Total investment exceeds 600 billion! Summary of new coal chemical projects in our country
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Xinjiang: Projects already in operation or under construction 1. Xinjiang Qiya 6 million tons/year coal-based methanol project · Owner: Xinjiang Qiya New Materials Co., Ltd. · Total investment: approximately 30 billion yuan · Capacity: 6 million tons of methanol per year · Process route: coal slurry gasification → Davy methanol synthesis · Key feature: the world’s largest single coal-based methanol production facility； Construction began in March 2025, with a construction period of 48 months. 2. Fude (Xinjiang) 6 million tons/year coal-based methanol project · Owner: Fude (Xinjiang) New Energy Company · Total investment: approximately 30 billion yuan · Core production capacity: 6 million tons of methanol per year · Process route: dry powder gasification → Topsoe methanol synthesis · Key feature: Creating the “world’s largest methanol industry chain,” integrated with 2×660,000-kilowatt coal-fired power plants ； Entered the site in March 2025. 3. Xinjiang Lanshan Tunhe 1.1 million tons/year coal-to-methanol project · Owner: Xinjiang Lanshan Tunhe Energy Co., Ltd. · Total investment: 6.78 billion yuan · Core capacity: 1.1 million tons/year of methanol · Process route: coal slurry gasification → methanol synthesis · Key feature: produces 90,000 tons/year of hydrogen as a by-product for BDO production ； Civil work will begin in April 2025. 4. TBEA’s 2 billion cubic meters per year coal-to-natural gas project · Owner: TBEA Xinjiang Junneng Chemical Co., Ltd. · Total investment: 17 billion yuan · Core capacity: 2 billion cubic meters per year of coal-to-natural gas · Process route: dry powder gasification → Topsoe methanation · Key feature: equipped with a 500,000 tons per year CCUS facility to establish a multi-energy integration system of “solar power – electricity – hydrogen – carbon” ； Construction of the main structure will begin in September 2025. 5. Guoneng Hami Energy Integration and Innovation Base (Direct Liquefaction) · Owner: **Energy Group · Total investment: 90 billion yuan · Core capacity: 3.2 million tons per year of coal direct liquefaction products · Process route: Shenhua Coal Direct Liquefaction (2nd generation) · Key features: **Strategic base for coal-to-oil production, equipped with an open-pit mine with a capacity of 15 million tons per year ； Full construction of civil engineering will begin in 2025. 6. Xinjiang HuiNeng 15 million tons/year coal value-added utilization project · Owner: Xinjiang HuiNeng Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization Co., Ltd. · Total investment: 8.58 billion yuan · Core capacity: 15 million tons/year of raw coal processing · Process route: low-temperature pyrolysis → Axens coal tar hydrogenation · Key features: demonstration of high-value utilization of oil-rich coal, with an annual output of 900,000 tons of gasoline and diesel fractions ； Completion of core civil works by the end of 2025. 7. Xinjiang Haoyuan Chemical Photoelectric Hydrogen Production Integrated Project · Owner: Xinjiang Haoyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. · Total investment: 10 billion yuan · Core capacity: 400,000 tons of synthetic ammonia per year, etc. · Process route: Integration of coal chemical industry and new energy sources · Key feature: Focus on carbon reduction through \"green hydrogen integration\"; Phase 1 is scheduled to start in March 2025. Projects in the environmental impact assessment/feasibility study phase: 1. Xinjiang Guanghui High-Value Utilization Upgrade Project for Rich-Oil Coal · Owner: Xinjiang Guanghui Clean Coal Refining Co., Ltd. · Total investment: Not specified · Core capacity: 5.1 million tons of upgraded coal per year · Process route: Clean utilization of coal based on its different quality levels · Key feature: Upgrade of the existing plant facility, with construction carried out in phases ； Environmental impact assessment public notice in July 2025. 2. Xinjiang Tianchi Energy/**Energy Group’s Jundong coal-to-natural gas project · Owner: Xinjiang Tianchi Energy/**Energy Group · Total investment: 34.08 billion yuan · Core capacity: 4 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year (in total) · Process technology: Advanced gasification and carbon capture technologies · Key features: Two projects with a capacity of 2 billion cubic meters per year each, both located in Jundong, and approved at the same time ； The **environmental impact assessment was approved in July 2025.
Projects already in operation or under construction in Inner Mongolia: 1. Sinopec Great Wall Energy (Inner Mongolia) 800,000 tons/year coal-to-olefins upgrading demonstration project. • Owner: Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. • Total investment: 21.83 billion yuan • Core production capacity: 800,000 tons/year of olefins • Process route: coal slurry gasification → DMTO-III • Key feature: fully domesticated technology; 100,000 tons of EVA produced as a by-product； The environmental impact assessment was approved in 2025, and equipment ordering has been initiated. 2. Guoneng Baotou 2 million tons/year MTO upgrade demonstration project · Owner: **Energy Group Coal Chemicals Company · Total investment: 17.15 billion yuan · Core production capacity: 750,000 tons/year of polyolefins · Process route: Corning dry powder gasification → DMTO-III · Key feature: The world’s first industrial DMTO-III plant ； Construction will begin in August 2025, with delivery planned for mid-November 2026. 3. **Energy Group’s Direct Coal Liquefaction Upgrade Demonstration (Phase II) · Owner: Energy Group · Total investment: 36.77 billion yuan · Main products: petroleum products and chemicals · Process route: Shenhua Direct Coal Liquefaction (2nd generation) · Key feature: An approved “upgraded” demonstration project for producing special oils such as military diesel** ； Ground leveling construction will begin in 2025. 4. Rongxin Chemical’s 800,000 tons/year methanol-to-olefins plant · Owner: Rongxin Chemical Co., Ltd. · Total investment: 9.83 billion yuan · Core production capacity: 800,000 tons/year of olefins · Process route: Purchased methanol → DMTO · Key feature: Production of high-end membrane materials ； Construction will begin in July 2024, with commissioning planned for 2026. 5. Guoneng Bayannur 1.2 million tons/year compacted coke and comprehensive utilization · Owner: **Energy Group · Total investment: 1.64 billion yuan for Phase 1 · Core production capacity: 1.2 million tons/year of coke and 120,000 tons/year of methanol · Process route: Compacted coke ovens → Conversion of coke oven gas into methanol · Key feature: On-site conversion of coking coal imported through the port ； In January 2025, the methanol plant began trial production. Projects in the environmental impact assessment/feasibility study stage: 1. Rongsheng (Ordos) Green Coal Chemical Integration Project · Owner: Rongsheng Energy Technology (Inner Mongolia) Co., Ltd. · Total investment: Approximately 160 billion yuan (31.4 billion yuan for Phase 1) · Core production capacity: 6.5 million tons per year of coal-based new materials, etc. · Process approach: Integration of new energy sources and coal chemical processing · Key features: A super-large-scale integrated project, equipped with wind and solar power as well as green hydrogen ； Advance the preliminary procedures by 2025.
Projects already under construction or in operation in Shaanxi: 1. Phase II (Stage 1) of the Shaanxi Coal Yulin Chemical Project for the differentiated utilization of coal. • Owner: Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group Yulin Chemical Co., Ltd. • Total investment: 176 billion yuan (for the entire project). • Core production capacity: 5.6 million tons per year of methanol, and 1.5 million tons per year of MTO. • Process flow: pyrolysis → methanol → MTO → POE, etc. • Key feature: It is the largest coal-based project of its kind under construction globally, and it represents the first full industrial chain for the production of methanol, ethanol, vinyl acetate, and POE from coal； Installation will begin in December 2025. 2. China Coal Yulin Coal Deep Processing Base (Phase II) · Owner: China Coal Shaanxi Energy & Chemical Group Co., Ltd. · Total investment: 23.888 billion yuan · Core production capacity: 900,000 tons per year of polyolefins (including EVA) · Process route: water-coal slurry semi-waste boiler gasification → third-generation DMTO · Key feature: the first coal chemical project approved after the “dual carbon” goals were set, equipped with an EVA production facility with a capacity of 250,000 tons per year ； By the end of 2025, the progress will exceed 71%. 3. Expansion and upgrade of the Yanchang Petroleum Xinghua plant relocation project · Owner: Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group · Total investment: 8.9 billion yuan · Core production capacity: 500,000 tons per year of synthetic ammonia · Process route: coal water slurry gasification → synthetic ammonia/nitramine · Key feature: A model project for the relocation of hazardous chemical enterprises in Shaanxi Province ； Construction will begin in March 2025.
Projects already underway or under construction in other regions: 1. Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical (Guizhou) 1 million tons/year methanol project · Owner: Sinopec Great Wall Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. · Total investment: 23.7 billion yuan · Core production capacity: 1 million tons/year of methanol · Process route: coal water slurry gasification → methanol synthesis · Key feature: it provides a foundation for downstream operations involving 600,000 tons/year of MTO and aromatics production； Leveling will be completed by June 2025. 2. Shanxi Guxian Oasis New Energy’s 250,000 tons/year methanol production facility using coke oven gas, with simultaneous production of liquid ammonia · Owner: Shanxi Guxian Oasis New Energy Co., Ltd. · Total investment: 1.07 billion yuan · Core production capacity: 250,000 tons/year of methanol and 60,000 tons/year of liquid ammonia · Process flow: Purification of coke oven gas → Methanol synthesis → Ammonia synthesis · Key feature: A model for the value-added utilization of by-products from coking processes ； Civil work will begin in May 2025.
【3D Process Flow】Summary Post – Useful for learning about the process flow: https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-5711616-1-1.html (Source: Haimen Chemical Industry Forum (HCBBS))
【3D Process Flow】Summary Post – Useful for learning about the process flow: https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-5711616-1-1.html (Source: Haimen Chemical Industry Forum (HCBBS))
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