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The 1.2 million tons/year ethylene and 260,000 tons/year acrylonitrile projects will be fully completed by the end of April! As of March 27, 2025, it is reported that the construction of the ethylene plant with an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tons in the eastern area of Jilin Petrochemical Company of China National Petroleum Corporation is nearing completion. The workers are carrying out tasks such as pipeline pressure testing, oil circulation in the compressor units, and individual unit testing. As the core unit of Jilin Petrochemical’s refining and chemical industry transformation project, this ethylene plant has a total investment of 3.729 billion yuan and covers an area of 118,600 square meters. It utilizes the CBL cracking technology and LECT separation technology developed by Sinopec Engineering Construction Co., Ltd.; once operational, it will be able to produce 1.2 million tons of polymeric-grade ethylene and 587,000 tons of polymeric-grade propylene per year. Lu Siyi, the construction manager at the East District Project Management Office, said that the project will be fully completed on April 30 this year and come online for operation within the same year. By then, Jilin Petrochemical’s total ethylene production capacity will reach 1.9 million tons per year, with both the ethylene production capacity and the scale of its chemical manufacturing reaching advanced levels in China. The efforts to reduce oil production and increase chemical production will yield significant results, resulting in an industrial layout and product structure that reflect Jilin Petrochemical’s unique characteristics and competitive advantages. In the western area of Sinopec Jilin Petrochemical Company, Jilin Petrochemical’s 260,000 tons per year acrylonitrile production facility is also in the final stages of completion. It is planned to be handed over simultaneously with the ethylene production facility on April 30, with operation set to begin within this year. Once put into operation, Jilin Petrochemical’s production capacity for key chemical products such as ABS, acrylonitrile, and methyl methacrylate will rank among the highest in China; the annual production capacity of ABS will reach 1.8 million tons, making it the highest in China and third in the world. This will not only help optimize the regional industrial structure, promote green development in various industries, and foster industrial collaboration and upgrading, but it will also drive local economic growth and contribute to the revitalization of the old industrial bases in the Northeast. The total investment in Jilin Petrochemical’s transformation and upgrading project is 33.9 billion yuan. In September 2022, construction began first on the western section of the project, where key chemical production facilities such as those for acrylonitrile, styrene, and ABS were installed; at the same time, facilities for producing 300,000 tons per year of synthetic ammonia and 250,000 tons per year of methyl methacrate were upgraded.