The 1 million tons per year continuous reforming complex project at Sinopec Hunan Petrochemical has been mechanically completed
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The 1 million tons per year continuous reforming complex project at Sinopec Hunan Petrochemical was mechanically completed on March 28. To date, over 2.1 million safe working hours have been logged; 380,000 inches of process piping have been welded, and 24 large-scale equipment units have been lifted and installed, bringing the project to the preparation stage for operation. On March 31, the company held a ceremony to mark the mechanical completion of the project, awarding the completion certificate to the contractor
This project is a key construction project in Hunan Province. It is under the general contract of Sinopec Guangzhou Engineering Co., Ltd. (for Section 1) and Yuelang Design & Engineering Co., Ltd. of Changling Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd. (for Section 2). The construction is carried out by Shandong Shenghua Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., Sinopec Fifth Construction Co., Ltd. (for Section 1), Hunan Industrial Equipment Installation Co., Ltd., Yuelang Changling Refining Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., and Yuelang Changling Refining Tongda Building Installation Engineering Co., Ltd. (for Section 2). Civil work commenced on November 22, 2023, and after 17 months of construction, a combined facility was built with an annual capacity of 1 million tons for reforming, 400,000 tons for aromatic extraction, and 40,000 standard cubic meters per year for reforming hydrogen concentration. Additionally, a new circulating water cooling tower with a capacity of 5,000 tons per hour was installed, along with one high-pressure flare, one low-pressure flare, and one acid gas flare