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The Hualu Hengsheng New Energy and New Materials project commenced construction successfully. Author/Source: Coal Chemical Industry 114 Forum. Date: 2021-11-17. Clicks: 7. Recently, the event marking the simultaneous start of major projects in Hubei Province for the fourth quarter of 2021 was held. Jingzhou City set up a sub-venue at the Hualu Hengsheng New Energy and New Materials project site in Jiangling County to hold a city-wide launch ceremony, and connected via video with the main venue in the province; thus, the Hualu Hengsheng New Energy and New Materials project commenced construction successfully. The Gas Power Platform project of Hualu Hengsheng (Jingzhou) Co., Ltd. is located to the east of the Menghua Railway, to the west of Dianli Road; on its western side lies the new building materials industry zone and Hubei Huadian Jiangling Power Plant, while to the south is the coal storage and distribution base. Using coal as raw material, the project employs advanced production processes such as the multi-nozzle water-coal slurry pressurized gasification process and low-temperature cryogenic separation process to produce syngas, high-pressure nitrogen, and steam. It covers an area of 97.04 hectares (approximately 1,455 mu), with a total investment of 5.92431 billion yuan. The syngas comprehensive utilization project of Hualu Hengsheng (Jingzhou) Co., Ltd. uses the crude syngas produced by the park’s gas power platform project as raw material to manufacture downstream products. There are two main product lines: one involves the production of synthetic ammonia using crude syngas as a raw material, while the other involves the production of urea using liquid ammonia and CO2 as raw materials ； The second is to produce acetic acid and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) using crude syngas as raw material ； By-product dimethylamine, trimethylamine, sulfur, and food-grade CO2 are also produced simultaneously. Covering an area of 62 hectares (approximately 930 mu), the total investment in this project is 5.60379 billion yuan. The park’s gas power platform project and the syngas comprehensive utilization project are interrelated projects, adopting a construction approach that involves simultaneous design, construction, and commissioning. It is reported that on October 31, 2020, Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co., Ltd. signed a Project Investment Agreement for the Hualu Hengsheng Jingzhou Modern Coal Chemical Industry Base with the People’s Government of Jingzhou City and the People’s Government of Jiangling County in Hubei Province. This was done in order to optimize the company’s strategic layout within China, promote cross-regional development, strengthen and improve its core business in modern coal chemistry and new chemical materials, and further enhance the company’s competitiveness. On November 19, 2020, Hualu Hengsheng (Jingzhou) Co., Ltd. was established. It is a subsidiary of Hualu Hengsheng Holding; Hualu Hengsheng holds 70% of the shares, while its related parties, Hualu Group Co., Ltd. and Hualu Investment Development Co., Ltd., hold 20% and 10% of the shares respectively. With Jingzhou Company as the investment entity, Hualu Hengsheng plans to invest in the construction of a gas power platform project and a comprehensive utilization project for syngas in the Hubei Jiangling Economic Development Zone (Coal, Power, Port, and Chemicals Industrial Park). As of May 25, 2021, the environmental impact assessment reports for the plant gas power platform project and the comprehensive utilization project of syngas at Hualu Hengsheng (Jingzhou) Co., Ltd. were made public prior to approval. The Syngas Comprehensive Utilization Project and the Park Gas Power Platform Project of Hualu Hengsheng (Jingzhou) Co., Ltd. are planned to require an investment of 46 billion yuan to build a modern coal chemical complex in Jingzhou. The construction will take place in three phases: Phase 1 is expected to cost 11.5 billion yuan and cover an area of over 2,400 mu. It includes two sub-projects – the Park Gas Power Platform and the Syngas Comprehensive Utilization Platform. Using advanced technologies for the efficient and clean utilization of coal, this complex will be capable of producing millions of tons per year of acetic acid, 700,000 tons of urea, 300,000 tons of molten urea, 100,000 tons of melamine resin, 150,000 tons of DMF, 13,600 tons of sulfur, and 150,000 tons of mixed methylamine ； Phase II and Phase III projects, building on Phase I, will produce high-end chemical new materials, fine chemicals, and hydrogen energy products.