Which companies are involved in coal-to-natural gas production?

The Qinghua Energy Group’s coal-to-gas project, with a designed total production capacity of 5.5 billion cubic meters per year, is expected to be completed in 2013. All the synthetic natural gas produced by the project will be fed into the West-to-East Gas Transmission pipeline network. 　　SPIC Xinjiang Company invested 100 billion yuan in two coal-to-gas projects in Yinan and Huocheng, with a total capacity of 12 billion cubic meters per year; the groundbreaking ceremonies for these projects were held in November 2009. 　　The Jungdong region has also become a hot spot for the construction of coal-to-gas projects. The first phase of the coal-to-gas project, with an annual production capacity of 4 billion cubic meters, which was funded by Huaneng Xinjiang Energy Development Co., Ltd. at a cost of 23 billion yuan, began construction in September 2010. 　 Datang International’s coal-to-natural gas project in Keshiketeng Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, has a daily production capacity of 12 million standard cubic meters of natural gas. Shenhua Group’s coal-to-natural gas project in Ordos produces 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year; it is expected to come online by 2012. Inner Mongolia HuiNeng Coal Chemical Co., Ltd.’s project to produce 1.6 billion cubic meters of coal-to-natural gas per year; Xinjiang Longyu Energy’s project in Zhundong to produce 4 billion cubic meters of coal-to-natural gas per year; Jiugang Group Company’s and Zhangye City’s joint project to produce 4 billion cubic meters of coal-to-natural gas through combined processes. There are many more such projects, but they aren’t listed here. . . . . .

Currently, new coal chemical projects are highly favored, with all provinces that possess coal resources aiming to make significant progress in this field. At the Third International Forum on the Development of China’s Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, held in Beijing on June 16, industry experts noted that coal chemical projects in China are currently overheated. During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, new types of coal chemicals should be developed in an orderly manner, with emphasis placed on implementing demonstration projects first, followed by gradual expansion based on plans and technical maturity. Li Shousheng, executive vice president of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, noted that new coal chemical industries represent a key highlight of China’s petrochemical sector during the 11th Five-Year Plan period; although there have been technological advances, these technologies are not yet fully mature. Moreover, apart from technology, water resources and environmental capacity also pose significant constraints on new coal chemical industries. However, many regions are now planning to launch projects for coal-to-oil, coal-to-olefins, coal-to-natural gas, and coal-to-ethylene glycol, resulting in an obvious overheating in the sector of new coal chemical projects. Taking coal-derived olefins as an example, there are currently 29 projects under construction or planned in China, with an intended annual production capacity of over 25 million tons. In contrast, the total production capacity of China’s ethylene and propylene industries in 2010 was only around 30 million tons. He emphasized that new coal chemical industries during the 12th Five-Year Plan period should develop in an orderly manner, with a focus on carrying out demonstration projects first, and then gradually expanding them based on plans and the level of technological maturity. Bai Yi, deputy director of the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Planning Institute, also believes that enterprises should conduct an objective analysis of coal chemical projects, rather than seeing a nationwide surge in interest for such projects. She pointed out that there are shortcomings in all four of the country’s new coal chemical projects at present. Although coal-to-natural gas is one of the **energy strategies, the construction of natural gas pipelines involves various aspects such as safety; therefore, at present only Xinjiang is the area where it is being developed on a priority basis. Coal-to-oil projects not only require technical improvements, but they also consume large amounts of coal and water resources, in addition to involving very high investment costs. Bai Yi said that currently, a coal-to-oil project with an annual capacity of 1 million tons requires an investment of 14 to 15 billion yuan; under such circumstances, China should still make extensive use of international crude oil to meet domestic demand. Regarding coal-based ethylene glycol and coal-based olefin projects, Bai Yi believes that given the lower costs of producing ethylene glycol from ethane and methanol from natural gas in the Middle East, whether coal-based products are competitive is the first issue to consider. In addition, current coal-based ethylene glycol projects face significant limitations in terms of industrialization due to issues such as immature technology and the lack of supporting PTA projects in coal-rich areas. Bai Yi also noted that, compared to the demonstration projects approved earlier, **the thresholds for various criteria have been raised for newly approved coal chemical projects. Therefore, although local authorities are eager to launch coal chemical projects, those that do not meet the required conditions will certainly not be approved; as a result, coal chemical projects are likely to end up being more of a hype than anything concrete.

There are so many projects; could someone introduce them to me?

Hehe, actually, you can find some job listings on professional recruitment websites focused on the coal chemical industry; it’s also possible to submit your own resume

Hehe, thanks to the user above for the detailed explanation; the numbers are also very clear. Coal chemical technology sharing group: 152879755

Yuntianhua has built three sets of coal chemical production facilities, with capacities of 800,000 tons, 500,000 tons, and 260,000 tons respectively