China’s first project for producing ethylene glycol from natural gas was completed in Xinjiang Machinery

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China’s first project for producing ethylene glycol from natural gas was completed in Xinjiang. Author/Source: Chemical Online. Date: 2018-01-03. Clicks: 176. A ceremony marking the completion of the construction work for the 300,000-ton/year (150,000 tons/year in the first phase) ethylene glycol production facility using natural gas was held at the Tianying Petrochemical Co., Ltd. site in Alar City, Xinjiang, under the auspices of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. 　　The successful mechanical completion of the Xinjiang Tianying natural gas-to-ethylene glycol project marks the establishment of the first such project in China in the interior of southern Xinjiang, filling a gap in the coal chemical industry held by enterprises of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. 　　The Tianying natural gas-to-ethylene glycol project has a total investment of 2.205 billion yuan, with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons of ethylene glycol. It is constructed in two phases; the first phase involves a plant with an annual production capacity of 150,000 tons of ethylene glycol, and it also includes some of the utility facilities needed for the second phase. The project commenced on April 11, 2016, with the first ramming strike of the dynamic compaction equipment, and was fully completed mechanically in accordance with the contract on December 26, 2017. 　　Leaders including the Party Committee secretary of the Corps, Deputy Commander Yao Xinmin, Zhou Weijun, deputy director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Corps, Chu Jianjiang, chairman of Tianying Petrochemical Co., Ltd., and Cui Congquan, general manager of Donghua Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., attended the completion ceremony and delivered speeches. Representatives from the main contractors involved in the project construction, such as Donghua Technology, China National Chemical Engineering Corporation’s Sixth Construction Company, and its Sixteenth Construction Company, also participated in the ceremony. 　　It is reported that the completion of the project’s machinery marks the end of the construction phase; thereafter, the project will enter a full-scale testing stage. All parties involved will continue to increase their efforts and make careful plans to ensure that the installation meets high standards during the commissioning process, with the goal of producing high-quality ethylene glycol as soon as possible. 　　Tianying Petrochemical Co., Ltd. of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps was registered in Alar on April 30, 2014. Approved by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Corps, it was established by five shareholders: Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Investment Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Zhengtong Petroleum and Natural Gas Co., Ltd., China-Singapore New Investment Equity Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing Xinggao Chemical Technology Co., Ltd., and Xinjiang Qingsong Building Materials and Chemical Co., Ltd. The registered capital amount is 600 million yuan.