In 2022, China is expected to see the commissioning of new polyethylene production facilities with a capacity of 5.1 million tons
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In 2022, domestic polyethylene production capacity and output in China will continue to experience strong growth. It is estimated that 5.1 million tons of new production capacity will come online (the LDPE/EVA co-production plants planned to be put into operation by Zhejiang Petroleum Phase II and Gulei Petrochemical will primarily produce EVA in the future, so they are not included in the figures for additional production capacity), representing a 24% increase compared to 2021 (4.1 million tons). In terms of the production facilities, low-pressure and full-density plants remain the dominant type: 2.95 million tons are produced by low-pressure plants, while 1.5 million tons are produced by full-density plants. Since full-density plants can switch between HDPE and LLDPE production, HDPE supply is expected to continue to increase significantly in 2022. In terms of regional distribution, the newly commissioned facilities are mainly concentrated in the East China, Southeast China, and Northwest China regions.
On January 6, the extrusion building for the 400,000-ton/year high-density polyethylene unit of Shandong Jinghai Chemical Co., Ltd.’s 1 million tons/year light hydrocarbon comprehensive utilization project was successfully completed, marking the finish of the last major, high-risk construction phase for this unit. Located in the Dongming Petrochemical Industrial Park in Dongming County, Heze City, Shandong Province, this project is a major initiative for Dongming Petrochemical to pursue a strategic transformation from oil refining to integrated petrochemical production.
2022-03-10 13:20 Over the past week, the civil engineering work related to the reaction tank unit, degassing pneumatic conveying system unit, hot water unit, and methanol purification wastewater treatment unit of Ningxia Baofeng Energy’s 500,000 tons per year coal-based olefin LDPE/EVA production facility – projects undertaken by the Jilin Chemical Construction Northwest Project Department – has begun progressively. Meanwhile, the civil engineering, installation, electrical and instrumentation, and anti-corrosion/insulation work for the coking wastewater treatment facility, as well as the civil engineering work for the LDPE/EVA central control room and substations, have also resumed. Ningxia Baofeng Phase III is a 500,000 tons per year coal-to-olefins project. Using a space furnace for gasification, isothermal shift, Linde low-temperature methanol washing, Davy methanol synthesis process, and DMTO technology, an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons of olefins is achieved.
As soon as the new ethylene plants come online, the old facilities will have to shut down