【HaiChuan Discussion】Three coal chemical projects with investments of over 100 billion yuan have been established in Yulin – will a super chemical city emerge?

The first-phase project of the Shenhua Yulin Circular Economy Coal Comprehensive Utilization Project is a preliminary phase of this project (the CTC project). It also serves as a facility for producing methanol raw materials to support the already completed Shenhua Shaanxi Methanol Downstream Processing Project (SSMTO). With a total investment of 13.6 billion yuan, the construction includes facilities for producing 1.8 million tons per year of methanol along with 400,000 tons per year of ethylene glycol. The project comprises processes such as air separation, gasification, shift reaction, acidic gas removal, methanol synthesis, sulfur recovery, and ethylene glycol production, along with the necessary utility systems and auxiliary facilities. Once completed, it will enable integrated production and management together with the SSMTO project. It is reported that General Electric (GE)’s high-efficiency water-cooled coal slurry gasification technology has been selected for the project, in order to promote the clean, comprehensive, and efficient utilization of coal. The project utilizes 5 gasification furnaces of the single-series type, with a coal feeding rate of 3,100 tons per day on a dry basis, operating in a slurry-cooled process; the pressure level is 6.5 MPa. These furnaces are equipped to produce 1.8 million tons of methanol per year (for olefin production), as well as 400,000 tons of ethylene glycol and other high-value downstream products. Methanol synthesis uses the David technology, while ethylene glycol employs the Shanghai Pujing technology. The Shenhua Yulin Circular Economy Coal Comprehensive Utilization Project (hereinafter referred to as the CTC Project) was officially approved by the **National Development and Reform Commission on March 16, 2015 (Document No. FGJN [2015] 508). The total investment in the project amounts to 120 billion yuan.

【HaiChuan Chemical Salary News】Planning to invest 150 billion yuan, Hengli Petrochemical begins developing coal chemical industry in Yulin https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-2947285-1-1.html (Source: HaiChuan HuaLiu – HaiChuan Chemical Forum Website)

The construction phase already had a significant positive impact on the local economy

According to the GDP figures for 2019, Yulin in Shaanxi had a GDP of 413.628 billion yuan, ranking it among the top 54 cities on the Chinese mainland. Ahead of Yulin was Huizhou, which was once famous in ancient times and is now the fifth-largest city in Guangdong Province; last year, Huizhou’s GDP was 417.741 billion yuan, placing it among the top 53 cities on the Chinese mainland. Behind Yulin was Zhenjiang, which used to be the capital of Jiangsu Province; last year, Zhenjiang’s GDP was 412.730 billion yuan

Yulin has abundant coal resources, as well as deposits of oil and gas. In order to develop, the surrounding districts and counties are all attracting investment. As far as I know, there are 7 chemical industrial parks in these surrounding areas, and homogenization is a significant issue there.

I took a look at the map; this project is located to the west of the Jinjie Chemical Industrial Park, and its area is equivalent to that of the current Jinjie area

The Shenhua Yulin Energy Chemical Project is separated from this project by a wall

There is also a large-scale project here ===================== The site for the subsequent construction of Phase 1 of Shaanxi Future Energy is located in the Northern Area of Yuheng Industrial Zone, Qinhé Town, Yuyang District, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. It covers an area of about 10 square kilometers, with a total investment estimated at around 69.8 billion RMB. By utilizing the high- and low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology independently developed by Shanghai Yankuang Energy Technology R&D Co., Ltd., a coal indirect liquefaction project with an annual capacity of 4 million tons, along with a supporting coal mining project with an annual capacity of 10 million tons, is planned to be constructed. Yankuang Group has planned a coal liquefaction facility in Yulin with an annual production capacity of 10 million tons. The first phase of this project, a demonstration unit for indirect coal liquefaction with an annual output of 1 million tons, achieved full operational capacity on August 23, 2015, and began producing high-quality oil products. The main units of the project include: gasification, gas purification, air separation; a 2 million tons per year low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis unit, a 2 million tons per year high-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis unit; units for the deep cryogenic separation of PAO at 100,000 tons per year and ethylene and propylene at 500,000 tons per year; a 3.3 million tons per year hydrogenation unit, a 2 million tons per year hydroisomerization unit; an aromatic dewaxing unit at 300,000 tons per year; a circulating fluidized bed aromatization unit at 800,000 tons per year; an alkylation unit at 100,000 tons per year; and an MTBE production unit at 100,000 tons per year, among other downstream units for the refined processing of petroleum products. Main product lines: include gasoline, diesel, lubricant base oils, PAO, paraffin, polyethylene, polypropylene, acrylonitrile, benzene, toluene, xylene, acetonitrile, MMA, butene-1, nitrile rubber, MTBE, ethanol, acetaldehyde, n-propanol, propylene, etc. On November 9, 2017, Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. and Air Products of the United States signed an investment cooperation agreement regarding the follow-up projects for the first phase of coal-to-oil production. Under the agreement, Air Products of the United States plans to invest $3.5 billion to form a joint venture with Future Energy in order to supply plant gas products for subsequent projects in Phase 1.

They are all in the Qingshui Industrial Park; there are probably over 6 of them, with chemical plants everywhere here