**5 Corning Energy CCG gasifiers for the Shenhua Baotou coal-to-olefins upgrade demonstration project have been installed in place

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On January 12, further good news came from the **Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Upgrade Demonstration Project: all 5 CCG gasifiers supplied by Collin Energy, which are the core components of the project, were successfully lifted into place. This marks a breakthrough in the project’s construction and creates favorable conditions for the commencement of subsequent installation work. **The gasification unit construction for the Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Upgrade Demonstration Project began in November 2024. Through the joint efforts and cooperation of all parties, and after a year of equipment manufacturing and installation work, the lifting of the 5 Corning Energy CCG gasifiers was successfully completed recently. Winning bid status of the contractor: China Tianchen Engineering Co., Ltd. won the bid for the EPC general contracting of the auxiliary systems throughout the plant for the Baotou Chemical Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Upgrade Demonstration Project. It was also responsible for the detailed design and technical services of the entire underground pipeline network for the Shenhua Baotou coal-to-olefins upgrading demonstration project, as well as the overall design, foundation design, and technical services for the gasification unit; additionally, it handled the overall design, foundation design, and technical services for the shift and low-temperature methanol washing units. Shenhua Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd.: Won the bid for the EPC general contract of the methanol synthesis unit in the Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Upgrade Demonstration Project in Baotou. China Five Rings Engineering Co., Ltd.: Won the bid for the EPC general contract of the low-temperature methanol washing unit in Shenhua Baotou coal-to-olefins upgrading demonstration project, with a bid amount of 429.88 million yuan. Shandong Sanwei Chemical Group Co., Ltd.: Won the bid for the EPC general contracting of the sulfur recovery unit for this project. Jiangsu Zhongsheng High-Tech Industry Co., Ltd.: Won the bid for the basic design of the plant’s flare system and technical services related to the Shenhua Baotou coal-to-olefins upgrade demonstration project. Sinopec Ningbo Engineering Co., Ltd.: The winning bid amount was 1.5 billion yuan. Hualu Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.: The winning bid amounts were 352,000,008.737 yuan and 275,700,000 yuan. Donghua Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.: The winning bid amount was 286,125,869.02 yuan. China National Nuclear Power Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd.: Winning bid amount of 115,995,955.16 yuan. Beijing Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd.: Won the bid for the overall design, foundation design, and technical services related to the polyethylene plant, as well as the PE and PP packaging warehouses, for the Shenhua Baotou coal-to-olefins upgrade demonstration project. Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Co., Ltd.: Won the bid for the overall design, preliminary design, and technical services related to olefin separation in the Shenhua Baotou coal-to-olefins upgrade demonstration project. It is reported that in the next step, International Energy Group will also carry out projects involving polyglycolic acid (PGA), the production of green hydrogen through electrolysis of water using renewable energy, as well as green oxygen, building on the upgraded demonstration projects. Project Overview: The Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Upgrade Demonstration Project is an upgrade and demonstration initiative carried out by Guoneng Baotou Coal Chemical Co., Ltd., based on the world’s first coal-to-olefins demonstration plant that has been in operation for many years. It is included among the major projects planned under the \"13th Five-Year Plan\" for the innovative development of the modern coal chemical industry, as outlined by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The total investment planned for this upgraded demonstration project for coal-based olefins (Phase II) is 17.15 billion yuan. The project’s capacity will be 2 million tons of methanol and 750,000 tons of polyolefins per year. By being planned in conjunction with the development of new energy sources, it aims to achieve deep integration between coal chemical processing and green electricity, green hydrogen, and green oxygen. This project is also a typical demonstration project for the upgrade of the \"million-ton-scale coal-to-olefins integrated production line with domestic manufacturing.\" It utilizes a pulverized coal gasifier developed jointly by Collin Energy and China Shenhua Coal-to-Oil Chemical Co., with a daily coal feeding capacity of 2,000 tons per furnace. This technology not only possesses complete independent intellectual property rights but also sets a new example for collaborative innovation within the industrial chain. Furthermore, the project conducted experiments for the co-combustion of coal chemical wastewater using the powder coal gasification process for the first time, which holds pioneering significance for the advanced, diversified, and low-carbon development of modern coal chemistry. The conversion unit uses Nanjing Dunxian DX-V type controlled heat-transfer conversion furnaces, which are available in three series: 1# conversion + 2# conversion + no conversion, in order to adjust the hydrogen-to-carbon ratio. Each of the 1# and 2# series is equipped with a DN4100 controlled heat-transfer conversion furnace; the catalyst loading per unit exceeds 160 cubic meters, and the dry-base CO content at the outlet is kept below 5%. ▶ The production facilities include: air separation units, gasification units, shift and heat recovery units, low-temperature methanol washing units, refrigeration plants, sulfur recovery units, methanol synthesis units, methanol-to-olefins units, olefin separation units, polyethylene production units, polypropylene production units, etc. ▶ Public utilities and auxiliary systems include: thermal power plants, circulating water stations, chemical water treatment plants, sewage treatment and reuse systems, accident water tanks, heat exchange stations, coal unloading and storage facilities, plant-wide flares, central control rooms, central laboratories, the main transformer station and substation areas throughout the plant, the plant’s water supply and drainage networks, olefin storage areas, loading and unloading platforms for liquid materials, the plant’s process and heating pipelines, the external power supply lines and lighting systems, as well as the plant’s telecommunications and general transportation systems.