ZhonKe referred to as Sino Kuwait Joint Venture Project
11^th Apr 2023:
The Sino Kuwait Joint Venture Guangdong Refining and Chemical Integration Project is located in the Donghai Island of Zhanjiang, the pivot city of the "the Belt and Road" initiative, with a total land area of about 12.26 square kilometers. It is jointly constructed by Sinopec and Kuwait National Petroleum Co., Ltd. in a 50:50 shareholding ratio. The first phase of the project design includes a 10 million ton/year oil refining project, an 800000 ton/year ethylene project, and related auxiliary projects. As the refining and chemical integration project with the highest localization rate of production equipment in China (up to 95%), Zhongke Refining and Chemical Project has widely applied a large number of process equipment in the production process. (Source)

Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical Complex video on Facebook
22^nd Oct 2022:
The complex can add more than 10 million tonnes of refined crude oil capacity and 800,000 tonnes of ethylene units per year along with the auxiliary supporting facilities. Its petrochemical port provides direct opportunities for global exports of refined oil and chemical products. The project was officially put into production on June 16 this year.

At 10 sec, the video posted by Sinopec shows a view of the refinery that corresponds to a view from ESE on Bing maps (photo attached).

China’s Sinopec to build 2^nd phase of Zhongke refinery project
28^th Dec 2020:
China’s Sinopec Zhongke Refining and Petrochemical is planning to build the second phase of Zhongke Refinery project in Guangdong Province in southern China. The proposed refining and chemical integration project includes 15 million tons/year oil refining capacity, a 1.2 million tons/year ethylene unit as well as two downstream units with a capacity of 700,000 tons/year of PP and 450,000 tons/year of PE. Meanwhile, the scheduled start-up date was undisclosed at the time of publication. Sinopec Zhongke started up the first phase of the project back in June this year. The company’s crude oil and ethylene capacities increased by 10 million barrels/year and 800,000 tons/year, respectively. (Source)

Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical Project
18^th May 2020:
Location and site details: The Zhongke refinery and petrochemical complex is being developed on a 6km²-site in the Donghai Island in Zhanjiang, in the Guangdong province of China. Donghai Island is the fifth-largest island in China.
Processing facilities:  The Zhongke refinery includes a 10Mtpa capacity atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit, a light carbon recovery unit of 2Mtpa capacity, a 4.2Mtpa residue fluid catalytic cracking unit, a 4.4Mtpa residue desulphurisation unit, a 2Mtpa hydrocracking unit, and a 2Mtpa diesel hydrogenation unit.
The petrochemical complex houses an ethylene steam cracking unit of 800 thousand tonnes per annum (Ktpa) capacity, a 400 Ktpa pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit, a 550 Ktpa polypropylene unit, a 350 Ktpa high-density polyethylene unit, and a coal-to-hydrogen unit.
Contracts awarded:
*Sinopec Engineering Company, a subsidiary of Sinopec Group, received the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts worth £980m ($1.35bn) for the oil refining segment of the Zhongke refining and petrochemical project in January 2018. The scope of the contract included a light carbon recovery unit, a fluid catalytic cracking unit, a desulphurisation unit, and a hydrocracking unit.
*Sinopec Engineering was also awarded EPC contracts worth £1.24bn ($1.72bn) for chemical engineering and power station segments of the Zhongke refining and petrochemical project in March 2018. The scope of the contract included an ethylene steam cracking unit, a pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit, a polypropylene unit, a high-density polyethylene unit, a coal-to-hydrogen unit, and a power station.
*Sinopec Engineering’s subsidiaries including Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Company, Sinopec Ningbo Engineering Company, Sinopec Luoyang (Guangzhou) Engineering Company are involved in the design, construction, and supply of oil refining and petrochemical units for the project.
*Sinopec Nanjing Engineering Company constructed the 10Mtpa-atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit. Sinopec Gas Company constructed the 4km-long supporting natural gas pipeline.
*Guangdong Jirong Air-conditioning Company was awarded heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) contract in July 2019.
*Kaji Technology Corporation, a subsidiary of Mitsui E&S Group, bagged an order from Sinopec Engineering to supply three units of reciprocating compressors in March 2018.
*Separately, Kaji Technology was contracted to supply a reciprocating compressor unit for high-pressure nitrogen gas service for Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate production system in November 2017.
(Source)

Sinopec Luoyang Engineering Co., Ltd. & Guangdong refining and chemical integration project of Sino scientific joint venture gas filtration and separation unit
28^th Dec 2019:
The gas filtration and separation unit of Sinopec Luoyang Engineering Co., Ltd. – China Science and technology joint venture Guangdong refining and chemical integration project was successfully completed in October 2019. After the commissioning and test by the engineer, the performance of each unit has reached the expected index, and the equipment is ready for shipment. (Source)

SEI of Sino Scientific Joint Venture Guangdong Refining and Chemical Integration Project Wins EPC Contract for Sino Scientific Refining and Chemical Integration
3^rd Apr 2019:
The project site is located in Donghaidao New Area, Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone, with a total land area of approximately 12.26 square kilometers, including 6.33 square kilometers for the first phase. The total investment for the first phase is about 9 billion US dollars, with a planned refining capacity of 15 million tons per year and a production capacity of 1 million tons per year of ethylene ../.. The main scope of work of this contract includes: 10 million tons/year atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit, 2 million tons/year light hydrocarbon recovery unit, 4.2 million tons/year catalytic cracking unit, 4.4 million tons/year residual oil hydrotreating unit, 2 million tons/year hydrocracking unit, 2 million tons/year diesel hydrotreating and refining unit, 1.8 million tons/year continuous reforming unit and other major production units in the refining sector, as well as supporting utility units and auxiliary production facilities. The Sino Scientific Joint Venture Guangdong Refining and Chemical Integration Project is located in the Sino Scientific Refining and Chemical Project on Donghai Island, Zhanjiang, Guangdong. The first phase of the project includes a 10 million ton/year refining series production unit and an 800000 ton/year ethylene series production unit. (Source)

Zhanjiang Integrated Refinery and Petrochemical Complex
Date unkown:
Construction Started: 2013
Expected Completion: 2020
Zhanjiang integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, also known as the Sino-Kuwait integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, is the biggest joint venture (JV) refinery project being developed in China’s Zhanjiang district. Zhanjiang refinery will have a refined crude oil production capacity of 15 million tonnes (Mt) a year, or 300,000t a day.
Site and location details: The project is located in the Donghai Islands in the Guangdong province of China.The first phase of the project will be developed across a space of 6.33km².
Zhanjiang integrated refinery project details: The project will comprise 18 oil refining units and ten key chemical plants. It will also have air separation units and co-generation plants, in addition to transport and other support facilities. An ethylene cracker unit with an annual capacity of 1Mt will be built to process the crude oil supplied by the Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation.
Products and capacity: The petrochemical complex will produce fuels of Euro-VI standard such as gasoline, aviation kerosene, ethylene glycol, rubber, and aromatics. In addition to the annual refined oil production of 15Mt and ethylene annual production of 1Mt, the petrochemical complex is expected to produce 460,000t of polyethylene and 750,000t of polypropylene a year.
Technologies used: The project leverages Spherizone technology to produce high-performance polypropylene and other polyolefin resins with enhanced properties. The technology makes use of multi-zone circulating reactor techniques in order to produce innovative polyolefins and efficient polypropylene. Zhanjiang refinery will also use Lupotech technology, which includes high-pressure tubular and autoclave process techniques to produce advanced grades of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA).
Contractors involved:
*LyondellBasell was contracted to provide its Spherizone and Lupotech process technologies.
*Kaji Technology Corporation is supplying a reciprocating compressor for one of the units of the development.
*The reciprocating compressor is an essential component required for the production of EVA.
*Sinopec subsidiary Sinopec Engineering is managing the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) activities related to the project. (Source)