Completion of acceptance inspection for Sinopec’s Anhui coal chemical project, with an investment of 20.6 billion yuan
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On June 30, the completion acceptance committee for China Anlian’s 1.7 million tons per year methanol and converted olefins project held a meeting. The members of the committee signed the project completion acceptance certificate, and the 1.7 million tons per year methanol and converted olefins project successfully passed the completion acceptance process. The Zhongan United coal-based 1.7 million tons per year methanol and converted olefins project has a total investment of 20.63 billion yuan. It is a large-scale coal chemical integration project jointly funded by Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemicals and Anhui Wanbei Coal and Electricity Group. It constitutes a major construction project for Sinopec as well as a key demonstration project in Anhui Province. The Zhongan United Coal Chemical Project, once completed, filled the gap in large-scale polyolefin manufacturing in Anhui Province, making a positive contribution to the optimization of Sinopec’s industrial structure and to advancing the clean and efficient use of coal at the world level. The completion acceptance committee concluded that the Zhong’an United 1.7 million tons per year methanol and converted olefins project features a rational design and well-functioning equipment; after trial production and performance evaluations, all economic and technical indicators met the design requirements. Fire protection, lightning protection, environmental protection, safety facilities, and occupational disease prevention facilities are all implemented in conjunction with the construction of the main structure in accordance with the principle of \"simultaneous implementation,\" and all have passed the inspection ； The project documentation is complete and standardized, in compliance with **document management regulations ； Excellent engineering design and construction quality ； The financial accounts have been audited by the auditing firm; the construction costs did not exceed the budgeted amount and there was even a surplus ； After the completion and operation of the engineering project, it achieved good economic benefits.
In April 2017, large-scale construction of the Zhongan United Coal Chemical Project commenced, and within just 21 months, the main facilities were completed in January 2019, marking a historic breakthrough in the development of large-scale coal-to-olefins projects. Aiming to create safe, high-quality, green, efficient, transparent projects as well as projects that attract top talent, and to win the **Quality Project Gold Award**, during the project construction phase, Zhongan United, the project management department, and all participating units adhered to the principles of putting safety first, giving priority to environmental protection, and emphasizing quality. By working together in unity, they set back schedules, pooled their efforts to overcome challenges, made every effort to increase investment in human resources, optimized the allocation of project resources, organized various forms of labor competitions, and launched a vigorous campaign to accelerate project progress, ensuring that the key milestones for each process unit were achieved on schedule. On July 31, 2019, the Zhongan United coal chemical plant successfully completed its commissioning trial run in one attempt; the entire production process was operational, and qualified polyethylene and polypropylene products were produced. In July 2020, the coal chemical plant shifted from trial production to commercial operation, achieving profitability in that very month. As of May 2021, the coal chemical project had produced a total of 680,000 tons of polyolefin products, exceeding the designed production capacity by 38,000 tons. It generated a total profit of 247 million yuan and tax revenues of 300 million yuan, thus achieving the expected benefits.
On September 16, the Zhongan United gasification unit achieved simultaneous operation of 5 gasifiers for the first time. The load on a single furnace exceeds 80%. It ensures a supply of raw materials for the downstream methanol plants and MTO plants to operate at full capacity. A solid step has been taken toward the compliant operation of the Zhongan coal chemical plant. The gasification unit employs the SE Dongfang coal pulverized pressurized gasification technology, for which Sinopec holds independent intellectual property rights. It consists of seven gasifiers with a daily coal input of 1500*103 kg each, along with supporting facilities; under normal operating conditions, five of these gasifiers are in use while two remain as backups. The crude syngas produced by gasification, whose main components are carbon monoxide and hydrogen, is sent to the methanol synthesis unit after purification. The gasification unit successfully completed its coal feeding trial run on June 15, 2019.
I have a question: What kind of organization is this completion and acceptance committee? Is it official or unofficial?
The construction administration departments of various cities, counties (districts) are responsible for the supervision and management of project completion inspections and record-keeping within their respective administrative areas. Article 4: The work of project completion acceptance shall be organized and implemented by the project owner