Progress of Inner Mongolia’s 4 billion cubic meters coal-to-gas project with co-production of 750,000 tons of coal-based olefins
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Status of the 4 billion cubic meters of coal-based gas production along with 750,000 tons of coal-based olefins production project in Inner Mongolia / Author/Source: Date: 2016-07-08 Clicks: 9 It has been learned recently that the preliminary procedures such as environmental impact assessments are being carried out for the first phase of the Inner Mongolia coal-based integrated energy and chemical complex developed by Tianjin Bohai Chemical Group Co., Ltd., which involves 4 billion cubic meters of coal-based gas production along with 750,000 tons of polyolefins production. Due to the environmental regulations in the Dali Industrial Park where the project is located, progress is slow at present; the engineering design work has not yet begun, nor have any equipment been purchased. The project is located in the Western Coal-to-Gas Area of the Dali Industrial Park, Zhungeer Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. The construction scope includes the establishment of a facility for producing 4 billion cubic meters per year of coal-to-natural gas, as well as one capable of producing 1.8 million tons per year of methanol, along with facilities for the comprehensive utilization of downstream polyolefins and by-products, plus the necessary utility systems and auxiliary facilities. In March 2016, the first public announcement regarding the environmental impact assessment for the project that involves producing 4 billion cubic meters of coal-based gas along with 750,000 tons of coal-based olefins was released. The first phase of the project is located in the Dali Industrial Park in Zhungeer Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. It covers an area of 15 square kilometers, and plans include the construction of 2 facilities for producing 4 billion cubic meters of coal-based natural gas each, 2 facilities for producing 1.8 million tons of methanol and its derivative products, coal-fired power generators that utilize pulverized coal for electricity generation, as well as comprehensive utilization of various by-products. The project is constructed in two phases. Phase 1 covers an area of 5 square kilometers and mainly involves the construction of facilities for producing 4 billion cubic meters of coal-to-natural gas, 1.8 million tons of methanol, 600,000 tons of olefins from methanol, 750,000 tons of polyolefins, as well as 2×350MW coal-fired power plants, coal powder boilers combined with cogeneration steam turbines and generators, along with supporting utility systems and auxiliary facilities.
Inner Mongolia has many coal chemical enterprises as well as various heavy chemical industries that rely on coal as a raw material, including both the raw materials and the products produced. Coal chemical industry encompasses not only coal-to-oil, coal-to-gas, coal-to-methanol, and coal-to-olefins processes, but also calcium carbide, acetylene, PVC, synthetic ammonia/urea, tar products, ethylene glycol, BDO, as well as many one-carbon chemical products and their derivatives.
Besides the three-in-one coal gas project, are there any other projects related to Da Lu in the Bohai Sea area? What are the prospects?
Dalu is another major project; it seems that its implementation is still some time away
According to the introductions of other projects, such projects are no longer allocated to coal mines these days – who would still have the enthusiasm for them? It’s too difficult to make money by buying coal. Everyone is delaying things slowly; except for those that have already been largely completed, where there’s no choice but to finish construction and put them into use. Of course, things will get better eventually; it just depends on who can hold on until then.