Acceptance of the environmental impact assessment document for the Yulin Coal Chemical Project with a total investment of 9.8 billion yuan for ethanol and acetic acid downstream products (major change)

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Acceptance of EIA documents for the Yulin Coal Chemical Ethanol Acetic Acid downstream products project (major changes) – 2026-03-04 15:12:20. Recently, the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment issued a public notice regarding the acceptance of the environmental impact assessment documents for the Yulin Coal Chemical Ethanol Acetic Acid downstream products project (major changes). The public display period is from March 2, 2026, to March 13, 2026. Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yulin Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned corporate entity established with funding from Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co., Ltd. It has built a methanol production facility with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons, acetic acid production facilities with an annual capacity of 400,000 tons along with related supporting systems, a CO2 liquefaction facility with an annual capacity of 250,000 tons, a demonstration project for converting syngas into oil with an annual capacity of 150,000 tons, and a facility for the in-depth processing of heavy fractions derived from Fischer-Tropsch processes with an annual capacity of 30,000 tons. In conjunction with the planning and construction of a 500,000-ton/year methanol-to-ethanol plant by its subsidiary Kaiyue Company, ethylene acetate production capacity of 300,000 tons, ethyl acetate production capacity of 200,000 tons per year, and EVA production capacity of 200,000 tons per year will be established using ethanol and acetic acid as raw materials. This approach will enable coordinated development of methanol and acetic acid industries, thereby extending the industrial chain of Yulin Coal Chemicals. The vinyl acetate combined plant and auxiliary facilities began construction in October 2024. Due to changes in market demand, the project owner optimized the downstream processing routes. Aiming to \"create the largest coal-based ethanol production facility in China and establish the only full-industry-chain development model for coal-POE in the country,\" it decided to retain the 300,000-ton per year vinyl acetate production unit, while converting the 200,000-ton per year acetate ester production unit and the 200,000-ton per year EVA production unit into facilities for producing 30,000 tons per year of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, 50,000 tons per year of vinyl oil, 50,000 tons per year of alpha-olefins, and 100,000 tons per year of polyolefin elastomers. The revised project has been re-registered (project code 2206-610836-04-01-293862); the total investment for this revised project amounts to 985,995.49 million yuan.