[Ocean Chemical News] Ningxia’s 700,000 tons/year coal-to-olefins new material demonstration project was approved by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment

According to reports,* * The 700,000 tons/year coal-to-olefin new material demonstration project of Ningxia Coal Group Co., Ltd., an energy group, is located in the Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base. It has been listed by the State Council as a major demonstration project in the "13th Five-Year Plan" for the development of the western region. It has a total investment of 22.04 billion yuan and uses local coal resources as raw materials to produce high-end polyolefin products. Sun Huashan said that the 700,000 tons/year coal-to-olefin new material demonstration project is an innovative demonstration project for the production of high-end polyolefin products. It is of great significance to Ningxia's on-site conversion of coal to increase added value, ease my country's foreign dependence on high-end polyolefin products, improve the domestic polyolefin product industry structure, and take a new path to high-quality development.

According to Yu Xin, deputy director of the Environmental Impact Assessment and Emission Management Division of the Autonomous Region Ecology and Environment Department, in order to promote the preliminary work of the project, the Autonomous Region Ecology and Environment Department established a special tracking service and established a joint* The meeting system was adopted, and in conjunction with the Development and Reform Commission of the Autonomous Region and the Department of Industry and Information Technology, the company coordinated and solved key issues such as equivalent coal consumption replacement and pollutant emission reduction, laying the foundation for the environmental impact assessment acceptance of the project. After unremitting efforts, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment approved the environmental impact assessment report of the project on March 19. “In the next step, the Autonomous Region's Department of Ecology and Environment will carry out environmental management work in accordance with the approval requirements, and urge the project's environmental protection facilities to be designed, constructed, and put into use at the same time as the main project, green construction, environmentally friendly operation, and economic and social benefits as early as possible. ”Yu Xin told reporters.

Shenhua Ningxia Coal-Saudi Basic Industries Corporation joint venture 700,000 tons/year coal-to-olefin new material demonstration project (Ningmei Coal Company 700,000 tons/year coal-to-olefin new material demonstration project) Construction location: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base Coal Chemical Industry Park Construction Unit: * * Energy Group Ningxia Coal Co., Ltd. Project Overview: The construction content includes main projects, public projects, auxiliary projects and environmental protection projects. The main project includes pulverized coal pressurized gasification, conversion, low-temperature methanol washing, sulfur recovery, methanol synthesis, methanol to olefins, ethylene-vinyl acetate, low-density polyethylene, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, polypropylene, air separation and other production equipment. Storage and transportation projects include storage tanks, coal storage silos, polymer finished product warehouses, sulfur finished product warehouses, etc. Public auxiliary projects mainly include power stations (three 380 ton/hour pulverized coal furnaces, 2 on and 1 on standby), domestic water treatment system, desalted water and condensate refining station, torch, etc. The environmental protection project mainly includes comprehensive biochemical treatment equipment, salty wastewater treatment equipment, boiler flue gas treatment measures, oil and gas recovery, regenerative oxidation furnace, 1 general solid waste temporary storage site, 1 hazardous waste temporary storage warehouse, etc. This project plans to utilize local coal resources of 4.2633 million tons/year, including 3.394 million tons/year of raw coal and 869,300 tons/year of fuel coal. Fresh water consumption is 10.3497 million cubic meters per year. The total project investment is 22.04 billion yuan, of which environmental protection investment is 1.76 billion yuan, accounting for 8.0% of the total investment.

The water resources of the Yellow River have been exhausted :'(

This is an important factor and will be evaluated by upstream and downstream companies. After all, an environmental impact assessment is still required.

I have been to Ningdong, which is located on the Ω Bay of the Yellow River and has plenty of water. However, the water consumption of the planned project of the Ningdong Heavy Chemical Industry Park has exceeded the flow of the Yellow River by four times, not to mention the water use of projects in Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia, resulting in over-exploitation of groundwater in those areas and environmental damage.

It is said that environmental issues are now strictly controlled. Maybe there is a technological breakthrough?