Four major coal chemical projects in Shaanxi to receive 60 billion yuan in investment over 5 years

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Four major coal chemical projects in Shaanxi to receive 60 billion yuan in investment over 5 years Author/Source: Huahua Network – Coal Chemicals Date: 2018-04-19 Clicks: 11 The Yushen Industrial Zone in Shaanxi Province is a **-level economic and technological development zone, a **-level demonstration base for new industrialization, and the largest industrial zone in terms of planned area in Shaanxi. It forms part of the **-level Northern Shaanxi Energy and Chemical Industry Base. Its predecessor was the Shenfu Economic Development Zone, established with approval from Shaanxi Province in 1994; it has now become the most active development zone in Shaanxi in terms of investment, with a strong emphasis on the energy industry. This industrial zone is steadily moving toward becoming a coal and salt chemical industry park worth 100 billion yuan. The four major projects require an investment of 60 billion yuan over the next 5 years. Promoting the implementation of these projects and accelerating industrial development are important tasks for industrial parks. At present, the Yushen Industrial Zone is focusing on major projects and making efforts to advance the construction of fine chemical plants; a large number of such projects are set to begin construction this year. In terms of major projects, the planning for the four key projects namely Shenhua, Shaanxi Coal, Yanchang, and Yulin Energy has been completed. ▇ The Shenhua Yulin Circular Economy Coal Comprehensive Utilization Project involves the construction of a coal mine with an annual production capacity of 13 million tons, (6+1)×100,000 kilowatt cogeneration units, as well as projects for producing 4 million tons of coal-based methanol and various chemical products derived from methanol; the total investment in this project is approximately 84.4 billion yuan. ▇ The large-scale coal value-added utilization project in the Qingshui Industrial Park of Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Group involves the construction of 27 key units, including a low-temperature pyrolysis facility with an annual capacity of 15 million tons, a methanol production plant with an annual capacity of 5.4 million tons, and an ethylene glycol production plant with an annual capacity of 1.8 million tons. The total investment for this project is approximately 98.3 billion yuan. ▇ The Yushen Coal Clean Utilization Project of Yanchang Petroleum involves the construction of one 3,600 t/d CCSI air gasification unit, along with a 300-megawatt power generation facility and five 3,000 t/d CCSI pure oxygen gasification units; the total investment amounts to approximately 46.5 billion yuan. ▇ The coal-based cogeneration base project of Yulin Energy Group includes facilities for 17 million tons of coal pyrolysis, 1.59 million tons of tar refining, and 4 billion cubic meters of coal-to-natural gas production, with a total investment of 93.2 billion yuan. Based on the planning of these four major projects, Yushen Industrial Zone is actively engaging with several key enterprises to finalize the implementation plans for each project phase. Among them: ▇ The Shenhua Yulin Circular Economy Coal Comprehensive Utilization Project – Phase 1 involves the construction of facilities for producing 2 million tons of methanol and 400,000 tons of ethylene glycol; Phase 2 entails the construction of facilities for producing 2 million tons of methanol and 600,000 tons of ethylene glycol, with work on these projects set to begin this year ； ▇ The first phase of the project for the clean and efficient utilization of Shaanxi Coal’s coal resources, involving the production of 1.8 million tons of ethylene glycol, is set to begin construction in April this year ； ▇ The project to establish the Yushen Clean Comprehensive Utilization Industry Demonstration Base for coal in Yanjing Petroleum also involves the construction of 2 sets of CCSI units, along with associated power plants and methanol production facilities; these constructions are set to begin in April this year ； ▇ Yuneng Group is currently preparing the pre-feasibility study for the first-phase project to produce 400,000 tons of coal-based ethylene glycol, and the site selection has been completed. The four major projects will require an investment of 60 billion yuan over the next 5 years. In terms of fine chemical projects, those that started construction this year include the Dongyuan project for the production of 190,000 tons per year of coal-based light oil-derived mixed aromatics, with a total investment of 220 million yuan; the second phase of the Tianshengyuan project for the production of 12,000 tons per year of glass fiber cotton, with an investment of 105 million yuan; the first phase of the Shaanxi Basten Chemical’s Yushen fine chemicals manufacturing project, which involves phenol refining and carries an investment of 35 million yuan; and the first phase of the Shandong Zibo flotation reagent project, focusing on the production of 16,000 tons per year of high-efficiency flotation reagents, with an investment of 70 million yuan. In addition, major infrastructure projects such as the Wan Zhen water diversion project, the power center in the fine chemicals industrial park, the incremental distribution network in the Yushen Industrial Zone, and the Dabaochang logistics service area have either completed their evaluation and approval processes or are currently going through the relevant preliminary procedures. To date, 9 billion yuan has been invested in infrastructure construction. In the Yushen Industrial Zone, 105 kilometers of roads in the Qingshui Industrial Park and the Dabaochang area have been built, with a total investment of around 1.86 billion yuan; this has essentially established a road network consisting of seven horizontal routes and eight vertical routes. 192 kilometers of pipeline networks have been built, resulting in a complete closed drainage system within the park. **The power grid and Shaanxi Local Power Company supply electricity to the area. The park has already seen the construction of 1 330KV substation and 8 110KV substations. The industrial area has been included in the **second batch of pilot projects for incremental distribution reform, and various activities related to these pilots are underway in an effort to create an area with low electricity prices. **The Shaanxi-Beijing natural gas pipeline of the West-to-East Gas Transmission Project passes through this area, and Hengda Gas Company already supplies gas to the industrial park, with a supply capacity of 200 million cubic meters per year. The water supply plant for the Qingshui Industrial Park has been built, with an annual water supply capacity of 50 million cubic meters. Preparatory work is underway for the Wanzhen emergency water diversion project, which involves an annual water intake of 66.76 million cubic meters. The wastewater treatment plant in the Qingshui Industrial Park was built and put into operation. The first phase of the slag disposal site project has been completed, and operations for slag collection have begun; the first phase of the hazardous waste treatment center has also been built and put into operation. Special railway lines and centralized heating projects for industrial parks are under construction. The park is equipped with freight stations such as Jinjie, Dabaochang, and Jijitan, with a transportation capacity of 15 million tons per year.