【Haichuan Project Updates】The 1 million tons per year ethylene and refining expansion project has been completed and put into operation; Sinochem Quanzhou plans to launch another ethylene project with a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year
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From December 20 to 22, 2022, Sinochem Energy organized a meeting for the completion acceptance of the Sinochem Quanzhou 1 million tons per year ethylene and refining expansion project. An expert group consisting of 5 members from the China Petroleum Engineering Association, the China Chemical Construction Enterprises Association, and industry experts was invited to review documents such as the completion acceptance report for the ethylene project; Sinochem Energy, Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical, and the ethylene project department attended the meeting. The acceptance process took three days, with the acceptance team carrying out the evaluation through a combination of offline document review and online video conferences. The acceptance team and experts first listened to the reports on the acceptance process presented by representatives from the ethylene project department, as well as those from the supervision agency, the general contractor, and the construction unit. They raised questions regarding various aspects, and then examined in separate groups the status of the handover acceptance, special inspections related to fire safety and environmental protection, production assessments and calibrations, the completion of final accounting and auditing, and the status of document acceptance. Ultimately, they issued an acceptance opinion stating that the overall layout and design of the Sinochem Quanzhou 1 million tons per year ethylene and refining expansion project are reasonable, the process technology is advanced, and the equipment is operating well ； After production assessment and calibration, all indicators have met the design requirements, and the utility systems and auxiliary facilities are sufficient to meet the production needs ； Fire protection, lightning protection, environmental protection, safety facilities, and occupational disease prevention facilities shall be designed, constructed, and put into use simultaneously with the main project ； The archival materials are basically complete, systematic, and accurate, meeting the needs of production and management ； The project quality is excellent ； The final settlement upon completion has been audited, and the assets have been transferred. The completion acceptance panel unanimously agreed that the Sinochem Quanzhou 1 million tons/year ethylene and refining expansion project has passed the completion acceptance.
Introduction to Sinochem Quanzhou Integrated Project (Phase II): The total investment in the Sinochem Quanzhou refining and chemical integration project (Phase II) is approximately 32.5 billion yuan. Building on the existing 12 million tons per year refining facility that is already in operation, this project involves the construction of 13 new refining and chemical units, as well as the expansion and renovation of existing facilities, along with related storage, transportation, port, and utility systems. This will enable the processing capacity to reach 15 million tons per year. Additionally, a 1 million tons per year ethylene production facility will be built (including 800,000 tons per year of aromatics). The project is located in the Quanhui Petrochemical Industrial Zone (Dongqiao Town), Hui’an County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, covering an area of approximately 6,541 mu. The process units and scale of the project consist of 11 units in the chemical processing area, including an ethylene cracking unit with a capacity of 1 million tons per year, an EVA unit with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year, an HDPE unit with a capacity of 400,000 tons per year, EO/EG units with capacities of 200,000/500,000 tons per year respectively, PO/SM units with capacities of 200,000/450,000 tons per year respectively, a PP unit with a capacity of 350,000 tons per year, a butadiene extraction unit with a capacity of 120,000 tons per year, MTBE/butene-1 units with capacities of 100,000/30,000 tons per year respectively, a pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit with a capacity of 500,000 tons per year, an aromatic extraction unit with a capacity of 350,000 tons per year, and a p-xylene unit with a capacity of 800,000 tons per year ； There are 2 sets of refining units, including a newly built atmospheric distillation unit with a capacity of 3 million tons per year and a refinery dry gas pre-purification unit with a capacity of 450,000 tons per year. Furthermore, since December, Sinochem Group’s official website has successively published announcements regarding the competitive consultation process for the preparation of social stability risk assessment reports and social stability risk analysis reports for Sinochem Quanzhou’s \"1.5 million tons per year ethylene project\". It is reported that the project consists of 18 main units, including 1.5 million tons per year of ethylene cracking capacity and 400,000 tons per year of HDPE production capacity, along with supporting utility systems, storage and transportation facilities, and auxiliary production facilities.