All 76 main projects for producing olefins from 1.7 million tons of coal in Anhui have commenced operations

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All 76 major projects for the production of 1.7 million tons of coal-based olefins in Anhui have begun construction. Author/Source: Huahua Network – Coal Chemical Industry. Date: 2018-01-03. Clicks: 16. On December 29, the wastewater treatment plant and liquid alkali incineration facility for Zhong’an United Coal Chemical Co., Ltd.’s project for the production of 1.7 million tons per year of coal-based methanol and related olefins were put into operation. With this, all 76 major projects under the Zhong’an United Coal Chemical project have now started construction and entered the building phase. The sewage treatment plant and the liquid caustic soda incineration unit were contracted out in their entirety by SEI; they are an important part of the entire coal chemical project, responsible for treating the sewage generated by Zhong’an Coal Chemical’s operations. Located in the northwest part of the plant complex, these facilities cover a total area of 9.1 hectares, with completion scheduled by the end of 2018. At the construction site of the sewage treatment plant and the liquid caustic incineration facility, the project owner held a brief kick-off meeting, attended by representatives from the project management department, SEI, and the construction companies involved in the project. The 1.7 million tons per year coal-to-methanol and converted olefins project of Zhongan United Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. is a key construction project of Sinopec and Anhui Province. The project goal is to have the facility completed by the end of 2018, with the entire process operational by June 2019. The core process of the Zhong’an United Coal Chemical Integration Project utilizes the S-MTO patented technology owned by Sinopec, while the gasification unit employs the SE-Eastern 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 kV substation ； Sinopec Ningbo Engineering Co., Ltd. is responsible for the design and construction of the gasification unit for the contracted project. 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. 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 its restart. 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 and Refining [2017] No. 6), announcing that work on the Zhong’an United Coal Chemical Project would officially resume.