【History of Haichuan Pipelines】The crude oil pipeline with the largest diameter: Rizhao-Yizheng Crude Oil Pipeline

The users estimate it to be Jinling Petrochemical and Yangzi Petrochemical.

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Rizhao–Yizheng Crude Oil Pipeline and Related Projects Put into Operation Successfully 2011-10-13 14:14:00 Author: Wang Junwei Source: From China I want to comment Keywords: Crude oil pipeline, Petrochemical pipeline, Pipe diameter, Flow rate, Commissioning, Oil terminal, Yizheng, Crude oil terminal, Storage base, Oil transfer pump According to information from Sinopec Pipeline Company, at 9:58 on October 10, China’s largest in diameter, highest in flow rate, and most technologically advanced crude oil pipeline connecting Rizhao in Shandong to Yizheng was successfully put into operation for the first time. It is reported that the station control personnel at Rizhao’s first station opened the inlet valve via remote control; the crude oil then flowed southward under the strong push of the transfer pumps, with the oil expected to reach its destination station, Yizheng Station, in four and a half days. 　　According to Sinopec Pipeline Company, at 9:58 on October 10, China’s largest-diameter, highest-capacity, and most technologically advanced crude oil pipeline, the Rizhao-Yizheng pipeline, was successfully put into operation for the first time. 　　The Rizhao to Yizheng crude oil pipeline and related projects include an oil pipeline with a designed length of 390 kilometers, as well as construction works for commercial storage facilities and crude oil terminals. The crude oil pipeline starts in Rizhao, Shandong in the north and reaches Yizheng, Jiangsu in the south. It has a diameter of 914 millimeters. The designed annual transportation capacity is 20 million tons in the short term, and 36 million tons in the long term. Construction began on March 26, 2010, and the entire pipeline utilizes a heated, sealed transportation system; it is currently the most technologically advanced crude oil pipeline in China. 　　It is reported that the station control personnel at Rizhao’s first station opened the inlet valve via remote control; the crude oil then flowed southward under the strong push of the transfer pumps, with the oil expected to reach its destination station, Yizheng Station, in four and a half days. (Wang Junwei)

According to a report from CGN Jinan on December 21, two oil pipelines—one running from Rizhao Port in Shandong Province to Yizheng in Jiangsu Province, and the other from Rizhao Port to Dongming—were put into use yesterday. This development makes Rizhao Port the largest petrochemical transportation hub in southern Shandong. At the Rizhao Port control center, the screens there display the two oil pipelines that have just been built at Rizhao Port; the activation of the red lines indicates that these pipelines are now in operation. As a supporting project for the 4 crude oil terminals with a capacity of 300,000 tons each at Rizhao Port, once the oil pipelines from Rizhao to Yizheng in Jiangsu and from Rizhao to Dongming are completed, a crude oil transportation, storage, and distribution system featuring large terminals, large tank farms, and large pipelines will be established in southern Shandong. It is also the largest crude oil pipeline in the country at present. Wang Jian, general manager of Rizhao Shihua Crude Oil Terminal Co., Ltd., said that once fully operational, the volume of crude oil imported via Rizhao will reach 50 million tons, which will double the total amount of crude oil unloaded in the entire province. It is understood that the third phase of the 20-million-ton oil pipeline from Rizhao to Puyang in Henan is under construction. Once completed, Rizhao Port’s crude oil transportation capacity will reach 80 million tons, accounting for one-third of the country’s total crude oil transportation capacity.

As early as 2003, Sinopec began preparing the Yizheng oil depot to serve as a **strategic petroleum reserve facility**, with plans to gradually increase its storage capacity from 500,000 cubic meters to 2 million cubic meters. Sinopec chose the Yizheng oil depot to build a **strategic petroleum reserve depot, which is related to Yizheng’s special position on Sinopec’s pipeline transportation network. Yizheng is a small city in northern Jiangsu located right along the Yangtze River; it belongs to the Yangzhou region and is 80 kilometers away from Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province. However, several ultra-large state-owned chemical enterprises affiliated with Sinopec—Yizheng Chemical Fibers, Yangzi Petrochemical, Nanjing Petrochemical, and Jinling Petrochemical—are located in the vicinity of Yizheng. As early as 1977, after the Luning pipeline was completed, the technology available at that time did not permit the construction of pipelines across rivers; therefore, Yizheng was chosen as the outlet point, and the Yizheng oil transfer station was established shortly thereafter. With the development of China’s economy and its demand for crude oil, the Yonghuining crude oil import pipeline, the Yichang-Yijin oil transport pipeline, the Yijin oil transport pipeline, and the Riji oil transport pipeline, all of which were built successively, converge at the Yizheng station. Yizheng has become a hub for crude oil for Sinopec and even the southern part of China. Below, we will take Yizheng as a starting point to outline the crude oil pipelines in Sinopec’s Jiangsu region one by one. The Luning crude oil pipeline, namely the Luning line, officially commenced construction on October 20, 1975. It was built and put into operation in July 1978, with a total length of 652.58 kilometers and an annual transport capacity of 20 million tons. The East China crude oil pipeline network was planned back when the Luning Line from Linyi to Nanjing was being constructed; later, it was built only up to Yizheng in Jiangsu, and it remained known as the Luning Line ； The Luning pipeline runs through 19 counties and cities in three provinces – Shandong, Jiangsu, and Anhui – covering a total length of 665 kilometers. Once completed and put into operation, this pipeline transports crude oil produced in areas such as the Shengli Oil Field and the Zhongyuan Oil Field to Nanjing. It not only solved the problem of transporting and selling the increasing amounts of crude oil from the Shengli Oil Field over the years but also alleviated the pressure on railway transportation in East China caused by the transport of coal from the north to that region. On June 29, 2004, crude oil from the Daxie Island refinery in Ningbo began to flow continuously to Yangzi Petrochemical, marking the full operation of the Ningbo-Shanghai-Nanjing crude oil pipeline and putting an end to the practice of refineries in the Nanjing area having to rely on ship transport to obtain imported crude oil. The Yonghu Ning pipeline is also the second long-distance oil pipeline to reach Nanjing, following the Luning pipeline. The 666-kilometer-long Yonghuining pipeline is the first large-diameter, long-distance crude oil transport pipeline planned, designed, and constructed by Sinopec itself, with a designed annual transportation capacity of 20 million tons. The first stop is the oil depot on Daxie Island in Ningbo; from there, it goes to Zhenhai Refining & Chemical, and then crosses the bottom of the Hangzhou Bay to reach the Baishawan Oil Depot in Jiaxing. From there, it splits into three routes: one leads to Shanghai Petrochemical, another to Gaqiao Petrochemical in Shanghai Pudong, and the third goes straight to Nanjing, first to Jinling Petrochemical and then across the Yangtze River to Yangzi Petrochemical. Yichang (Yizheng–Changling) Crude Oil Pipeline: The construction of the Yichang (Yizheng–Changling) Crude Oil Pipeline project commenced on October 16, 2004. By July 2006, crude oil from Yizheng was being delivered continuously to the Changling refinery, marking the successful commissioning of this pipeline project from the very first attempt. The captain pipeline starts in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province, and travels upstream to the Changling Refining and Chemical Complex in Yueyang, Hunan Province. It passes through five provinces – Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan – with a total length of 973 kilometers. Its designed annual transport capacity is 27 million tons. This pipeline will be connected to the Yonghuuning Pipeline and the Luning Pipeline, which were previously built by Sinopec, in Yizheng and Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It will primarily transport a mixture of imported crude oil from the Yonghuuning Pipeline and Shengli crude oil from the Luning Pipeline. Wuhan Petrochemical, Jingmen Petrochemical, Changling Refining & Chemical, Anqing Petrochemical, and Jiujiang Petrochemical are all refining enterprises that benefit from the Yichang-Zhengzhou pipeline. Now, for the crude oil needed by these 5 petrochemical enterprises along the Yangtze River, aside from a small amount of domestically produced offshore crude, the crude oil from the Shengli Oil Field as well as the imported crude via the Yonghuining pipeline can be delivered directly to the plants without the need for secondary or even tertiary transfers, **which reduces transportation steps and lowers crude oil losses and transportation costs. The completion of this major crude oil transportation route will play an important role in enabling the 5 petrochemical companies located along the river to further enhance their crude oil processing capacity, improve their economic efficiency, drive the development of the downstream petrochemical industry, promote local economic growth, and facilitate the economic rise of the central region. The three \"underground oil dragons\" – Luning, Yonghuning, and Yichang – converge in Nanjing, giving the city a highly advantageous position in accessing valuable oil resources. This is of great significance for ensuring a stable supply of crude oil in the Nanjing area, while also reducing the costs associated with oil transportation and enhancing the economic efficiency and market competitiveness of oil refining enterprises. The Rizhao-Yizheng crude oil pipeline project commenced construction on March 26, 2010, and was successfully put into operation in one go on October 10, 2011. The entire pipeline utilized a heated, sealed transportation system, making it the most technologically advanced crude oil pipeline in China at that time. The Rizhao to Yizheng crude oil pipeline and related projects include an oil pipeline with a designed length of 390 kilometers, as well as construction works for commercial storage facilities and crude oil terminals. The Rizhao to Yizheng crude oil pipeline runs from the starting station in Rizhao, Shandong Province to the ending station in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province. It passes through Lanshan District of Rizhao City in Shandong Province, Ganyu County, Donghai County, Shuyang County, Huaiyin District, Qingpu District, Hongze County, Xuyi County, Jinhu County, Yizheng City in Jiangsu Province, as well as Tianchang City in Anhui Province. The total length of the pipeline is 390 kilometers, with a diameter of 914 millimeters. The designed annual transportation capacity is 20 million tons in the short term, and 36 million tons in the long term. The Rizhao-Yizheng crude oil pipeline is also connected to the Luning, Yichang, and Yonghuning crude oil pipelines, and Rizhao Port will supply sufficient crude oil to Nanjing and Yizheng. Therefore, after the Rizhao-Yizheng pipeline and the 300,000-ton crude oil terminal at Rizhao Port were put into operation, they became the main sources or transit hubs for crude oil in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. On December 2, 2014, the Xuzhou control center ordered the remote activation of the fuel pumps at the Yizheng oil transfer station; the flowing oil propelled the pigging devices in the direction of Yangzi Petrochemical, marking the completion and commissioning of the Yiyang crude oil pipeline project. The Yiyang pipeline project starts at the Yizheng oil transfer station and ends at the Yangzi terminal station. The total length of the pipeline is approximately 34 kilometers, with a diameter of 711 millimeters. Its designed annual transport capacity is 15 million tons. Prior to this, the crude oil required by Yangzi Petrochemical was supplied via the Luning pipeline from the Yangzi transfer station. Once the Yiyang pipeline is put into operation, the Yizheng oil transfer station will supply Yangzi Petrochemical with crude oil sourced from the Riyi, Luning, and Yonghuning pipelines on a daily basis. Since then, the Yizheng oil transfer station has developed a pattern of \"three inlets and three outlets\": it receives crude oil from the Luning, Yonghuuning, and Riyi pipelines, and transports crude oil to the Yichang, Yijin, and Yiyang pipelines, thereby further enhancing its role as an oil transfer hub.

【History of Haichuan Pipes】The summary post is being updated continuously; learn about the development process of various pipes at https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3068575-1-1.html (Source: Huahai Chuanliu – Haichuan Chemical Forum Website)

Introduction to Rizhao Port 【Crude oil supply targets】Refineries under Sinopec and local refineries in Shandong； 【Lanshan Port Area, Crude Oil Terminal Phase I】Berth capacity of 300,000 tons, handling capacity of 20 million tons per year ； 【Ransan Port Area 100,000-ton crude oil terminal】Berth capacity of 100,000 tons, handling capacity of 8 million tons per year ； [Rizhao Port Riyi Pipeline-Integrated Crude Oil Terminal] With a berth capacity of 300,000 tons, and a handling capacity of 18.5 million tons per year ； Rizhao Port is located on the southern wing of the Shandong Peninsula, facing the Pacific Ocean. It is near major international shipping routes and sits at the intersection of the Pacific Rim economic zone, the Yellow (Bohai) Sea economic zone, and the New Eurasian Land Bridge economic belt. It represents the intersection point of China’s key coastal development axes and the land bridge economic zones. It serves as the most convenient port for access to the sea for the regions of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, as well as the broader central and western areas of China. The port area features wide bays and deep waters, offering excellent conditions for cargo handling and transportation. After more than 30 years of development, Rizhao Port has evolved from a single coal export terminal at the time of its opening into a multifunctional, comprehensive, modern coastal hub port and a major bulk cargo logistics center, focusing on the transportation of bulk commodities such as ore, coal, and crude oil, as well as containers. It has stone mills, two port areas in Lanshan, and 50 productive berths; the capacity of its port berths reaches 300,000 tons, with an approved handling capacity of over 150 million tons, resulting in a total crude oil handling capacity of 46.5 million tons per year.