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Sinopec to Invest 23.8 Billion Yuan in a Large-Scale Coal Chemicals Project; Progress Underway. Author/Source: Coal Chemicals Information Network. Date: May 10, 2023. Clicks: 28. On May 5, a coordination meeting was held to advance the Inner Mongolia Dalu coal-to-olefins project operated by Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemicals. Wang Jian, Secretary of the Wushen Banner Party Committee; Dai Guisheng, Deputy General Manager of Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemicals and Head of the preparatory team for the Dalu coal-to-olefins project; Fu Chengliang, Deputy Chief Engineer of Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemicals and member of the preparatory team for the Dalu coal-to-olefins project, attended the meeting. At the symposium, the person in charge of Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemicals outlined the issues and difficulties encountered in the development of the Bayan Qaidam oil field as well as in project construction. The participants exchanged views on relevant issues and explored solutions. Wang Jian said that Sinopec Inner Mongolia Energy Chemicals and Wushen Banner have always enjoyed a solid foundation of cooperation. The implementation of these new projects not only boosts the economic development of Wushen Banner but also creates favorable conditions for the local population to carry out their production and daily activities more effectively. All localities and departments should enhance their sense of the overall situation, and in accordance with the work tasks assigned by the Party committees of the autonomous region and the municipal governments, they must promptly and thoroughly carry out all measures related to service and support. A dedicated task force should be established as soon as possible to fully assist enterprises in overcoming difficulties, ensure the orderly progress of project construction, and enable the project to start construction at an early date. At the same time, it is hoped that Sinopec Group will fulfill its corporate social responsibilities, leverage its strengths in talent and technology, and contribute to the high-quality economic and social development of Wushen Banner. Dai Guisheng said that Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical will strengthen communication with relevant departments, accelerate the progress of project construction, generate tangible work output, and achieve win-win cooperation. On March 24, after 386 rounds of timed bidding, Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical (Inner Mongolia) Co., Ltd. successfully won the coal exploration rights for the Nalin River Bayan Qaidam mining area in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for 30.15 billion yuan. The market-based allocation of these coal mining rights represents the first time in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region that coal mining rights for entire mining fields intended for use as raw materials in the chemical industry have been allocated in this manner. It is also the coal mining rights with the largest exploration area, the greatest resource reserves, and the highest transaction value to be allocated through market mechanisms in this region. This initiative is part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region’s efforts to ensure **energy security**, enhance and strengthen its status as a key base for energy and strategic resources, promote the transformation and upgrading of the traditional coal industry, extend the value chain of the coal sector, and meet the coal needs of chemical production projects. The Bayan Qaidam coal field in the Nalinhe mining area of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is located in Wushen Banner, Ordos City. It covers an area of 115.4319 square kilometers, with coal reserves amounting to 2.131 billion tons; the planned production capacity is 10 million tons per year. The exploration, development, and utilization of this coal field will provide high-quality and sufficient raw coal supply for Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical (Inner Mongolia) Co., Ltd.’s 800,000 tons per year coal-to-olefins upgrading demonstration project. Project Review: On the afternoon of July 23, 2019, Bu Xiaolin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Head of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Dai Houliang, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of Sinopec Group, held talks in Beijing to further deepen cooperation between the two sides, and witnessed the signing of a framework agreement for enhanced cooperation between the autonomous region and Sinopec Group. A signing ceremony for the cooperation agreement on the coal-to-olefins project between Ordos City ** and Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. was also held on site. It is reported that Great Wall Energy Chemicals has taken over the 800,000-ton coal-to-olefins project formerly owned by Guodian Investment (**Dian Tou Group Inner Mongolia Energy Co., Ltd.**). The project received approval from the National Development and Reform Commission on August 15, 2016; at present, all necessary procedures such as site selection, environmental impact assessment, and preliminary land review have been completed. The Great Wall Energy Coal-to-Olefins project commenced construction in Ordos in August 2019, with a total investment of 23.8 billion yuan; it is a demonstration project for the deep processing and upgrading of coal under the 13th Five-Year Plan. This project is one in which Great Wall Energy Chemicals took over the 800,000-ton coal-to-olefins project that was originally owned by State Power Investment (**Power Investment Group Inner Mongolia Energy Co., Ltd.**). The project received approval from the **Development and Reform Commission** in August 2016, and all necessary procedures such as site selection, environmental impact assessment, and land pre-approval have been completed. The chemical sector of the project covers a total area of 331 hectares, with an approved investment of 23.8 billion yuan. The construction includes a 2.2 million tons per year coal-to-methanol plant and a methanol-to-olefins plant, a 340,000 tons per year polyethylene plant, a 530,000 tons per year polypropylene plant, as well as the associated utility and auxiliary facilities. The main components of the project include key production units such as air separation, pulverized coal gasification, methanol synthesis, methanol-to-olefins, polyethylene, polypropylene, and sulfur recovery units. Auxiliary engineering mainly includes thermal power plants (integral gasification combined cycle process), water supply systems, and storage and transportation systems (coal warehouses, product storage areas, silos), etc. Environmental protection projects mainly include wastewater treatment systems, reclaimed water systems, waste gas treatment facilities, flares, etc. Great Wall Energy Chemical is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinopec, and it holds a full controlling stake in Inner Mongolia Great Wall Energy Chemical. Great Wall Energy Chemical was established in 2012 and is responsible for the construction and operation of Sinopec’s coal chemical projects. In addition to Inner Mongolia Great Wall Energy Chemical, the companies under Great Wall Energy Chemical include Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical (Ningxia) Co., Ltd., Sinopec Xinjiang Energy Chemical Co., Ltd., and Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical (Guizhou) Co., Ltd. In addition, Great Wall Energy Chemical also holds shares in three joint ventures: Zhongtian Hechuang Energy Co., Ltd., Zhongan United Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., and Bijie Zhongcheng Energy Co., Ltd.