Consultation Meeting for Core Technology Experts on Xinjiang Zhongtai’s Annual 4 million-ton Integrated Project for the Deep Processing of Heavy Oil and Coal Held in Beijing

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A consultation meeting for experts on the core technologies of Xinjiang Zhongtai’s integrated project for the annual production of 4 million tons of heavy oil and coal processing was held in Beijing. Author/Source: YahuacCoalChemical Industry. Date: 2020-01-22. Views: 222. On January 18, a consultation meeting for experts on the core technologies of Xinjiang Zhongtai Group’s project in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture for the annual production of 4 million tons of heavy oil and coal processing (hereinafter referred to as the “oil-coal co-processing project”) was held in Beijing. **Zhang Jiming, Assistant to the General Manager of the Energy Group; Zhang Chuanjiang, Chairman of China Shenhua Coal-to-Oil Company; Xu Zhengang, the leading scientist at China National Coal Mining and Processing Group (an expert in the Expert Database of the Ministry of Science and Technology), Shi Shidong, a special advisor to the Coal Research Institute of China National Coal Mining and Processing Group; Xian Zhi, a member of the Kuhrle City Party Committee; Li Liangfu, member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Zhongtai Group; Zhao Yonglu, Technical Director of Zhongtai Group; as well as relevant officials from Zhongtai Group’s Department of Scientific and Technological Development, Innovation Technology Center, and Innovation Technology Research Institute, attended the meeting. Lu Zhengping, chairman of Zhongtai Petrochemical, presided over the meeting. Li Liangfu said that the combined processing of oil and coal has led to breakthroughs in key energy technologies. This is of great strategic significance for driving a revolution in energy technology, promoting the upgrading and transformation of the petroleum and chemical industry, establishing an important demonstration base for strategic emerging industries in Xinjiang’s petroleum and chemical sector, ensuring energy strategic security, and achieving the transformative shift from fuels to raw materials, from raw materials to materials, and from coal fields to oil fields. It is hoped that the experts will consider the matter from the perspective of providing intellectual support to Xinjiang, fully utilize their expertise as think tanks, and conduct rigorous scrutiny and comprehensive evaluation of the phase-specific BSU test data. At the same time, we hope to take this opportunity to jointly establish a platform for technical cooperation and friendly exchanges, thereby providing intellectual support for the development of Zhongtai Group. Lu Zhengping gave a brief introduction to the background of the oil-coal co-processing project. At the meeting, a representative from Shenhua Shanghai Research Institute presented the results of the phase-wise BSU tests, summarizing and explaining the test procedures, plans, conditions, data, as well as the issues encountered during the tests. A representative from Sinopec Engineering Construction Company presented the overall plant process plan preliminarily drafted based on the test data. After careful listening, examination, and discussion, the experts present concluded that the oil-coal co-processing project meets the strategic needs in the field of energy, aligns with the requirements for the transformation and upgrading of Xinjiang’s chemical industry, and is in line with the industrial chain layout of Xinjiang Zhongtai Group. It holds great significance for driving the revolution in energy technologies, promoting the upgrading of the chemical industry, and establishing Xinjiang as a model base for the new chemical industry. It is also recommended that oil-coal co-processing projects accelerate the integration of domestic and international technical resources, strengthen basic research, optimize process flows, and establish technical consortia. After the meeting, the Oil and Coal Co-processing Project Department coordinated with departments such as the Technology Development Department, Innovation Technology Center, and Innovation Research Institute of Zhongtai Group to carefully review the experts’ suggestions, implement them one by one, and make progress on each item, in order to create favorable conditions for the construction of the oil and coal co-processing project and facilitate its early implementation.