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Inner Mongolia’s 4 billion cubic meter coal-to-natural gas project approved by the National Development and Reform Commission The Publicity Department of the Ordos Municipal Party Committee in Inner Mongolia Province announced on the 18th that the National Development and Reform Commission has officially approved the project undertaken by Inner Mongolia Beikong Jingtai Energy Development Co., Ltd., which involves the production of 4 billion cubic meters of coal-to-natural gas per year. The company is located in the Dalu Industrial Park in Zhungeer Banner, Ordos City. Official sources state that recently, China’s National Development and Reform Commission issued the \"Approval from the National Development and Reform Commission on the Approval of the 4 billion standard cubic meters per year coal-to-natural gas production demonstration project operated by Inner Mongolia Beikong Jingtai Energy Development Co., Ltd.\" (Document No. Fa Gai Neng Yuan 942), officially granting permission for the start of construction of this project. **In its approval decision, the National Development and Reform Commission stated that in order to ensure **energy security, promote the clean and efficient use of coal in China, and enhance the level of self-sufficiency in key technologies and equipment for the deep processing of coal, it approves the construction of a demonstration project by Inner Mongolia Beikong Jingtai Energy Development Co., Ltd. for the production of 4 billion standard cubic meters of coal-to-natural gas per year. This project is a large-scale coal chemical complex funded by Inner Mongolia Beikong Jingtai Energy Development Co., Ltd. at an investment of 28.3 billion yuan (RMB, the same below). It uses local coal from Ordos as raw material and employs a gasification technology combining pulverized coal pressurized gasification and crushed coal pressurized gasification. The syngas undergoes conversion and purification processes to achieve the desired hydrogen-to-carbon ratio for synthetic methane; after methanation, compression at the first processing station, and dehydration, it is sent through natural gas transmission pipelines to end-users. The project has an annual production capacity of 4 billion cubic meters of natural gas, which is primarily supplied to cities in Beijing and its surrounding areas. The environmental impact assessment for this project has been approved by the **Ministry of Environmental Protection.