Environmental Impact Assessment of the 4 million tons per year integrated project for the deep processing of heavy oil and coal in Bortala Prefecture

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First Public Disclosure of Information on Public Participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment for the 4 million tons per year integrated project for the deep processing of heavy oil and coal by Xinjiang Zhongtai (Group) Co., Ltd. in Bortala Prefecture. Author/Source: Date: 2019-02-14. Clicks: 51. On January 18, 2019, our company commissioned China Global Engineering Corporation to carry out the environmental impact assessment for the “4 million tons per year integrated project for the deep processing of heavy oil and coal by Xinjiang Zhongtai (Group) Co., Ltd. in Bortala Prefecture”, with the aim of preparing an environmental impact report for the project. In order to safeguard the legitimate environmental rights and interests of the public and solicit opinions related to the environmental impact assessment of this project, in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Measures for Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment (Order No. 4 issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment), the first round of public disclosure of information regarding the environmental impact assessment of this project is now being carried out. The details of this disclosure are as follows:
(1) Basic information such as the name of the construction project, its location and site selection, as well as the scope of construction.
Project name: Bazhou 4 million tons per year integrated project for the deep processing of heavy oil and coal.
Project location: This project is located within the Bazhou Korla Petroleum and Petrochemical Industrial Park, which is situated approximately 65 km west of Korla City, the capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang. 　　Project Overview: This is a new project, with an approved total investment of approximately 19.912 billion yuan. This project uses heavy oil and coal as raw materials, and employs co-processing technology of oil and coal to produce clean gasoline, diesel, p-xylene, benzene, propane, butane, and other products. The production facilities include systems for processing raw coal and crude oil, slurry-bed hydrogenation, hydrocracking, aromatic compound processing (including pre-hydrogenation, continuous reforming, aromatic extraction, disproportionation and alkylation, isomerization, and xylene distillation), isomerization, coal-to-hydrogen production (including gasification, shift reaction, acid gas removal, and PSA hydrogen purification), PSA hydrogen purification, light hydrocarbon recovery, gas separation, and sulfur recovery processes (including solvent regeneration, acidic water stripping, phenol recovery, and sulfur recovery), as well as systems for shaping oil residues and air separation ； The supporting storage and transportation facilities include coal unloading and storage facilities, tank areas (raw material tank areas, intermediate tank areas, product tank areas, acid and alkali tank areas), vehicle loading and unloading facilities, train loading and unloading facilities, oil and gas recovery facilities, plant-wide warehouses, hazardous chemicals warehouses, and temporary storage areas for hazardous waste. The utility systems include water supply and drainage systems (water supply pump stations, circulating water plants, sewage treatment plants, rainwater collection tanks, emergency storage tanks, etc.), power supply systems (main substation, regional and unit substations), heating systems (chemical water treatment stations, condensate water stations, etc.), telecommunications and fire alarm systems, and gas supply systems (air compression stations). The auxiliary facilities include flare systems, central control rooms, central laboratories, environmental monitoring stations, fire and gas protection stations, maintenance centers, administrative office buildings, canteens, and bathrooms. At the same time, this project plans to rely on the off-site railways and roads constructed as part of the park infrastructure, the park’s heat and power plant, the off-site water supply and drainage facilities, the park’s landfill for general solid waste, and the facilities for the disposal of hazardous waste within the park.