Kaiyue Coal Chemical will produce 536,700 tons of refined methanol in 2025

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According to Yulin Coal Chemical Company of Yanjiang Petroleum, in 2025, Kaiyue Coal Chemical produced 536,700 tons of refined methanol throughout the year and sold 538,600 tons of it. The production facility was operational for 244.9 days, generating revenue of 1.112 billion yuan, of which 982 million yuan came from core business activities. In terms of plant operation, the Gasification A and B series have been in operation for 123 days and 127 days respectively. The service life of the deaeration water pumps has been extended from 3 months to 11.5 months, while the automatic control operation rate of the main plant has increased from 27.2% to over 85%. Unplanned shutdowns of the plant have decreased by 50% compared to the previous year. To ensure the smooth implementation of the company’s ethanol project, the gasification workshop at Kaiyue Coal Chemical stopped operating on October 2025 to carry out joint alignment work. On November 24, drive after the collision. The 500,000 tons/year methanol-to-ethanol project was handed over on October 30, 2025. Currently, individual tests are being carried out. Kaiyue Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. produces 600,000 tons of methanol using multi-feed slurry gasification, air separation by the PSA method, low-temperature methanol washing, the Hoogovens ultra-efficient Claus sulfur recovery process, and the David methanol synthesis technology from the UK. In 2021, Kaiyue Coal Chemical carried out corrective actions to increase the capacity of its coal-to-methanol production facility, raising it from 600,000 tons per year to 700,000 tons per year.