Sinopec’s senior management visited the site of the Tahe ethylene project to accelerate the development of a new million-ton capacity ethylene plant in Kuche, Xinjiang
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On June 10, Ling Yiqun, a member of the Party Leadership Group and vice president of Sinopec Group, led a delegation to Kuqa City in Aksu Region, Xinjiang, to investigate the Tahe Refining and Chemicals million-ton ethylene project as well as the green hydrogen project in Kuqa. They inspected the progress of the transition toward new energy sources and held discussions with local leaders. Cong Yu, Executive Director and Party Secretary of Tahe Refining & Chemical Company, and Gai Jinxiang, General Manager and Deputy Party Secretary, accompanied the inspection. Ling Yiqun and his party visited the Tahuo gas station of Xinjiang Petroleum Company, the photovoltaic plant and hydrogen production facility of the Xinjiang Kuqa green hydrogen demonstration project, as well as the site selected for the large ethylene project at Tahe Refining & Chemical Company, to gain an on-site understanding of the relevant conditions. At the site selected for Tahe Refining and Chemical Company’s million-ton ethylene project, Ling Yiqun asked in detail about the specific processes involved in this project, its progress, as well as the key challenges it faces. Cong Yuyi, the executive director and party secretary of Tahe Refining and Chemical Company, provided answers, stating that the implementation of the million-ton ethylene project at Tahe Refining and Chemical Company will be of great significance for the strategic development of the Western Development initiative, strengthening the industrial foundation in southern Xinjiang, creating local employment opportunities, and stabilizing Xinjiang’s economy. Tahe Refining & Chemical Company will unite and lead all its cadres and employees to resolutely implement the arrangements and directives of the Party leadership group of the group company, actively advance all the preparatory work for the project, and strive to complete its construction and bring it into operation as soon as possible in accordance with laws and regulations.
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As early as the end of March 2020, an environmental impact assessment for this million-ton ethylene project was made public. Project Name: Suenbei Crude Oil Steam Cracking Project for Million-Ton-Level Ethylene Production at Sinopec Tahe Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd. Location: The main plant facilities are located in the Kuqa Economic and Technological Development Zone, Kuqa County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 8 kilometers east of the existing Tahe Refining & Chemical plant site. Project nature: New construction. Main construction contents and scale: Build 10 chemical processing units, with an ethylene production capacity of 1 million tons per year as the core; the other 9 units include an HDPE plant with a capacity of 450,000 tons per year, an LLDPE plant with a capacity of 400,000 tons per year, an LDPE plant with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year, a #1 PP plant with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year, a #2 PP plant with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year, a butadiene extraction plant with a capacity of 140,000 tons per year, an MTBE/butene-1 plant with capacities of 100,000/40,000 tons per year, a pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation plant with a capacity of 650,000 tons per year, and an aromatic extraction plant with a capacity of 350,000 tons per year. In addition, supporting utilities such as boilers, circulating water systems, air separation and air compressors, as well as power supply and distribution systems are also constructed ； Storage and transportation facilities such as tank areas and loading/unloading stations ； Auxiliary production facilities such as warehouses and central laboratories ； Environmental protection facilities such as sewage treatment plants and hazardous waste storage areas, as well as the elevated pipeline systems for transporting materials between Tarim Refining & Chemical’s existing plant site and the proposed new site. Off-site projects include 220kV power supply projects and dedicated railway lines.