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First public announcement of Dalian Petrochemical’s 10-million-ton integrated refining and chemical project 2025-03-25 13:37:28 On March 20, the Changxing Island Economic and Technological Development Zone in Dalian released the first set of information regarding the environmental impact assessment for the integrated refining and chemical project carried out by China National Petroleum Corporation’s Dalian Petrochemical Company (Xizhongdao). The refining and chemical integration project of China National Petroleum Corporation Dalian Petrochemical Company (Xizhongdao) is located in the Xizhongdao Petrochemical Industrial Park within the Changxing Island Economic and Technological Development Zone in Dalian. This project involves the construction of a refinery with an annual capacity of 10 million tons, as well as an ethylene plant with an annual capacity of 1.4 million tons and related downstream facilities; in addition, storage and transportation systems, utility facilities, and auxiliary structures will also be built. The project scope includes the refinery area, docks, off-site pipelines, as well as off-site power supply, railways, and other facilities. The relocation project for CNPC Dalian Petrochemical has a long history. **In 2013, the National Development and Reform Commission proposed, in the \"Plan for the Layout of the Petrochemical Industry (Draft for Comments)\", the establishment of seven major petrochemical industrial bases across the country. Among them, the Dalian Xizhongdao (Changxing Island) Petrochemical Park, as an important part of the **-level economic and technological development zone – the Changxing Island Economic and Technological Development Zone – and a specialized park, became the preferred location for the relocation of Dalian’s petrochemical industries. In 2014, the \"Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the 15 million tons per year processing project of Russian crude oil at the Changxing Island Refining and Chemical Project (Phase I) of China National Petroleum Dalian Petrochemical Company\" was made public online. The environmental impact assessment report indicates that CNPC and the Dalian Municipal People’s Government have signed a Framework Agreement on Cooperation for the Dalian Changxing Island Refining Project, with the aim of transferring the 2,050×10^4 tons per year crude oil processing capacity of CNPC Dalian Petrochemical Company to Changxing Island. This project processes 15 million tons of imported Russian crude oil each year. According to CNPC’s plans, the Changxing Island refining and chemical complex is part of the relocation and renovation project for Dalian Petrochemical Company; the project is constructed in phases, with the first phase involving new construction and the second phase involving relocation. On November 20, 2022, the signing ceremony for the cooperation framework agreement on the relocation and renovation project of Dalian Petrochemical by the Dalian Municipal Government and China National Petroleum Corporation was held. At the end of March 2024, the agreement for the relocation, upgrading, and renovation project of CNPC Dalian Petrochemical, with a total investment of 68.5 billion yuan, was officially signed. On November 16, 2024, the pre-feasibility study report for the refining and chemical integration project at Dalian Petrochemical Branch (Xizhongdao) was approved by China National Petroleum Corporation.