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The civil work for Xinye Energy Chemical’s 200,000 tons per year BDO Phase II project is nearing completion. Author/Source: Energy Chemical Updates. Date: 2023-08-15. Clicks: 34. The civil construction phase of Xinjiang Xinye Energy Chemical Co., Ltd.’s 200,000 tons per year BDO (1,4-butanediol) Phase II project is almost finished, with delivery of the site for installation scheduled for mid-September. On August 11, the construction site of the second phase of Xinye Nenghua’s 200,000-ton/year BDO production facility, located in the East Industrial Park of Wujiaqu Economic and Technological Development Zone, was filled with tower cranes, as workers were engaged in the installation and welding of steel structures. Zhu Jindui, the head of the project management department at Xinye Nenghua, explained that the overall design for the construction of Phase 2 of the BDO plant and the procurement of process equipment have been completed. The construction of two 5,000-cubic-meter BDO product tanks, the BDO machine rooms, the BDO substation, as well as auxiliary structures such as the acetylene substation, has been finished; the civil engineering work in the main plant area is nearly complete, and the site is now in the stage of steel structure installation and equipment installation. Xinye Nenghua’s first-phase BDO production project with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons was completed and put into operation in 2019. The plant has been operating steadily, achieving its designed capacity, efficiency, and performance standards. The total investment for the second-phase project is 2 billion yuan, with a construction period of 18 months; it is expected to be put into operation by the end of August 2024. Ma Jinrong, chairman of Xinye Nenghua ****, explained that the company’s BDO production process utilizes the Invista alkyne aldehyde technology from the United States, with calcium carbide and methanol being the two main raw materials. This technology is mature and stable, with excellent product quality.