【Haichuan Chemical Salary Updates】Large-scale coal chemical project jointly developed by Shaanxi and France officially signed

At the signing ceremony, Gao Jian, the executive vice general manager of Hua Hang Energy Co., Ltd., delivered the opening speech on behalf of Hua Hang Company； Leaders of the Yushen Industrial Zone Management Committee and the representative of Axens in Asia spoke at the signing ceremony. Shan Tao, the chief engineer of Hua Hang Energy Company, introduced the details of the second-phase cooperation project. Leaders from the Yulin Development and Reform Commission, the Industry and Information Technology Bureau, and the Science and Technology Bureau, as well as leaders from the Yushen Industrial Zone Management Committee, as well as those from the Industrial Zone’s Economic Development Bureau, Investment Services Bureau, Energy Technology Center, and Yushen Energy Co., Ltd., attended the symposium and the signing ceremony. Representatives from 15 clients, including Shenmu Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Chang’an Bank, China Construction Bank, as well as Zhengxing Energy, Taifu Energy, Baoqing Petroleum, Haotian Coal, Electricity, Metallurgy and Chemicals Company, Shenmu Yinquan Coal Industry Development Co., Ltd., and Hongtai Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., were invited to attend the ceremony.

Huahang Energy Co., Ltd. in the Yushen Industrial Zone is a large private enterprise specialized in coal chemical processing. It was completed and put into operation for the first time in August 2015; it processes 400,000 tons of coal tar per year, generating annual sales revenue of 1.5 billion yuan. The company currently has over 410 employees, of whom 30% hold master’s or bachelor’s degrees or higher. Its expert team, consisting of more than 20 members, all comes from CNOOC Shandong Haibei Group.

The first-phase coal tar hydrogenation unit of Hua Hang Energy Company utilizes advanced process technologies and specialized catalysts from Axens Company, setting multiple records among similar enterprises in Yulin City, including the shortest construction period, the lowest construction costs, and the highest product quality. The second-phase project, a collaboration between China National Aviation Fuel Corporation and the French company Axens, is a comprehensive utilization project for 5 million tons per year of cokery coal and pyrolysis products. The total investment in its construction is 3.5 billion yuan; upon completion, it is expected to generate sales revenue of 6 billion yuan and profits and taxes amounting to 1 billion yuan. It mainly includes a 5 million tons per year pulverized coal thermal cracking unit, a 70,000 cubic meters per hour raw gas hydrogen production unit, a 600,000 tons per year full fraction coal tar hydrogenation unit, along with associated utility and storage and transportation facilities. The main products include semi-coke, light coal tar, crude white oil, aromatics, etc. Source: Coal Chemical Engineering 114 Forum

Another environment-damaging “two highs and one capital” project.

Stories that AXENS can’t tell too much about, haha.

“Boiling bed residue hydrogenation process (Axens’ H-OIL process).” So, what are the key advantages that give it an edge over other processes? Why has heavy oil treatment technology become a matter of greatest concern for many refineries?

Boiling bed residue hydrogenation process: The boiling bed hydrogenation process was first developed by the Hydrocarbon Research Institute (HRI) in the United States in collaboration with Urban Services Company; this process is known as the H-Oil hydrogenation technology. Currently, Axens is the licensor of H-Oil technology. The Hengli Refining and Chemical Project utilizes Axens’ H-Oil technology, which is at the leading level in the world. Wider range of feedstock processing: The fluidized bed residue hydrogenation technology is well-suited for processing feedstocks with higher metal contents, as the catalyst can be replaced online. It can be used for hydrogenation of residue from various heavy crude oils around the world, the worst-quality crude oils, oil sands bitumen, shale oil, and even solvent-refined coal slurry ； It can significantly increase the conversion rate of the feedstock residue oil.

Hengli Refining & Chemical is building a \"6.4 million tons per year fluidized bed residue hydrocracking unit (2*3.2 million tons per year)\\", utilizing Axens’ H-OIL process. Using vacuum residue as raw material, the intermediate products such as naphtha, diesel, wax oil, and unconverted oil produced need further processing; meanwhile, some low-boiling gases and dry gas are generated as by-products. The unconverted oil produced by these two units is combined and fed into the solvent deasphalting unit; by using this combination of unconverted oil and a solvent deasphalting unit, the conversion rate of vacuum residue can reach 90%.

Construction site of Hengli Refining & Chemicals’ residue hydrogenation unit

Wise ones, is there any highly environmentally friendly pyrolysis technique that can first extract the oil from long-flame coal, and then use semi-coke to produce other chemical products?