons/year methanol-to-olefins project

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Handover ceremony for Jilin Cornell’s 300,000 tons/year methanol-to-olefins project / Author/Source: Date: 10-09-2017; Clicks: 7. At 10 a.m. on September 30, 2017, the handover ceremony for Jilin Cornell’s 300,000 tons/year methanol-to-olefins plant (“300,000 tons/year MTO project”), which was EPC-led by Huisheng Engineering (China) Co., Ltd. (“Huisheng Engineering”), was successfully held at the project site. Leaders from the project owner, Cornell Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (“Cornell Chemical”), Jilin Mengxi Supervision, Huisheng Engineering, and various construction units attended this ceremony and extended their warm congratulations on the project being handed over 15 days ahead of schedule. At the handover ceremony, Shen Dawei, the project manager of Huisheng Engineering, reported on the progress and completion status of the Cornell Project. The owners and supervision unit of Cornell highly praised and commended the outstanding achievements in project construction as well as the early delivery. The project developer, supervisor, EPC general contractor, and construction contractor signed the Engineering Interim Handover Certificate respectively. From the start of on-site civil work on July 15, 2016, to the project’s handover on September 30, 2017, the construction of Jilin Cornell’s 300,000 tons per year MTO plant took a total of 14.5 months. Under the correct leadership of the local **department and the owner, Cornell, and with the full cooperation and support of patent holders, supervisors, various construction units, and suppliers, the Huisheng Engineering Cornell project team overcame numerous challenges, organized and managed the work meticulously. As a result, it not only completed all the construction tasks specified in the contract but also succeeded in delivering the project 15 days ahead of schedule, achieving excellent results in terms of safety and quality. The project is expected to begin operations with material feeding by the end of October 2017. In July 2016, Huisheng Engineering signed an EPC general contract for the 300,000-ton-per-year methanol-to-olefins unit in Phase 1 of the 600,000-ton-per-year methanol-to-olefins (MTO) project, as well as a contract for the licensing of proprietary technology for the olefins separation unit and the development of process packages, with Cornell Chemicals. The project adopts a solution that combines Hysol’s independently developed high-yield olefin separation technology with UOP’s MTO+OCP technology; it represents the tenth licensed application of Hysol’s olefin separation technology. Cornell Chemical is the world’s largest supplier of aniline, and this 600,000-ton methanol-to-olefins project has been designated as a key project to strengthen the industrial chain in the field of fine chemicals in Jilin City’s Economic and Technological Development Zone during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, with the aim of establishing this area as a nationally renowned hub in that sector. The 2017 China Hydrogen Production and Advanced Coal Gasification Technology Symposium will be held in Jinan, Shandong on October 31. The conference will discuss the hydrogen demand in the global and Chinese refining industries, a cost comparison of various hydrogen production methods used in refineries, advancements and applications of advanced gasification technologies, hydrogen separation and purification processes, solutions for small- to medium-scale hydrogen production, integrated utility islands in chemical parks along with hydrogen/syngas supply, feasibility analyses for hydrogen production from renewable energy sources, and research progress in technologies for hydrogen production through photocatalytic water splitting and hydrogen production from hydrogen sulfide.