【Haichuan Project Updates】Panjin’s 1 million tons/year ethylene project has begun trial operations
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On August 5, the pyrolysis unit jointly operated by Liaoning Baolai and LyondellBasell in Panjin, Liaoning, began trial operation. This cracking unit is jointly owned by LyondellBasell and the private refiner Liaoning Baolai, and it is expected to start producing high-quality ethylene products in the near future. At full capacity, this facility can produce 1 million tons of ethylene per year. Some of the downstream units of this project were also commissioned on the same day, including a 350,000-ton/year HDPE plant, a 450,000-ton/year LLDPE/HDPE plant, and a 350,000-ton/year styrene plant.
As a private oil refining company, Liaoning Baolai has formed a joint venture with a Fortune 500 company, which is really impressive. As early as September 2019, the two parties reached a consensus on cooperation and planned to implement a petrochemical industry project with a total investment of $12 billion (equivalent to about 80 billion yuan). In March this year, Liaoning Baolai and LyondellBasell announced the signing of a final cooperation agreement to establish a 50:50 equal-share joint venture; the ethylene and downstream projects involved in these trials are part of this petrochemical project.
LyondellBasell’s HDPE process is quite distinctive, especially that loop reactor.
I couldn’t find a reactor of the type you mentioned online
In China, cities such as Daqing, Lanzhou, Maoming, Yangzhou-Baoshan, and Huizhou have such polymerization loop reactors.
Information spreads very quickly these days, and there’s a lot of diversity ---------------------------- Have you seen this? ? It’s also related to this project ---------------------------------------- 【In-depth Discussion on Haichuan’s Modular Installation】Installation of modular steel structure equipment for the 107-meter degassing tank https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3073447-1-1.html (Source: Huahai Chuanliu – Haichuan Chemical Industry Forum Website)
According to Sinochem New Network, on July 20, the 600,000 tons per year ABS production project of Liaoning Baolai New Materials Co., Ltd. in the Liaodong Bay New Area began construction. Liaoning Baolai New Materials Co., Ltd. relies on the propane, styrene, and butadiene – which are the finished products of the Baolai Basel project – as primary raw materials for advanced processing, in order to produce high-value-added ABS products and propylene. Using propylene as a starting material, the company further expands its industrial chain to include acrylonitrile-based products, thereby achieving balanced development of the industrial chain and enhancing the company’s ability to withstand risks and its competitiveness in the market. The project covers an area of 2,200 mu, with a total investment of around 12.2 billion yuan. It mainly involves the construction of 5 production units, including ones capable of producing 600,000 tons per year of ABS and 260,000 tons per year of acrylonitrile, as well as auxiliary production facilities such as chemical warehouses, vehicle loading/unloading platforms, and acetonitrile filling stations, in addition to public supporting facilities. Upon completion of the project, it is expected to generate annual revenue of nearly 10 billion yuan, with annual tax payments amounting to around 900 million yuan. Currently, the project is in the pile foundation construction phase.