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Application submitted for 60,000 tons/year FTO synthesis α-olefins project 2025-03-11 On March 4, Yitai Ili Energy Co., Ltd. announced the intention to submit a public consultation document regarding the environmental impact assessment for its project to expand its oil product portfolio (a 60,000 tons/year FTO synthesis α-olefins separation and purification facility). The total investment in the series of projects aimed at expanding Itai Yili Energy Co., Ltd.’s oil product portfolio amounts to 1,316.3 million yuan, with the funds coming from the company’s own resources as well as bank loans. The projects are located in the Itai Yili Industrial Park. The project mainly produces 28,200 tons per year of C8 α-olefins and 29,600 tons per year of C10 α-olefins. In September 2014, Yitai Ili Energy Co., Ltd. began construction of a coal-to-oil demonstration project with an annual capacity of 1 million tons in Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region; completion is expected by 2027. Based on the industrial development plan of the Yitai Group, Yitai Ili Energy Co., Ltd. focuses on the promising prospects for high-value olefins derived from Fischer-Tropsch synthesized oil. It plans to utilize advanced international processes for alkene separation, employing a combination of techniques such as extraction, adsorption, and distillation to isolate α-olefins from light oils. Compared with the original simple hydrogenation process, it can significantly increase the added value of the products, enhance the overall economic efficiency and market competitiveness of the project, and overcome various international technical challenges such as the deep deoxygenation of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis oil and the production of high-purity single-carbon α-olefins, thereby promoting the development of the coal chemical industry in the directions of higher sophistication, diversification, and lower carbon emissions. To this end, Yitai Yili Energy Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the project developer) plans to construct the \"Yitai Yili Energy Co., Ltd. Oil Product Chain Extension Project (60,000 tons/year FTO synthesis α-olefin separation and purification unit)\\" (hereinafter referred to as this project) on an existing vacant plot within the Yitai Yili Industrial Park. The project was registered with the Development and Reform Commission of Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County on January 2, 2025 (registration number: 2501021556654000000017), and it constitutes an extension project of the downstream industrial chain of the 1 million tons per year coal-to-oil demonstration project. The target products of this project are C8 and C10α-olefins, with C8 and C10 alkanes as by-products. High-purity 1-octene (C8 α-olefin) serves as a polymerization monomer for polyolefin elastomers such as POE, as well as a raw material for silane couplers, while high-purity 1-decene (C10 α-olefin) is primarily used as a raw material for the synthesis of PAO. α-olefins are important polymerization monomers for polymer materials, as well as key raw materials for the production of high-end chemical products. They can be widely used in industries such as automobiles, mechanical processing, aerospace, and synthetic lubricants.