Acceptance of the environmental impact assessment application for 2 million tons of coal-to-oil production by Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal-to-Oil Co., Ltd

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The environmental impact assessment application for a 2 million-ton coal-to-oil project in Inner Mongolia has been accepted. Author/Source: Date: 2016-04-05; Clicks: 3. On April 1, the **Ministry of Environmental Protection officially accepted the environmental impact assessment application for Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal-to-Oil Co., Ltd.’s demonstration project for indirect coal liquefaction with a capacity of 2 million tons per year. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the approval procedures for environmental impact assessments of construction projects, the acceptance status will be made public, with the publicity period running from April 1, 2016, to April 15, 2016 (10 working days). The Yitai 160,000 tons per year coal indirect liquefaction oil production project was approved for construction on December 8, 2005, by the Development and Reform Commission of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region via document No. Nei Fa Gai Gong Zi [2005] 1832. Construction began in May 2006, and the construction work was completed in December 2008. On March 20, 2009, synthetic crude oil was successfully produced, and on March 27, 2009, China’s first batch of qualified refined oil products resulting from coal indirect liquefaction was successfully manufactured. Building on the first pilot project, Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal-to-Oil Co., Ltd. plans to construct a pilot project for coal indirect liquefaction with an annual capacity of 2 million tons. On December 16, 2013, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the preliminary work for this project via Document No. NEEnergy3054. The proposed site for the project is located in the western part of the original Phase I site, covering a total area of 288.18 hectares. The total investment amounts to approximately 29.342 billion yuan, with a construction period of 3 years. The project plans to use high-temperature F-T synthesis technology, with an annual production of over 2 million tons of petroleum products. The main products will be 1.44 million tons of diesel, 400,000 tons of naphtha, 160,000 tons of LPG, and 100,000 tons of LNG; in addition, mixed alcohols and sulfur will be produced as by-products. The project is located in the South Industrial Zone of Dalu Industrial Park, Zhungeer Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The planned production capacity is 2 million tons per year of oil products and other by-products, and the developer is Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal-to-Oil Co., Ltd. The project adopts the technical solution provided by Beijing Zhongke Synthetic Oil Technology Co., Ltd., with China Tianchen Engineering Co., Ltd. serving as the project contractor. There are four companies that are investing in the 2 million tons per year coal indirect liquefaction demonstration project: Inner Mongolia Yitai Group Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Mining (Group) Co., Ltd., and Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal-to-Oil Co., Ltd. The total investment in the project is 29.342 billion yuan.