Who is aware of the progress of the Yankuang Kaiyang project?
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I heard quite early on that their project was set in motion, and they also signed a gasification contract with a patent holder this year – how is things progressing now? Who knows?
Progress is slow; contracts have been signed for the gasification, ammonia synthesis, and sulfur recovery process packages, but the design work has not yet begun in full scale
It seems the project has been underway for a long time; Yankuang’s coal chemical projects in other provinces are not progressing quickly. He claimed that progress in Yulin’s coal chemical and coal-to-oil projects is also slow; there is no news either regarding the projects in Xinjiang. Moreover, it has become difficult to carry out coal-to-oil projects in Guizhou as well!
500,000 tons of synthetic ammonia: progress is slow
Contracts have been signed for the gasification, ammonia synthesis, and sulfur recovery process packages; design work is expected to begin in full this year
I arrived at the site a few days ago, and the project was suspended. Only Guizhou Kailin is carrying out the project; the first phase involves a capacity of 300,000 tons of synthetic ammonia, with commissioning scheduled for this year. The details regarding the second phase are not clear yet. There are photos to prove it.
It was just introduced in another post; let’s take a look at it here. I’ve never been to Kaiyang; since I work in technology and am from Yankuang, I have some basic knowledge about it. It should be ready for implementation soon; the temporary pause is due to the need to start designing the gasifier, as the gasifier to be used represents a completely new technology (a dry coal powder water-cooled wall gasifier), which is actually an improvement based on the Shell gasifier. At the technical level, it should be proprietary technology; for example, the four-nozzle water-coal slurry gasifier is an improvement based on the Texaco gasifier. The person I met last time was the project manager from Kaiyang; he’s a very capable person. Don’t worry about Yankuang withdrawing from Guizhou; if necessary, Yankuang can handle things on its own. Since Yankuang does this kind of work frequently, there’s no need to worry. A bit crazy, right? Hehe, sorry, I’ll keep a low profile. :L
To be fair, Yankuang is indeed not fast in terms of efficiency; for the same project, while other companies may take 1 year, Yankuang might need 2 or even 3 years. There’s nothing you can do about it – this is a common problem among state-owned enterprises. However, Yankuang’s core competitiveness lies not in efficiency, but rather in its substantial coal supply and funding resources, as well as technical and human capital support. Does that company really have that many people? Especially in terms of expertise?
I’m familiar with the Kaiyang phosphate mine; I’ll take the time to go and check it out first
Yankuang Kaiyang uses Corin powder gasification furnaces; the contract was signed in August 2007
Do you know anything about the other coal chemical subsidiaries of Yankuang? For example, Guotai Chemical