Yantai Wanhua Chemical has been approved to build another 1.2 million tons per year ethylene and downstream high-end polyolefin project
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On August 22, Wanhua Chemical issued a announcement regarding the approval granted for its 1.2 million tons per year ethylene and high-end polyolefins project. It stated that it had recently received a reply from the Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission titled \"Approval for Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd.’s 1.2 million tons per year ethylene and high-end polyolefins project\" (Lu Fa Gai Xiang Shen [2022] No. 478), in which the commission approved the construction of this project by Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd.
The construction site for Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd.’s 1.2 million tons per year ethylene and related high-end polyolefin production facility is located in the Yantai Chemical Industry Park. The total investment amount is 17.6 billion yuan; the facility will include a 1.2 million tons per year ethylene cracking unit, a 250,000 tons per year low-density polyethylene (LDPE) production unit, 2 × 200,000 tons per year polyolefin elastomer (POE) production units, a 200,000 tons per year butadiene production unit, a 550,000 tons per year cracked gasoline hydrogenation unit (including a 30,000 tons per year styrene extraction unit), a 400,000 tons per year aromatic extraction unit, as well as various supporting infrastructure and utilities.
On March 5, 2018, the Yantai Environmental Protection Bureau intended to approve the environmental impact assessment document for the “Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. Polyurethane Industry Chain Integration – Ethylene Project” and posted it for public consultation online. In order to improve the connection between upstream and downstream industries and enhance Wanhua’s overall strength in the polyurethane sector, Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. plans to build a polyurethane industry chain integration – ethylene project within the Chemical Industrial Park in Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone. The project includes 6 production units, one of which is a 1 million tons per year ethylene complex, and is scheduled to be completed and put into operation by June 2020. The environmental impact assessment report indicates that the total investment approved for this project is 17.668 billion yuan. The construction scope includes a 1 million tons per year ethylene complex, a 400,000 tons per year polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant, a 150,000 tons per year ethylene oxide (EO) plant, a 450,000 tons per year linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant, a 300,000/650,000 tons per year propylene oxide/styrene complex (PO/SM), and a 50,000 tons per year butadiene plant. There are also 6 production units, along with supporting storage and transportation facilities (raw material and product tank areas), utility systems (the ninth, tenth, and eleventh circulating water plants, process condensate treatment stations), and auxiliary facilities (flares, fire stations, hazardous materials warehouses). The project uses C3 from the propane storage tank area in the gasification unit zone of Phase I of Wanhua Industrial Park, as well as ethane produced as a by-product of propane dehydrogenation in Phase I, as raw materials to carry out pyrolysis to produce ethylene and propylene, as well as intermediate products such as mixed C4 and C6+ ； Using the hydrogen chloride produced as a by-product of existing MDI projects as raw material, downstream products such as PVC, LLDPE, PO/SM, EO, and butadiene are manufactured.