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China’s first million-ton-scale CCUS project is undergoing production testing at Qilu Petrochemical! Expected to be put into use in June. Author/Source: Coal-based New Materials. Date: 2022-05-13. Clicks: 29. Carbon capture, utilization, and storage is a key core technology for achieving carbon neutrality, abbreviated as CCUS. Recently, China’s first million-ton-scale CCUS project began production trials at Qilu Petrochemical; once operational, it will become the largest CCUS industry chain demonstration base and model project in the country. In the central control room of the gas combined workshop at Qilu Petrochemical’s Second Fertilizer Plant, operators are monitoring and adjusting the process parameters of the CCUS project. The device is currently in a phase equivalent to production testing, and the testing is progressing normally; it is expected to be put into use around June. The project consists of two parts: carbon dioxide capture at Qilu Petrochemical, and carbon dioxide flooding and sequestration in the Shengli Oilfield. In the carbon capture process, Qilu Petrochemical recovers carbon dioxide from the exhaust gases of coal-to-gas plants using deep cooling and compression technologies ； In the area of carbon utilization and sequestration, Shengli Oilfield increases the fluidity of crude oil by injecting carbon dioxide into oil wells, thereby significantly boosting oil recovery rates. At the same time, the carbon dioxide is sequestered underground through displacement of oil and gas, as well as through dissolution and mineralization processes, thus truly turning waste into a valuable resource. Once the project is operational, it will enable the reduction of 1 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year, which is equivalent to planting nearly 9 million trees or stopping nearly 600,000 economy cars from running for a year. It is expected that 2.965 million tons more oil can be saved over the next 15 years. Making significant progress in making fossil fuels cleaner, scaling up the use of clean energy, and reducing carbon emissions in production processes will effectively contribute to achieving China’s goals of reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.