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TECHNOLOGIE ALREADY OPERATING

Coal Gasification
▪️Startup Date: August 2015 (Phase I), July 2021 (Phase II)
▪️Plant Capacity: Supports total methanol production of 2×1.8 million tons/year
▪️Technology Provider: Yanchang Petroleum (integrated proprietary technology)
▪️Feedstock: Coal
▪️Products: Synthesis gas (syngas)

Natural Gas Steam Reforming
▪️Startup Date: August 2015 (Phase I), July 2021 (Phase II)
▪️Capacity: Integrated into methanol production capacity
▪️Provider: Proprietary integrated technology by Yanchang Petroleum
▪️Feedstock: Natural gas
▪️Products: Synthesis gas (syngas)

Rectisol Gas Cleaning
▪️Startup Date: August 2015 (Phase I), July 2021 (Phase II)
▪️Capacity: Integrated into methanol production capacity
▪️Provider: Proprietary integrated technology
▪️Feedstock: Raw syngas from coal gasification and natural gas reforming
▪️Products: Purified syngas for methanol synthesis

Methanol Synthesis
▪️Startup Date: August 2015 (Phase I), July 2021 (Phase II)
▪️Capacity: 2×1.8 million tons/year
▪️Provider: Yanchang Petroleum proprietary integrated technology
▪️Feedstock: Purified syngas (coal-based and natural gas-based mixed syngas), DCC hydrogen-rich gas
▪️Products: MTO-grade Methanol

Methanol to Olefins (DMTO)
▪️Startup Date: August 2015 (Phase I), July 2021 (Phase II)
▪️Capacity: 2×600,000 tons/year
▪️Provider: Proprietary DMTO technology
▪️Feedstock: Methanol
▪️Products: Ethylene, Propylene

Residual Oil Catalytic Thermal Cracking (DCC)
▪️Startup Date: August 2015
▪️Capacity: 1.5 million tons/year
▪️Provider: Institute of Petroleum Technology (Double riser technology)
▪️Feedstock: Residual oil
▪️Products: Olefins, Naphtha, Light Diesel

Veba Combi Cracking (VCC) Plant
▪️Startup Date: Operational since 2015
▪️Capacity: 450,000 tons/year
▪️Provider: KBR/BP alliance
▪️Feedstock: FCC slurry oil and coal slurry
▪️Products Made: Naphtha, ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD)

Polyolefin Units
▪️6 sets of polyolefin units (operating or scheduled) totaling 1.9 million tons/year.
▪️High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE): 300,000 tons/year
▪️Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE):300,000 tons/year
▪️Polypropylene (PP): 600,000 tons/year

Near-zero Wastewater Discharge System
▪️First phase started July,20,2014; upgraded in October,2020.
▪️Capacity: Phase I initial design scale 876m³/h – 
Phase I expansion to 1300m³/h▪️Feedstock: Industrial wastewater, domestic sewage, rainwater
▪️Products Made: Recycled water, sodium sulfate salt, sodium chloride salt

TECHNOLOGIES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR IN PROJECT PHASE

Naphtha and Light Diesel Comprehensive Utilization Project
▪️Estimated Startup Date: End of March,2024
▪️Plant Capacity: Naphtha hydrorefining unit – 250,000 tons/year, Light diesel hydrorefining unit – 200,000 tons/year, Olefin raw material refining unit – 250,000 tons/year, Heavy aromatics adsorption separation unit – 200,000 tons/year.
▪️Technology Provider: Heavy aromatics adsorption separation technology provided by CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd.
▪️Feedstock: Naphtha and light diesel produced as by-products from DCC unit.
▪️Products Made: Benzene, toluene, mixed xylenes, aromatics.

Low Density Polyethylene and Copolymer Plant
▪️Startup Date: License secured September 24, 2024.
▪️Capacity: 150,000 tons/year.
▪️Technology Provider: ECI Group
▪️Technology: Proprietary hybrid reactor high-pressure polymerization technology developed from ICI autoclave technology.
▪️Feedstock: Ethylene with co-monomers such as vinyl acetate (for EVA) and butyl acrylate (for EBA).
▪️Products Made: LDPE (packaging films, coatings), EVA (adhesives, solar encapsulants), and EBA (sealants, specialty applications).

Methanol Gasification Slag Comprehensive Utilization Project
(No explicit startup date provided)

MTBE Unit Low-temperature Heat Utilization Project
(In progress; no explicit startup date provided)

Coal Gasification Conversion Condensate Environmental Protection Comprehensive Management Project
(Currently in project/research stage; no specific startup date provided.)

Methane Conversion Air Preheater Upgrade Energy-saving Project
(Currently in project/research stage; no specific startup date provided.)

Photovoltaic Power Generation Project
(Currently in project/research stage; no specific startup date provided.)

Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Demonstration Project
(Currently under development; no explicit startup date provided.)
▪️Plant Capacity: 360,000 tons/year CO₂ capture and storage
▪️Technology Provider: Proprietary CCUS technology developed by Yanchang Petroleum Group.
▪️Feedstock: CO₂ emissions from coal chemical enterprises.
▪️Products Made: Enhanced oil recovery through CO₂ flooding and underground storage.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES MENTIONED BUT WITHOUT EXPLICIT OPERATIONAL STATUS OR DATES PROVIDED

These technologies are mentioned as part of the company's comprehensive utilization strategy or future plans without clear operational status or startup dates explicitly indicated:

C₄ Mix to Olefin Conversion Unit (OCU) (mentioned implicitly as part of the olefin downstream processing chain)

C₅ Mix Recycling (implied as part of comprehensive utilization but not explicitly detailed with dates or capacities.)

Coal-Methane Co-gasification Technology (mentioned as a future planned project without explicit details on dates or capacities.)

Propane and Isobutane Dehydrogenation for Acrylic Acid and Esters Production (mentioned as planned projects without explicit details on dates or capacities.)


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