【Ten Years of Great Development in Chemical Equipment】 From 3088 to 2026, China’s first demonstration project for producing high-quality synthetic crude oil by coupling green hydrogen with low-grade heavy oil will be launched

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Let’s give praise and support to the achievements made in China’s chemical engineering technology and equipment; your participation in discussions is the greatest encouragement. **********************【Ten Years of Great Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】A continuously updated summary post – feel free to join the discussions: https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html ***************** On April 18th, the Summit Forum on Energy Security and New Energy Routes in the Western Region was held in Beijing. The forum was themed “Building a Strong Barrier for Energy Security to Promote the Development of New Energy Corridors in the West.” It was organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Economic and Trade Exchange Center Group Co., Ltd., with Qingdao SCO World Oil Energy Co., Ltd. and Zhongke Yaxin Photosynthesis (Xinjiang) Energy Co., Ltd. serving as co-organizers. China’s first industrial demonstration project for the synthesis of crude oil using \"green hydrogen + low-quality heavy oil\" – the 1.6 million tons per year industrial demonstration project for the efficient upgrading of imported solid asphalt using entirely green energy (hereinafter referred to as the \"demonstration project\") – was officially launched during the forum, injecting new momentum into the green transformation of China’s energy structure and the assurance of **energy security. 　It is understood that this demonstration project is located in the Tacheng Region of Xinjiang, with a total investment of 6.734 billion yuan. It makes use of the Ashish technology for the hydrogenative depolymerization and complete conversion of low-quality heavy oil, developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to produce green hydrogen from renewable wind and solar energy in Xinjiang. This technology is used to process low-quality heavy oils such as solid asphalt imported from Central and North Asia, resulting in an annual output of 1.6 million tons of low-carbon synthetic crude oil. 　　Tian Zhijian, head of the Research Department on Fossil Energy and Applied Catalysis at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and chief scientist at Zhongke Yaxin Photosynthetic (Xinjiang) Energy Co., Ltd., explained that ASHS technology overcomes the limitations associated with traditional heavy oil processing. By utilizing nano-suspended molybdenum catalysts along with gas-lifted circulating slurry bed reactors, it is possible to convert almost all of the low-quality heavy oils that are otherwise difficult to use into high-quality, low-carbon synthetic crude oil. This approach opens up new avenues for the refining industry to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, as well as for making better use of heavy resources. 　　This technology has been included in the **Energy Administration’s Catalog of Advanced Energy-Saving and Carbon-Reduction Technologies for the refining industry**. The project includes 1.5 gigawatts worth of wind and solar power generation facilities as well as hydrogen production units using electrolysis; it will be able to produce around 65,000 tons of green hydrogen per year, and thus serve as an important benchmark for the large-scale commercial use of green hydrogen in industrial applications. 　　During the forum, Zhongke Yaxin Photosynthesis (Xinjiang) Energy Co., Ltd. also signed project intent agreements with Songyuan City in Jilin Province and Shanshan County in Turpan City, Xinjiang, for the construction of demonstration projects aimed at the efficient modification of imported solid asphalt using 100% green energy, with capacities of 5 million tons per year and 1.6 million tons per year respectively. According to Yang Hansheng from Zhongke Yaxin Photosynthesis (Xinjiang) Energy Co., Ltd., in the future this technology will enable the production of tens of millions of tons of green synthetic crude oil across the country. 　　The reporter also learned from the meeting that, in terms of cooperation within the international energy supply chain, this pilot project will innovate by using container transportation for solid asphalt, thereby making better use of the return capacity of the China-Europe freight trains. It will establish a new paradigm for energy industry cooperation based on \"low-quality heavy oil resources from Central and North Asia + green electricity from wind and solar power in the western regions + proprietary core technologies + domestic refining markets.\" This approach helps to address industry challenges such as difficulties in utilizing new energy sources, the high carbon footprint of traditional refining processes, and inefficient utilization of heavy oils. It plays an important role in reducing China’s dependence on imported crude oil, supporting the development of Xinjiang’s \"three bases and one corridor,\" and facilitating energy cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.