【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment】The 8,400-kilometer Xinjiang coal-to-gas transmission pipeline project from 1998 to 2017

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The main pipeline starts from Mulei County in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, and ends in Shaoguan, Guangdong, with a designed annual transport capacity of 30 billion cubic meters. Once completed, the new pipeline project will not only play a vital role in increasing China’s natural gas supply, optimizing the energy structure, and enhancing the capacity of national natural gas transmission networks, but it will also be significant for meeting the natural gas demands of the central and eastern regions as well as for promoting economic and social development in Xinjiang and the areas along its route. It is understood that the export of coal-to-gas production from Xinjiang plays an important role in enhancing the national capacity for transporting natural gas via main pipelines. At the same time, it is of great significance for meeting the natural gas demand in the central and eastern regions and promoting the economic and social development of Xinjiang and the areas along the route. At the same time, investments by giants such as CNPC and Sinopec in coal-to-gas projects in Xinjiang will help find more effective solutions for the output of coal-to-gas products in this region. As a major energy project under the 12th Five-Year Plan, this project requires an total investment of over 132.217 billion yuan. Its main construction components include 1 main line and 6 branch lines, with a total length of approximately 8,400 kilometers. The pipeline passes through 13 provinces (regions), including Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian. The main line starts from Mulei County in Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang, and ends in Shaoguan, Guangdong, with a total length of 4,159 kilometers. Its designed capacity is 30 billion cubic meters per year. The 6 main branches include the Zhundong Branch, Yili Branch, South Xinjiang Branch, Henan-Shandong Branch, Jiangxi-Fujian-Zhejiang Branch, and Guangxi Branch, with a total length of 4,213 kilometers. The Sinopec Xinjiang coal-to-gas transmission pipeline project began preparation in 2011, and it is equipped with multiple gas sources. The main gas supply source is coal-to-natural gas produced in the Zhundong Comprehensive Development Zone in Xinjiang (including Sinopec’s 8 billion cubic meter coal-to-gas project as well as various coal-to-gas projects in Xinjiang) ； The long-term gas sources include coal-to-natural gas from the Ili region, conventional natural gas from Sinopec’s Northwest region, as well as coalbed methane and shale gas. Guanghui Energy has also entered into cooperation with Sinopec. According to the announcement dated August 7, Xinjiang Fuyun Guanghui New Energy Co., Ltd., a subsidiary controlled by Guanghui Energy Company, signed a Framework Agreement on the Purchase and Sale of Natural Gas via the Pipeline for Transporting Coal-derived Gas from Xinjiang with the Natural Gas Division of Sinopec Corporation. Fuyun New Energy plans to build a coal-to-natural gas project in Kamust, Zhundong, with an annual production capacity of 4 billion cubic meters; the coal-derived natural gas produced will be sold to Sinopec Natural Gas Company. Zhang Chunlin, director of the Autonomous Region’s Development and Reform Commission, said that coal-to-gas production in Xinjiang is part of an integrated development approach that combines coal utilization, power generation, chemical production, and heat generation, resulting in low construction costs and strong competitive advantages. Additionally, Xinjiang is launching clean energy development, and there is demand for projects such as coal-to-gas and coal-to-oil production. Xinjiang, with predicted reserves of over 2 trillion tons, has long been a hotspot for investments in coal-to-gas projects. According to Xinjiang’s 12th Five-Year Plan, 20 coal-to-gas projects are included in the construction plan, with an annual total production capacity of 76.7 billion cubic meters. At present, there are over 30 coal-to-gas projects under construction or in the preliminary stages in Xinjiang, with an annual production capacity of more than 150 billion cubic meters.