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Aerial view of the Jiangyin Port City Economic Zone | Baidu, Feb 9, 2025

The Petrochemical Revolution: How Fujian Zhongjiang's Backward Integration Across the C₃ Value Chain Exemplifies Strategic Transformation in Global Petrochemicals

The global petrochemical industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation as companies across the plastic conversion sector embark on unprecedented backward integration strategies, fundamentally reshaping the traditional boundaries between refining, chemicals production, and downstream processing. This strategic shift represents more than incremental expansion; it signals a complete reimagining of how value chains operate in an era of supply chain volatility, margin compression, and the relentless pursuit of operational efficiency.

The Economics of Scale and Integration

The modern petrochemical landscape has become defined by the economics of mega-scale operations, where companies are discovering that vertical integration offers compelling advantages over traditional market-based transactions. Already, more than 30% of the world's refineries are now integrated with commodity petrochemicals, creating sites that benefit from both diversified product portfolios and enhanced operational synergies. This integration trend has been particularly pronounced in Asia, where approximately 70% of polypropylene plants by capacity are now integrated back to steam cracking or propane dehydrogenation sources of propylene.



Fuzhou Wanjing PDH3 began operation on May 15, 2025 | Shaanxi Chemical Construction, via oil.in-en.com

The financial rationale driving this integration is clear when examining the transaction cost economics that govern petrochemical operations. Companies are finding that the coordination efficiency gained through vertical integration significantly reduces the transaction costs associated with intermediary relationships, while simultaneously providing greater control over quality standards and supply chain reliability. The scale advantages are particularly evident in propane dehydrogenation operations, where single-unit capacities have expanded dramatically, with most recent facilities now reaching the impressive nameplate capacity of 900 thousand tonnes per year of propane.

China's Strategic Transformation and Global Implications

China's chemical industry expansion has become the defining force reshaping global petrochemical dynamics, with the country pursuing aggressive backward integration strategies that extend from plastic conversion all the way to crude oil refining. Chinese enterprises in the polyester value chain, including companies like Hengli, Shenghong, and Hengyi Petrochemical, have established massive refinery and integrated petrochemical complex projects that demonstrate the strategic imperative of securing upstream feedstock sources. This transformation is exemplified by companies that initially established themselves as textile manufacturers but have systematically integrated backward through purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production, paraxylene (PX) manufacturing, and ultimately into crude oil refining.



Ethylene production map centered on Eurasia | Source: portfolio planning PLUS

The scale of China's capacity expansion defies traditional market logic, with ethylene nameplate capacity increasing from approximately 26 million tonnes per year in 2019 to 54 million tonnes by 2024, more than doubling over the six-year period, with a further capacity increase expected to reach 66 million tonnes by 2025 according to industry estimates. China's ethylene and propylene capacity in 2025 is forecast to be 121% and 179% more than local demand respectively, creating structural oversupply that forces Chinese producers to seek international markets for their excess production. This capacity buildup has been facilitated by China's demonstrated ability to construct petrochemical facilities approximately 40% faster than international competitors, with paraxylene plants being completed in around 30 months compared to 48 months elsewhere, while also maintaining capital costs that are approximately 20% lower than the rest of Asia.

The Fujian Zhongjiang Model: From BOPP to Integrated Petrochemicals

The evolution of Fujian Zhongjiang Petrochemicals Group represents a paradigmatic case study in strategic backward integration within the C₃ value chain. The company's transformation from its origins as a biaxially oriented polypropylene film producer to a fully integrated propane-to-polypropylene operator demonstrates how specialized downstream companies can achieve remarkable operational synergies through systematic upstream expansion. Beginning as "the world's film king" in the BOPP sector, China Flexible Packaging Group recognized the vulnerability inherent in depending on volatile propylene markets and embarked on a methodical integration strategy that now spans from LPG import terminals through propane dehydrogenation to polypropylene production and finally to BOPP film manufacturing.



Fuzhou Propane Cryogenic Tank Storage | Seatao, May 29, 2023 

This integration model has enabled the company to achieve unique operational advantages, including circular hydrogen utilization where byproduct hydrogen from propane dehydrogenation fuels adjacent chemical units, reducing operational costs by approximately 15%. The company's current integrated structure encompasses:

• LPG import terminals with 1 million cubic meter storage capacity and an annual throughput capacity of 4 million tonnes
• Propane dehydrogenation plants with 2.5 million tonnes per year propylene capacity using Lummus CATOFIN and Honeywell UOP Oleflex technologies
• Polypropylene plants with 2.2 million tonnes per year capacity via LyondellBasell's Spheripol and SINOPEC ST-PP technologies
• BOPP film lines with 900,000 thousand tonnes per year capacity.

This level of integration allows the company to maintain 40% captive BOPP consumption while simultaneously supplying regional injection molding clusters, demonstrating how backward integration can create both supply security and market flexibility.

Technology and Process Innovation Driving Integration

The technological foundation enabling these massive integration projects has evolved significantly, with process innovations making large-scale operations both technically feasible and economically attractive. In polyethylene production, the latest advances exemplified by Univation's 800,000 tonnes per year UNIPOL PE Process and Chevron Phillips Chemical's MarTech single-loop slurry process deploying 1,000,000 tonnes per year HDPE lines demonstrate how reactor engineering and process optimization have redefined the limits of scale and flexibility. These technological advances are not merely incremental improvements but represent fundamental breakthroughs in managing the intense heat and mixing requirements of high-throughput polymerization while maintaining operational reliability and efficiency. Polypropylene production has witnessed comparable scale expansions, with Fujian Zhongjiang's integrated facilities demonstrating the progression from initial 500,000 tonnes per year production lines to the current world-scale 600,000 tonnes per year units utilizing LyondellBasell's Spheripol technology.



Fujian Meide Petrochemical Fuzhou complex - running Oleflex plant in the foreground, Catofin plant to be started up later in 2025 behind it | Baidu, Nov 2023

More dramatic scale increases are now seen at the origin of the C₂ and C₃ value chains. As we previously reported, ethane cracking facilities are now reaching ethylene production capacities of 2.1 million tonnes per year. The propane dehydrogenation sector is experiencing a similar technological evolution, with catalyst systems lying at the heart of process economics. The scale of PDH operations has now reached unprecedented levels, with individual units achieving 900,000 tonnes per year capacity, as demonstrated by Fujian Meide's facility that commenced operations in May 2025 and Fuzhou Wanjing's unit scheduled for startup later in 2025, both utilizing Lummus CATOFIN technology with specialized Clariant catalysts. Advanced PDH technologies now routinely operate at temperatures between 480-600°C under low pressure conditions, achieving propylene yields and selectivity that make large-scale operations economically viable even in regions with higher feedstock costs. The development of these technologies has been crucial in enabling companies to pursue backward integration strategies, as the improved economics of PDH operations make it feasible for downstream plastic producers to justify the substantial capital investments required for upstream expansion.

Strategic Implications and Future Trajectory

The acceleration of vertical integration in the petrochemical sector reflects broader strategic imperatives that extend beyond simple cost optimization. Companies are recognizing that integration provides critical protection against supply chain disruptions, market volatility, and competitive pressures that have intensified in recent years. The consolidation dynamics within different specialty chemical segments are driving companies to focus their portfolios while simultaneously optimizing their business models through strategic integration.



Zhongjing Petrochemical Group facilities in Jiangyin Industrial Zone | Chenhr

The implications of this integration trend extend to global trade patterns and competitive dynamics, as integrated producers gain significant advantages over standalone operations. The economic benefits of integration become particularly pronounced during market downturns, when integrated refinery-petrochemical sites consistently outperform their fuels-only peers due to their diversified revenue streams and operational flexibility. This performance differential is driving further consolidation as companies recognize that scale and integration have become essential requirements for long-term competitiveness in the evolving petrochemical landscape.

The future trajectory of the industry suggests that this integration trend will continue to accelerate, driven by the fundamental economics of large-scale operations and the strategic advantages of supply chain control. As companies like Fujian Zhongjiang demonstrate, successful integration requires not merely the ability to execute large capital projects, but the strategic vision to create synergistic value across the entire value chain while maintaining operational excellence at each stage of production. The companies that master this integration challenge will likely emerge as the dominant players in the next phase of global petrochemical industry evolution.


This article includes market data from WoodMckenzie, S&P Global, ICIS, Argus Media and other sources.

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Amur GCC site production site has been created, plants with their capacities and technologies have been added.  

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AMUR GCC Project showing the 9 Linde Pyrolysis Furnaces and the Quench Tower | AGCC website

Amur Gas Chemical Complex: Navigating Technology Licensing Challenges

The Amur Gas Chemical Complex (Amur GCC) exemplifies the intricate balance between technological ambition and geopolitical realities. Originally designed to become the world’s largest polymer production site, the project has faced significant delays due to shifts in technology licensing dynamics, even as its core infrastructure advances.

The Amur GCC Project

Amur GCC stands as one of the most ambitious petrochemical undertakings in Russia’s recent history and a flagship of Russian-Chinese industrial cooperation. Located near Svobodny in the Amur region of Russia’s Far East, the project is a joint venture between SIBUR, Russia’s largest petrochemical company, holding a 60% stake, and China’s Sinopec, which owns the remaining 40%. When completed, Amur GCC will be among the world’s largest producers of base polymers, with a design capacity of 2.7 million tonnes per year—2.3 million tonnes of polyethylene and 400,000 tonnes of polypropylene.

The complex is integrated with the broader Amur gas processing and gas chemical cluster, ensuring direct feedstock supply via pipelines. Gazprom’s Amur Gas Processing Plant (Amur GPP), which processes natural gas from East Siberian fields, will supply the primary feedstock to Amur GCC: ethane (up to 2 million t/y), and LPG (propane/butane, ~1.1 million t/y).

Steam Cracker and Downstream Progress

At the heart of the complex lies its 2.3 million t/y ethylene plant, supplied and partially engineered by Linde before the German firm’s confirmed withdrawal in 2022. Linde’s contributions included delivering critical components like the 1,500-ton quench tower, transported from South Korea to the remote Amur site—a logistical triumph showcased in earlier project updates.



Quench tower delivery to AMUR GCC, Nov 2021 | Credit: Linde Engineering 

By January 2024, SIBUR released a progress video on AGCC status update as of December 2023, confirming that polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) production units were being deployed as originally planned. The footage shows equipment installation for these downstream facilities, suggesting that proprietary technologies from Western licensors—Univation (Unipol PE gas-phase plants), ChevronPhillips Chemical (PE slurry process, undefined if MarTECH Single Loop or Advanced Dual Loop), and LyondellBasell (Spheripol PP Technology)—remain integral to the project. This indicates that either licensing agreements persisted post-2022 or SIBUR/Sinopec retained rights to use the technologies despite licensors’ reduced involvement.



Amur GCC Progress Video, Jan 2024. Reactor in this screenshot is a Slurry Loop Reactor | Credit: Sibur

Licensing Uncertainties and Delays

While Linde publicly exited the project by July 2022, when part of the equipment, including the pyrolysis unit, had already been built, SIBUR and Sinopec decided to reconsider the strategy for implementing the project, redesigned it and replaced contractors and license holders for the polyethylene and polypropylene lines. To this date, the status of other Western partners remains ambiguous as public disclosures from SIBUR and Sinopec have not clarified whether CPChem, Univation, or LyondellBasell continue to provide technical support or if their pre-sanction contracts are being honored. The lack of explicit withdrawal announcements contrasts with the project’s two-year delay.



Amur GCC Progress Video, Jan 2024. Reactor in this screenshot is likely a Gas Phase Unipol PE reactor | Credit: Sibur

It is a matter of speculation if SIBUR and Sinopec may be relying on existing licenses, in-house expertise, or third-party intermediaries to proceed with the original technologies. The January 2024 video underscores that downstream unit construction aligns with initial designs, implying that the licensors’ intellectual property is still being utilized, albeit without confirmed active collaboration.

Construction began in August 2020 and mechanical completion has been delayed to 2026 (originally 2024–25). Despite licensing headwinds, the Amur GCC achieved 76% mechanical completion by mid-May 2025 with commercial polyethylene production to start by Q3 2026, polypropylene production and full operations expected to follow in 2027 (source: interfax.com).

Strategic Implications

The Amur GCC’s trajectory highlights the resilience of large-scale petrochemical projects in the face of geopolitical disruptions. While Linde’s exit created logistical and technical gaps, the continued use of Western-designed downstream technologies—whether through preserved licenses or workarounds—demonstrates SIBUR and Sinopec’s commitment to delivering a world-class facility. The complex’s success will hinge on operationalizing these units without direct licensor support, a challenge that could redefine global norms for technology transfer in sanctioned environments. For now, the Amur GCC stands as a testament to both international collaboration’s potential and its fragility in an era of shifting alliances.

#linde  #univation  #lyondellbasell  #chevronphillips  #cpchem  #sibur  #amurgcc  #sinopec 
#steamcracker  #ethyleneplant  #amur  #russia  #unipolpe  #martech  #slurryloop  #gasphasepe  #spheripol  #polyethylene  #polypropylene  #ethane  #lpg 

AMUR GCC has been added.

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Simplified Reactor Schematics for High Pressure Ethylene Polymerisation. Credit: Portfolio Planning PLUS

Ningbo Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Company Ltd. (ZRCC), a key subsidiary of Sinopec, has signed a technology licensing agreement with ECI Group for a new ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. The plant, designed for a capacity of 200,000 tonnes per year, will be part of ZRCC’s ongoing expansion of its integrated ethylene and downstream chemical complex in the Zhenhai District.

Details of the Licensing Agreement

Technology Scope: The agreement covers the licensing of ECI Group’s hybrid reactor technology, which merges the product versatility of an autoclave reactor with the higher throughput of a tubular reactor tail. This configuration is designed to enable the production of a broad range of high-pressure polyethylene products, including LDPE, EVA, and other high-value copolymers at larger scales, a capability that has traditionally been challenging for autoclave-based technologies alone.

Project Deliverables: ECI Group will provide the technology license, process design package, expanded process design package, and detailed design for the high-pressure system. The scope also includes technical procurement services and on-site support during installation, commissioning, and performance assessment.

Plant Integration: The new EVA/LDPE facility will be integrated into ZRCC’s large ethylene and downstream complex. ZRCC, as a Sinopec subsidiary, is a major operator in the region and has recently completed significant expansions to increase both crude oil processing and advanced materials production capacity at its Ningbo site.

Industry Context

Capacity Milestone: The contract marks a milestone for ECI Group, bringing its total nameplate licensed capacity for LDPE/EVA plants to 1 million tonnes since 2021, with projects in China ranging from 50,000 to 200,000 tonnes per year.

Strategic Expansion: The new plant forms part of NZRCC’s broader strategy to expand its portfolio of high-value specialty chemicals and polymers, supporting downstream industries such as automotive, home appliances, and textiles in the Yangtze River Delta.

Sinopec’s Role: NZRCC operates as a major refining and chemical subsidiary under Sinopec, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemical companies. The Zhenhai complex is a central hub for Sinopec’s advanced materials and petrochemical production in eastern China.


#ecigroup  #ldpe  #highpressure  #ethylenepolymerization  #autoclavereactor  #tubularreactor  #hydridtechnology  #sinopec  #zrcc  #refinery  #refining  #zhejiangrefinery 

SAMREF Refiney. Credit: Samref

Aramco and ExxonMobil Plan Major Upgrade to Transform SAMREF Refinery into Integrated Petrochemicals Complex

Saudi Aramco has recently taken significant steps toward upgrading the SAMREF refinery, a 50:50 joint venture between Saudi Aramco and ExxonMobil, located in Yanbu, on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast.

It is one of the Middle East’s leading and most sophisticated refineries, processing over 400,000 barrels per day (b/d) of Arabian Light crude oil. It is one of the oldest and largest refineries in the Kingdom, exporting products to Europe, North America, and Asia. The refinery previously underwent a clean fuels upgrade in 2014 to reduce sulfur content in its products. The refinery is notable for its high yield of gasoline and distillate products, exceeding 80% per barrel—higher than many comparable refineries. Its product mix can be adjusted to meet seasonal or market-specific demands, reflecting its processing flexibility.

Key Developments:

• MoU with ExxonMobil: In May 2025, Aramco and ExxonMobil signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to evaluate a significant upgrade of the SAMREF refinery. The planned upgrade aims to transform the facility from a conventional oil refinery into a world-class integrated petrochemicals complex. This move is part of Aramco’s broader strategy to increase the value derived from its crude oil by expanding into high-value petrochemicals.
• Strategic Objectives: The SAMREF upgrade is a core component of Aramco’s $100 billion liquids-to-chemicals program, which seeks to convert up to 4 million barrels per day of crude oil into petrochemicals and chemical feedstocks by 2030. This initiative is central to Saudi Arabia’s ambition to maximize economic returns from its hydrocarbon resources and diversify its downstream portfolio.
• Scope of Upgrade: The envisioned project involves adding a mixed-feed cracker to the existing refinery, enabling the production of a broader range of petrochemical products. This would align SAMREF with other major Aramco projects, such as the planned expansions at the SASREF and Yasref refineries, which are also being converted into integrated refining and petrochemical complexes

Recent Announcements:

• The MoU was signed during the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh in May 2025, underscoring the importance of international partnerships in Aramco’s downstream expansion plans.
• Aramco’s CEO Amin Nasser reported that, as of the end of 2024, the company had achieved 45% of its liquids-to-chemicals program target, with ongoing progress at SAMREF and other key sites.

A Word of Caution:

This latest development comes on the heels of Aramco’s recent announcements of other mega-project transformations, including the $10 billion expansion of the SASREF refinery (to add 400,000 b/d of petrochemicals capacity) and the $7 billion upgrade of the Yasref refinery (to integrate a 2.5 million-ton-per-year ethylene cracker). These projects are part of Aramco’s broader $100 billion liquids-to-chemicals program, which aims to shift its downstream focus from fuels to high-value chemicals.

Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Aramco’s downstream president, previously explicitly affirmed the 4 million b/d target in a 2024 statement:

“The planned Yasref expansion aligns with our downstream strategy to unlock the full potential of our resources, including converting up to four million barrels per day of crude oil into petrochemicals by 2030.”

However, as industry analysts, while recognizing the impressive scale of the recently announced petrochemical transformation projects, we must caution this ambitious 4 million b/d target faces significant hurdles:

• To put things in perspective, 4 million b/d of crude oil—corresponding to approximately 200 million tonnes/year—is equivalent to about half of today’s global plastics market, which would require unprecedented speed and scale in petrochemical conversion project execution.
• Critically, full-barrel conversion technology—which would enable near-total transformation of crude oil into chemicals without producing fuels—does not yet exist at commercial scale. Current state-of-the-art refineries convert only 15–20% of each barrel to chemicals, with the rest yielding fuels.
•  S-Oil's Shaheen project employing TC2C technology developed by Saudi Aramco Technology Company (SATC) is presently about half-way complete and has a scheduled oil uptake capacity of 2.3 million tonnes of Arab Light, corresponding to 1.15% of the stated objective.
• Aramco’s timeline (less than six years to 2030) would also require parallel delivery of many more mega-projects than those recently announced, each typically requiring 5–7 years to complete, to reach this upper target.
   

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Well Resources and PetroChina Dagang refinery personnel tour the Ionikylation Unit at PetroChina's Dagang Refinery, which reached 1,000 Days of Continuous Operation.

Well Resources, Calgary, Canada | May 12, 2025 –  PetroChina Dagang Petrochemical Company has reached the milestone of 1,000 continuous days of operation for its 150,000 tpy Ionikylation unit.

The successful commissioning of the ¥330 million RMB alkylation unit based on composite ionic liquid (CIL) alkylation technology was reported on August 14, 2022. Throughout its operation, the unit has produced 98 RON alkylate. The Dagang Ionikylation unit occupies a plot space of 159m x 71m.

The Dagang refinery has an annual crude processing capacity of 5,000,000 tpy, producing 1,500,000 tpy of gasoline. Ionikylation was selected for its demonstrated ability to improve the quality and efficiency of alkylate production, enabling the company to meet National VI gasoline upgrade requirements while improving its environmental and operational safety profile.
 
Representatives from Well Resources recently visited the Dagang refinery to celebrate the 1,000-day operational milestone and discuss ongoing process optimization initiatives. In late 2023, the Dagang refinery began field-testing next-generation CIL catalyst formulation, which has resulted in a 35% reduction of the catalyst consumption rate compared to the original design basis.

Ionikylation is a ionic liquids-based alkylation technology for the production of high-octane alkylate that is free from sulfur, benzene, olefins, and aromatics. The inherently safe and sustainable process allows a refiner to transition away from using hazardous and corrosive acid catalysts and additives. All Ionikylation process equipment is manufactured using carbon steel, and the process eliminates the need for costly containment systems for handling hazardous chemicals.

In 2020, Ionikylation achieved an industry milestone as the first ionic liquids-based technology to be used to revamp an existing hydrofluoric acid alkylation unit at Sinopec’s Wuhan refinery. Well Resources is the global licensor of Ionikylation developed by China University of Petroleum (CUP).

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At the signing ceremony, standing from left, are YASREF Director Lian Mingxiang, Sinopec Group Assistant President and MD of HR Qin Du, Sinopec Group President Zhao Dong, Aramco President & CEO Amin H. Nasser, Aramco Downstream President Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, and Aramco Executive Vice President of Products & Customers and YASREF Chairman Yasser M. Mufti. Sitting, from left, are Sinopec Overseas Investment Holding Limited President Zou Wenzhi, YASREF President & CEO Saad Bin Matlig, and Aramco Vice President of Liquid-to-Chemical Program Development Fahad Alsahali. Photo Credit: Saudi Aramco

DHAHRAN | April 09, 2025

Saudi Aramco and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) have taken a decisive step to elevate their joint venture, the Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF), into a new era of petrochemical innovation and integration. Marking YASREF’s 10^th anniversary, the two energy giants have signed a Venture Framework Agreement (VFA) to advance a major expansion of the YASREF complex, strategically located on Saudi Arabia’s west coast in Yanbu.

A Strategic Leap in Downstream Integration

The expansion project is designed to transform YASREF into a fully integrated refining and petrochemical powerhouse. Central to the plan is the construction of a state-of-the-art mixed-feed steam cracker with an annual ethylene capacity of 1.8 million tons, complemented by a 1.5 million tons per year aromatics complex and associated downstream derivatives.

These new facilities will be woven into the existing YASREF infrastructure, maximizing operational synergies and enabling the production of high-value petrochemical products to meet rising global demand.

The YASREF expansion is part of Aramco’s broader $100 billion liquids-to-chemicals program, which includes the development of multiple mixed-feed crackers both within Saudi Arabia and internationally

A Decade of Progress, A Future of Opportunity

YASREF, a joint venture owned 62.5% by Aramco and 37.5% by Sinopec, has been a symbol of dynamic China–Saudi energy cooperation since its inception.

Since commencing operations in 2015 with a crude refining capacity of 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day—expanded to 430,000 b/d in 2020—YASREF has played a key role in Saudi Arabia’s industrial landscape.

The planned expansion is expected to further enhance YASREF’s ability to deliver high-quality petrochemical products, support the energy transition, and foster long-term industrial partnerships between Saudi Arabia and China.


#sinopec  #aramco  #yasref  #yanbu  #saudiarabia  #refining  #petrochemicals  #refineryexpansion 

Description about YASREF company and refinery have been updated. Some plant technologies and capacities have been added.


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Silleno LLP in Kazakhstan has been added.

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Silleno LLP shareholders have been added.

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SINOPEC OVERSEAS INVESTMENT HOLDING (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. has been added.

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June 13, 2022 -- Zhenhai Refining and Chemical's 100,000 ton/year bio-jet fuel industrial production unit

The biofuel plant employing SRJET technology for the production of Sustaainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), started up in June 2022,  has been added to the Zhenhai Refinery.

#sinopec  #zhenhai  #china  #biofuels  #usedcookingoil  #sustainableaviationfuel  #saf  #jetfuel  #Sustainability 

Sinopec Guangzhou (Luoyang) Engineering Co., Ltd. (LPEC) has been added.

#lpec #sinopec  #engineering  #guangzhou  #china  #engineering 

Description of the DICP Methanol-to-Olefins Technology (DMTO) has been completed.

#syn  #sinopec  #dicp  #dmto  #methanolstoolefins  #china  #dalian  #lepc  #synenergy  #coaltoolefins 

The MTO process description has been added.


#mto  #methanoltoolefins  #coalgasification  #syngas #dmto  #syndmto  #dicp  #uop  #hydromto  #sinopec  #smto 

Many technologies have been identified and added:

🔹Axen's aromatic complex
🔹Sinopc's DCC and DCC-Plus
🔹Linde's steam cracking
🔹Lummus / UOP's EBOne Ethylbenzene (to be confirmed)
🔹Lummus / UOP's "Classic" Styrene Monomer
🔹 LyondellBasell's Hostalen HDPE
🔹 Lummus' Novolen PP
🔹Axens' Hyvahl
🔹KBR's ROSE (to be confirmed)

Some assumptions haven been made based on technologies reported in 2009. .

There is a lack of reported information details about what happens between the ADUs and the two FCC plants, the technologies employed in the Lube plant (which also has at least one VDU) and the fuel blending plant making 7 million tonnes of the total 10.5 million tonnes of crude oil processing capacity .

The mass balance is also not matching as far as feedstock going into the FCCs is concerned. In case of the aromatics plant, this is a suite of many technologies, with reforming, alkylation, separation, etc but no details are available excepted it is known to be from Axens (formerly HRI).

There is double counting of polypropylene capacity with PP fed into a PP compounding plant (JPP's technology).


#axens  #sinopec  #linde  #lummus  #uop  #lyondellbasell  #kbr  #jpp 

Hassi Messaoud Refinery

Hassi Messaoud Refinery: Técnicas Reunidas confirms relaunch of the $4 billion project

28^th Nov 2024, ALGERIE ECO

Sonatrach Group, Spanish company Técnicas Reunidas, and Chinese group Sinopec have agreed to relaunch the Hassi Messaoud refinery construction project in southern Algeria. This announcement was made on November 27 by Técnicas Reunidas in a communication to Spain's National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), as reported by Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias (El Pais).

Initially awarded by Sonatrach in late 2019 to a consortium including Técnicas Reunidas and Samsung Engineering (South Korea), the project has undergone a change in partners. Samsung Engineering has been replaced by Sinopec, a strategic partner of Técnicas Reunidas since their agreement signed in September 2023.

The project will be implemented through a joint venture. Técnicas Reunidas will hold 51% of the shares, while Sinopec will own 49%. The total contract amount is approximately $4 billion (3.8 billion euros). Of this budget, more than $2 billion (1.9 billion euros) will be allocated to Técnicas Reunidas.

This project is considered a strategic priority for Algeria. It aims to strengthen local production of energy products to meet growing domestic demand. The refinery, with a processing capacity of five million tons, is expected to be completed in 65 months, with the first refining units scheduled to begin operations by the end of 2027, according to details provided by Técnicas Reunidas to the CNMV.

This is the fourth major project carried out by Técnicas Reunidas and Sinopec since their strategic alliance. Additionally, in June, Sonatrach signed a memorandum of understanding with Sinopec. This agreement aims to expand their cooperation, particularly in exploration, renewable energy, petrochemicals, and petroleum engineering.

For its part, South Korean company Samsung Engineers & AHEAD (Samsung E&A) announced on Thursday that it had been notified of the cancellation of a 1.9 trillion won ($1.36 billion) order placed by Algeria in 2020, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap Agency. Samsung E&A indicated that it had failed to reach a compromise with Sonatrach on modifications to the contract terms, according to the same source. The Korean company emphasized that there were no financial losses resulting from the order cancellation.

In July, Sonatrach's Vice President of Refining and Petrochemicals, Slimane Slimani, indicated on Radio Channel 3 that the Hassi Messaoud refinery project had been relaunched. President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, had also insisted on relaunching this project, which was on the agenda of two Council of Ministers meetings in December 2023 and January 2024.

#sonatrach  #algeria  #hassimessaoud  #refinery  #sinopec  #crudeoil   

China's largest petrochemical industrial base has been fully completed.

On December 19, the second phase of the capacity expansion and high-end new materials project of SINOPEC's Zhenhai Refining and Chemical (ZRCC), a key project of Zhejiang Province's "14th Five-Year Plan", was fully mechanically completed, setting a number of records in the construction of domestic projects of the same size, including the most extensive application of independent innovation, the highest degree of intelligence, and the best energy saving and consumption reduction. So far, the refining capacity of Zhenhai Refining and Chemical has been increased to 40 million tons, making the total refining capacity of the Zhejiang Ningbo Petrochemical Base where it is located exceed 50 million tons, making it the largest, most technologically advanced, and most competitive world-class petrochemical industrial base in the country.

The Ningbo Petrochemical Industrial Base in Zhejiang is located in the Yangtze River Delta region and is a consumption center for downstream petrochemical products. The total investment in the Phase II capacity expansion and high-end new materials project of Zhenhai Refining and Chemical is 41.6 billion yuan, covering 18 units such as atmospheric distillation, catalytic cracking, polypropylene, and propane dehydrogenation. The new production capacity is fully focused on chemical processes, which will give rise to a number of high-value-added characteristic industrial chains such as "refining-propane dehydrogenation-propylene-acrylonitrile-ABS/methionine, refining-liquefied gas-isononanol-environmentally friendly plasticizers", focusing on the development of high-end polyolefins, high-end new materials, high-end chemicals and other products, which can provide nearly 8 million tons of related products to the downstream each year, providing strong support for the integrity and competitiveness of the industrial chain of advantageous industries such as automobiles, home appliances, and textiles in the Yangtze River Delta region, and driving the trillion-level output value of the upstream and downstream industrial chains.

The project has set multiple records and established industry benchmarks. It successfully achieved domestic production of 10 core equipment pieces, including the world's largest vertical labyrinth compressor. The project extensively implemented smart technologies, achieving simultaneous delivery of digital and physical factories, and deployed a fully independent domestic industrial operating system. It utilized the independently developed "Petrochemical Smart Cloud" industrial internet ecosystem platform to effectively support operational decisions and management. Additionally, the project was the first to comprehensively implement energy-saving measures, reducing overall energy consumption by approximately 11.7%. During the construction period, the project accumulated over 90 million continuous safe work hours, with a 100% quality pass rate for unit projects, setting a new industry standard.

Source: Xinhuanet

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Polycarbonate production has been added.

#polycarbonate #tianjin  #sabic  #sinopec 

Release time: 2023-09-15 15:21:50 Source: Saudi Arabia News (Reprinted by Business Department 3)

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) announced the commercial operation of a new polycarbonate (PC) plant built by the SSTPC joint venture. SSTPC is jointly funded by both parties in a 50:50 ratio. 

Founded in 2009, Sinopec (Tianjin) Petrochemical is a large petrochemical company with nine world-class chemical, polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) production plants. The new polycarbonate plant is designed to produce 260,000 tons per year and is an important part of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation's polycarbonate growth strategy in China, which will promote cooperation with international and local customers.


#sabic  #aramco  #saudiarabia  #china  #sinopec  #tianjin  #petrochemical  #binhai  #polycarbonate  #sstpc 

Several plants and productions added.


#anqing  #refinery  #sinopec  #massbalance 
 

A simplified description of SINOPEC's S-STM technology for dehydrogenation of Ethybenzene into Styrene has been added.

#dehydrogenation #eb  #ethylbenzene  #styrene  #sinopec 

A simplified description of SINOPEC's Liquid Phase Alkylation Technology with Circulation for Ethylbenzene Production (EBLC) technology has been added.

#sinopec #technologylicensing  #ethylbenzene  #alkylation  #benzene 

Petrochemical Industry Going Global Alliance | November 9, 2024 10:50, via WeChat.

On July 6, 2023, with the 400,000 tons/year ethylbenzene-styrene unit producing qualified products, all units of the Anqing Petrochemical Refinery Conversion Plant Structural Adjustment Project were successfully started up safely and environmentally friendly at one time.

The project is led by a 3 million tons/year heavy oil catalytic cracking unit. By increasing the production of light olefins and aromatic raw materials to produce high-value-added chemical products, it effectively enhances the adaptability and flexibility of the company's production structure to changes in demand, and explores a development path for domestic refining companies to cope with overcapacity and achieve transformation and upgrading.

Among them, the 3 million tons/year heavy oil catalytic cracking unit is the world's first RTC process heavy oil catalytic cracking unit, and the 400,000 tons/year ethylbenzene-styrene unit is currently the largest dry gas-based ethylbenzene unit in China.

The heavy oil catalytic cracking unit of Anqing Petrochemical has been started-up

Seetao 2023-06-25 15:12

The heavy oil catalytic cracking unit of Anqing Petrochemical has a total of three main fan units, namely two main units K101A/B and one backup fan unit K102. After the backup fan is successfully started and the two units have completed the relevant air tightness and other related processes, the K102 unit will be shut down, and the two main fan units K101A/B will enter the ignition furnace heating stage. It is expected that the overall start-up process will continue for more than 10 days.

Anqing will stop operating its 1.4mn t/yr fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) and 700,000 t/yr deep catalytic cracking unit, which are located near a residential area, for environmental reasons. The project will involve adding a new 3mn t/yr DCC that will enable the refinery to process crude with a higher sulphur content of 1.5pc.

Anqing currently produces 30,000 t/yr of polypropylene, 100,000 t/yr of ethylbenzene and styrene and 210,000 t/yr of acrylonitrile, among other products. It will scale up output of these products through the upgrading project.

Sinopec's Anqing refinery shifts towards petrochemicals

PETROTHALIL Analytical Petrochemical News Agency | 2020/06/23 09:38:57

Work on the 11bn yuan ($1.5bn) project at Anqing in the central province of Anhui started in early May. A Yn6.6bn first phase aims to produce around 2mn t/yr of olefins and aromatics, including 150,000 t/yr of ethylene, 640,000 t/yr of propylene and 610,000 t/yr of aromatics products. Trial production is scheduled for late 2022. A second, Yn4.4bn phase will add another 650,000 t/yr of unspecified chemical output.

Refined product output will be cut by a third after the project is complete, with the gasoline yield rising at the expense of diesel. Anqing is also expanding its pipeline connections to replace fuel transportation by river. Sinopec opened an 88,000 b/d oil products pipeline linking Anqing to the cities of Hefei, Huainan, Bengbu and Fuyang in late 2016.

Anqing will stop operating its 1.4mn t/yr fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) and 700,000 t/yr deep catalytic cracking unit, which are located near a residential area, for environmental reasons. The project will involve adding a new 3mn t/yr DCC that will enable the refinery to process crude with a higher sulphur content of 1.5pc.

Anqing currently produces 30,000 t/yr of polypropylene, 100,000 t/yr of ethylbenzene and styrene and 210,000 t/yr of acrylonitrile, among other products. It will scale up output of these products through the upgrading project.

#dcc  #fcc  #styrene  #ethylbenzene  #alkylation  #dehydrogenation  #aromatics  #olefins  #btx  #resid  #cracking  #anqing  #petrochemical  #sinopec  #refinery  #china

Sinopec Residue Hydrotreating Technology has been added.

#resid #residuum  #hydrotreating  #rht  #sinopec 

Sinopec DCC-pro (Resid-To-Chemical) technology description has been developed.


#dcc  #catalyticcracking  #fcc  #rtc  #resid  #residtochemical  #propylene  #sinopec 

SINOPEC Engineering Incorporatio (SEI) has been added.
 

#sei #sinopec  #engineering   

Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing Co., Ltd. (RIPP) has been added.

#sinopec #researchinstitute  #ripp  #petroleumprocessing 

SINOPEC Deep Catalytic Cracking (DCC) description has been updated.


#dcc  #catalyticcracking  #sinopec  #fcc  #residueupgrading  #olefins  

Sinopec established Shanghai Jinshan Petrochemical Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd.

Wuhan Yuxiang Technology, 2024-10-03

In June 2021, Sinopec's Shanghai Petrochemical registered Shanghai Jinshan Petrochemical Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinopec. The new company focuses on breakthroughs and industrialization of carbon fiber technology. It not only participates in the research and development and production of new carbon fiber materials and downstream composite materials, but also involves the operation and after-sales service of the carbon fiber product market.

"The King of New Materials"! China's first large-tow carbon fiber production line was delivered!

Government Affairs: Sinopec 2022-08-16

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical has achieved a significant milestone with the completion of China's first large-tow carbon fiber production line. This makes them the first company in China and the fourth globally to master large-tow carbon fiber production technology.

Large-tow carbon fiber contains more than 48,000 filaments per bundle (48K), compared to the current domestic standard of 1,000-12,000 filaments. This new material contains over 95% carbon content and possesses remarkable properties - it's one-fourth the weight of steel but 7-9 times stronger, with excellent corrosion resistance.

The project represents several key achievements:
▪️ All equipment is domestically produced in its first phase.
▪️ Sinopec holds 274 patents in carbon fiber technology, with 165 granted, ranking first domestically and third globally.
▪️ The technology will significantly increase production capacity and reduce costs of carbon fiber manufacturing.

This achievement will help reduce China's dependence on imported large-tow carbon fiber and promote high-quality development of domestic carbon fiber industry.

Sinopec Produces China's First Batch of Large Tow Carbon Fiber

SHANGHAI, Oct. 14, 2022 – China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") has successfully produced China's first batch of large tow carbon fiber at the company's production base in Shanghai, making the company the first in the country and fourth in the world to possess large tow carbon fiber technology. 

Sinopec's production line has adopted its self-developed PAN (polyacrylonitrile) base large tow precursor and carbon fiber technologies. The project is being implemented in two phases and expects to be in full production in 2024, projecting an annual production capacity of 24,000 tons of protofilament and 12,000 tons of large tow carbon fiber.

Large tow carbon fiber refers to roving that contains 48,000 filaments or more. The high-performance material is often referred to as the "king of new material" and "black gold." The product developed and manufactured by Sinopec Shanghai is a new type of high-strength carbon fiber with a carbon content of over 95 percent. It has outstanding excellent mechanical properties and a specific gravity that's less than one fourth of the steel, yet a strength that's seven to nine times stronger. It is also corrosion resistant.

As the material can be widely used in producing parts and components, it is expected to be used for an increasing amount of industrial infrastructure projects in China, including ones related to wind power, solar power, high-speed rail, and aviation.

"Sinopec has customized a special production line for large tow carbon fiber, including production equipment and techniques, which has enabled us to design oxidizing furnaces and carbide furnaces that revolutionizes not only the core technology of temperature field control, but also has a revolutionary energy-saving design, marking a major milestone in the development of China's carbon fiber industry," said Huang Xiangyu, carbon fiber expert and deputy general manager of Sinopec Shanghai.

Sinopec now owns 251 patents related to carbon fiber and 46 patents for carbon fiber composite materials, the largest number in China and third in the world, and through scaled up investment and industrial layout, Sinopec is committed to being a major contributor to the development of China's carbon fiber industry.

Shanghai Petrochemical inaugurates its carbon fibre composite experimental base

Oct. 24, 2024 – Shanghai Petrochemical carbon fibre composite experimental base opened. This initiative reflects the requirements and efforts of Chinese conglomerate Sinopec (parent company of Shanghai Petrochemical) to build a world-class carbon fibre industrial base.

This will effectively achieve a seamless transition from small trials to pilot trials, and then to industrialised technology development, forming a series of solutions from composite material development to application, and further giving full play to industry, academia and research. 

At present, a number of experimental production lines have been built or are under construction, including a thermoplastic panel line, a thermoplastic prepreg line, a thermoset prepreg line, a panel pultrusion line, a threaded bar pultrusion line, a fabric pultrusion line and a high-performance resin line. The resin line has pilot and mass production capabilities for composite materials with thermosetting and thermoplastic properties, and diversified preparation processes.

In the future, Shanghai Petrochemical says it will continue to improve its technical level and production capacity, actively moving towards the goal of “strengthening and optimising the new materials industry with carbon fibre as the core“.

SIPC 1.2 million tonne ethylene project was completed and put into operation in Tianjin

On 13th November the new ethylene complex operated by SIPC, also known as the 'ethylene and downstream high-end new materials industry cluster project', was successfully put into operation and the whole process was completed, producing qualified products. Sinopec INEOS (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (SIPC) is a joint venture between INEOS and SINOPEC. The project is built in the Nangang area of the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone.

The steam cracker plant with a 1.2 million tonne per year of ethylene is designed to provide 4 million tons annually of high-end chemical products and fine chemical feedstocks to the downstream every year. There are 13 downstream projects including high-density polyethylene, linear low-density polyethylene, ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, polypropylene, acrylonitrile, and polyolefin elastomers (POE).

The new ethylene complex, partly powered by solar and designed as an energy and water efficient project, is integrated with Sinopec Tianjin's 320,000 barrels per day refinery, Sinopec commented. The company uses a combination of Sinopec's own technology and imported technology to produce high-end, differentiated new materials that replace imports and fill domestic gaps.

The project took only 21.5 months from the start of civil construction to mechanical completion, breaking many records for similar projects, including the best overall coordinated control plan, the least number of workers, the deepest degree of factory prefabrication, the largest proportion of modular installation, the highest rate of localization of large equipment, and the widest application of digital intelligence.

#sinopec  #ineos  #sipc  #petrochemical  #ethylene  #ethyleneplant  #steamcracker  #polyethylene  #polypropylene 

8/2/2023 9:45:00 AM | Hydrocarbon Processing

INEOS has completed the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with SINOPEC for the Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project, announced in December 2022, which is currently under construction by SINOPEC and expected to be on-stream by April 2024.

The petrochemical complex includes a 1.2 mtpa cracker, a new 500ktpa High-Density Polyethylene plant to produce INEOS pipe grade under license and 11 other derivative units.

The completion of the agreement today marks the continued progression of the significant petrochemical deals announced by the parties in July and December last year, and highlights the close relationship and growing collaboration between SINOPEC and INEOS.

#ineos  #sinopec  #tianjin  #sipc  #binhai  #nangang  #hdpe  #ethylene  #steamcracker  #ethyleneplant 

Photo: circulating water plant put online on 30^th Aug 2024

7^th Sep 2024 | Source: DT New Materials, via Sohu.com

The project is related to Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical Co., Ltd., mainly including the construction of a 3 million tons/year catalytic cracking complex, a 1 million tons/year ethylene complex, and supporting public works and auxiliary facilities. The project started in June 2023 and is scheduled to be delivered in mid-2026. The project is mainly funded by its own funds and bank loans. As of June 30, 2024, a total investment of RMB 2.2 billion has been completed.

30^th Aug 2024 | Source: Golden Sheep Network, via Baidu.com

The first unit of the Maoming Petrochemical Refining Transformation and Upgrading and Ethylene Quality Improvement Project was successfully put into use. On the afternoon of August 30, 4 pumps and 10 cooling towers were started at the newly built first chemical water circulation plant of Maoming Petrochemical, and 5 pumps were stopped in the old first circulation.


#sinopec  #maoming  #steamcracker  #ethyleneplant  #ethylene  #fcc #catalyticcracking #china 

Details about Dagang area refinery added.


#massbalance  #tianjin  #binhai  #dagang  #sinopec  #steamcracker  #ethyleneplant  #tianjin 

The picture shows the panoramic view of 4# atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit

April 2010: The first million-ton ethylene plant of Zhenhai Refining and Chemical was completed and put into operation. (Source)

2020: China's first 100,000 tons/year bio-jet fuel unit was completed in Zhenhai Refining and Chemical. (Source)

Jan 2022: Zhenhai Refining and Chemical's 1.2 million tons/year ethylene unit produced qualified products. (Source)

28^th June 2021: The first phase of Sinopec Zhenhai Base project was completed in Zhenhai, Ningbo, Zhejiang. The commissioning of this project will add 1.2 million tons of ethylene annual production capacity and 4 million tons of refining annual capacity to Zhenhai Refining and Chemical. (Source)

27^th Sep 2021: The 4# atmospheric and vacuum unit was put into operation. In 2022, the energy (steam) consumption of the unit dropped from 11.51 kg of standard oil/ton at the initial start-up to 9.45 kg of standard oil/ton, with significant energy-saving and consumption-reducing effects.

18^th Nov 2021: The No. 2 coal-coke hydrogen production unit at the Zhenhai base was successfully put into operation. 
Over the past year (2022), the 2# coal-coke hydrogen production unit has supplied more than 100,000 tons of hydrogen and over 700,000 tons of fuel gas . It has successfully achieved 122 days of operation of the III series gasifier burner, more than 3 months of stable operation of the coal mill, and more than 80 days of wastewater stripping operation, creating the first domestic record of dual-unit operation of propylene compressors. (Source)

6^th Jan 2022; The No. 2 propylene oxide styrene (POSM) unit of Zhenhai Base was successfully put into trial operation. 
In the one year since the start of operation, the plant has achieved a stability rate of 99.42% and a product qualification rate of 100% . The plant achieved excellent results in annual PO production of 269,800 tons and SM production of 583,400 tons.  (Source)

2022: The tail oil products produced by the 3# hydrocracking unit are used as the raw materials for the 2# ethylene unit, and desulfurized dry gas is provided as the sulfur injection agent. 
As the largest single-series hydrocracking unit in China, the unit has now (6^th Jan 2023) processed a total of 2.2 million tons of wax oil, 1.64 million tons of diesel, and produced a total of 1.18 million tons of naphtha and 550,000 tons of jet fuel. (Source)

7^th Jan 2023: 
▪️ Today, on the first anniversary of the successful start-up of the ethylene unit, the unit's automatic control rate reached 97% and the stability rate reached 99.5%, the output of ethylene products was 997,500 tons, and the comprehensive energy consumption of the ethylene cracking furnace ranked first in Sinopec.
▪️ As an important downstream unit of ethylene, the 2# ethylene glycol (2# EOEG) unit actively explored the lower limit of the unit's operating load.
▪️ The National Four Units (2# butadiene extraction unit, 3# aromatics extraction unit, 2# MTBE/butene-1 unit, 2# pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit) have made positive contributions to the company's optimization of ethylene production capacity structure, processing C4 to C9 cracking components and integrating them into high value-added economic value products.
(Source)

24^th Nov 2023: The 1.5 million tons/year ethylene and downstream high-end new materials industry cluster project of Zhenhai Refining and Chemical started. The project involves 2*200,000 tons/year of polyolefin elastomer (POE/α-olefin) combination, 400,000 tons/year of low-density polyethylene (LDPE)/ ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) (vinyl acetate (VA)), 200,000 tons/year of adiponitrile and other popular materials. (Source)

18^th Oct 2024: Sinopec Ningbo Project EPC General Contracting, Zhenhai Base Phase II Project Double Hydrogenation Unit Delivery! The 1.5 million tons/year jet fuel hydrogenation and 4 million tons/year wax oil hydrogenation units at Sinopec Zhenhai Base have passed the acceptance inspection. (Source)

21^st October 2024: The mechanical completion of the 11 million tons/year atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit of the second phase of the Zhenhai base was achieved. This project is the leading unit of the second phase of the base's refining project, and it is also the atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit with the largest crude oil processing capacity of Zhenhai Refining and Chemical. (Source)

30^th August 2024: The first batch of main and supporting projects of the Zhenhai Base Phase II - aromatics extraction, catalytic gasoline hydrogenation, and pressure tank area - achieved mechanical completion. So far, the overall schedule of the Zhenhai Base Phase II project has been completed by 95%, and the project construction is stable and orderly. (Source)

23^rd Nov 2024: The 1.5 million tons/year No. 2 aviation kerosene hydrogenation unit of the second phase of Zhenhai Base successfully introduced raw aviation kerosene, marking that the first unit of the second phase of the base has entered the feeding test run stage. (Source)


#ZRCC  #zhejiang  #sinopec  #refining  #chemical  #downstream 

7th Sep 2024 | Source: DT New Materials, via Sohu.com

The project is located in Gulei Petrochemical Base, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, and mainly builds 16 million tons/year oil refining project and 1.2 million tons/year ethylene project. The project is the leading project of Gulei Petrochemical Base, one of the seven major petrochemical industrial bases in China. The first phase of the project mainly includes 9 sets of chemical equipment such as ethylene cracking with an actual processing capacity of 1 million tons/year, with a total investment of 27.8 billion yuan and an annual output of one million tons of ethylene.

The second phase of the Gulei Refining and Chemical Project is jointly constructed by Sinopec Group and Fujian Province. It is planned to build more than 30 refining and chemical units, including 16 million tons/year of oil refining, 1.5 million tons/year of ethylene, 2 million tons/year of aromatics , as well as supporting facilities such as public works and berths at the Gulei Petrochemical Base. On July 16, the second phase of the project was approved by the Fujian Provincial Development and Reform Commission.

#gulei  #sinopec  #petrochemical  #refining  #ethylene  #steamcracking  #oilrefining  #crudeoil 

The oil conversion of the two Chinese oil companies SINOPEC and PETROCHINA has accelerated.

Petrochemical Industry Going Global Alliance November 9, 2024 10:50

Nowadays, it is imperative for traditional fuel-based refineries to transform into chemical-based refineries. In recent years, Sinopec and PetroChina have accelerated their transformation from oil refining to new chemical materials.

Typical Enterprises of PetroChina in Reducing Oil and Increasing Chemicals

On October 31, PetroChina held a 2024 third quarter performance briefing in Shanghai, mentioning that in the first three quarters of 2024, the commodity volume of China's petrochemical products was 28.643 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%. The output of new materials was 1.618 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 62.6%. This data shows that PetroChina has achieved outstanding results in the field of refining and new materials industry by reducing oil and increasing chemicals. In 2023, the output of new materials of China's petrochemical industry was 1.37 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 60%, and the refining and new materials business achieved an operating profit of 36.94 billion yuan.

01 | Jilin Petrochemical

At present, the Jilin Petrochemical Refining and Chemical Transformation and Upgrading Project with a total investment of 33.9 billion yuan is accelerating. It is expected that 18 main units and 142 small overall projects of the transformation and upgrading project will be delivered before November 30. Before the end of the year, all 21 units will be delivered, and the project will be fully put into production in 2025. After it is put into production, it can achieve an increase of 2.8 million tons of chemical products per year. After the project is put into production, while maintaining the crude oil processing capacity unchanged, it can achieve a reduction of 2.63 million tons/year in oil product output and an increase of about 2.77 million tons/year in chemical products. The effect of "reducing oil and increasing chemicals" is significant; especially after the ABS production capacity reaches 1.8 million tons/year, it will rank first in China and third in the world, highlighting the advantages of the industrial chain; new high-value-added chemical products and new materials such as EVA, bisphenol A, and butadiene rubber will be added.

Jilin Petrochemical has developed a high-end ABS product with high impact resistance, which is the only ABS product in China that meets the technical requirements of national and American standards for Class A helmets. This product not only meets the rigidity and toughness requirements, but also has good low temperature resistance. In an environment of -30℃, it has the same impact resistance as ordinary helmets at room temperature.

02 | Daqing Petrochemical

In November 2020, Daqing Petrochemical's refining structure adjustment, transformation and upgrading project, including 1.2 million tons/year continuous reforming unit, 2 million tons/year catalytic cracking unit and 12 other main units and 29 supporting public works and auxiliary facilities, were fully completed and put into operation. At present, Daqing Petrochemical's ethylene unit de-bottleneck and downstream supporting projects have been completed and handed over, with a total ethylene production capacity of 1.38 million tons/year, and the ethylene energy consumption of the E3 unit has dropped to less than 587.5 kg of standard oil/ton, reaching the industry's energy efficiency benchmark level.

Daqing Petrochemical has strengthened cooperation with scientific research institutes and implemented major CCUS scientific and technological projects. The on-site application of the independent technology of new coke-suppressing furnace tubes has achieved good results, and promoted the high-quality development of enterprises through technological progress. Carry out research on the localization of catalysts, and 4 imported catalysts have been replaced by domestic products for the first time. In terms of new materials, Daqing Petrochemical actively implements the new material acceleration project and strives to create a "product giant". In 2023, Daqing Petrochemical will develop 7 new products such as lithium battery diaphragm materials and Zhongmenni chlorinated polyethylene type B materials, and increase the output of 19 new (high-efficiency) products such as 19G and 2820D by 522,000 tons, and produce 11 new material products with grades such as DQDN3711 and UH060P, etc. 40,800 tons. In the first half of this year, it continued to expand the production of new (high-efficiency) chemical products such as DQDN3711 and 19G, and successfully developed 4 new products such as QL505PR and special functional fibers.

03 | Dushanzi Petrochemical

At present, Dushanzi Petrochemical is accelerating the construction of the Tarim 1.2 million tons/year Phase II ethylene project, which will quickly release 1.2 million tons of polyethylene, 450,000 tons of polypropylene, and 100,000 tons of rubber production capacity. At the same time, it can provide 400,000 tons of raw materials per year to drive the development of the downstream industrial chain.

The Tarim 1.2 million tons/year Phase II ethylene project adheres to the innovative and green construction concept and has built 11 major production units, 10 of which use domestic technology (9 use China Petroleum’s own technology); it maximizes the use of domestic technology and localized equipment, with a localization rate of 99%.

At the end of October this year, the first domestically produced dual-end functionalized solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber SSBR3540 F was successfully started up at the 240,000 tons/year SSBR/SBS rubber unit of PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical , filling the domestic gap. Currently, the production capacity of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber of Dushanzi Petrochemical has reached 160,000 tons/year.

04 | Lanzhou Petrochemical

On June 3, the feasibility study report of the Lanzhou Petrochemical Company's transformation and upgrading ethylene renovation project (million-ton ethylene project) was approved by the China National Petroleum Corporation Party Committee Meeting, marking a key breakthrough in the project's advancement.

Lanzhou Petrochemical Company's transformation and upgrading ethylene renovation project eliminated 240,000 tons/year of obsolete ethylene production capacity, optimized 460,000 tons/year of ethylene, carried out 1.2 million tons/year of ethylene renovation, and built and put into use projects such as medical materials and high-end electronic protective film material production equipment, to comprehensively create a million-ton new material base.

After years of continuous optimization and adjustment of its structure, Lanzhou Petrochemical has formed an integrated refining and chemical production structure, with an annual ethylene output of 1.5 million tons, nitrile rubber production capacity ranking third in the world and second in Asia, and medical polypropylene RP260 filling the gap in the domestic medical material market. In 2024, Lanzhou Petrochemical will successfully produce metallocene ultra-low density polyethylene mPE1012 for the first time; produce the first batch of 220kv high-voltage cable material products CL2140P, breaking technical barriers; and implement the conversion of nitrile rubber NBR2805G and other brands in the rubber field. At present, Lanzhou Petrochemical's new material products have covered many high-tech industries such as medical polyolefins, automotive polyolefins, and metallocene polyolefins.

05 | Guangxi Petrochemical

The Guangxi Petrochemical Refining and Chemical Integration Transformation and Upgrading Project plans to build an ethylene refining unit with an annual capacity of 1.2 million tons and corresponding supporting facilities, including 14 chemical units and 2 refining units. It will promote the transformation of Guangxi Petrochemical from a "fuel type" to a "chemical product and organic material type", and realize the transformation from the refining-based refining and chemical basic industry to the "basic + high-end" energy and chemical material modernization. The total investment of the project is 30.5 billion yuan. After completion and production, it can reduce oil products by 3.49 million tons and increase chemical products by 3.06 million tons each year.

06 | Guangdong Petrochemical

As the world-class project with the largest one-time construction scale in China, the Guangdong Petrochemical Refining and Chemical Integration Project was fully put into production on February 27, 2023. This project is the largest refining and chemical project invested by PetroChina at one time, with a project scale of 20 million tons/year of refining + 2.6 million tons/year of aromatics + 1.2 million tons/year of ethylene, forming a unique deep processing route for heavy and inferior crude oil in the refining and chemical business, realizing "oil where oil is suitable, aromatics where aromatics are suitable, olefins where olefins are suitable".

Inventory of Typical Sinopec Enterprises Reducing Oil and Increasing Chemicals

Sinopec actively responded to the low point of the chemical industry's business cycle, adhered to the "basic + high-end" approach, continued to promote the diversification of raw materials, increased efforts in the development of new materials and high value-added products, and expanded the space for creating benefits.

Vigorously promote the development of domestic and overseas markets, strengthen strategic customer cooperation and product customization services. In the second half of the year, it is planned to produce 6.85 million tons of ethylene. The main investment projects of refining and chemical are:

01 | Zhenhai Refining and Chemical

The Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Expansion Project (Phase II) mainly includes the construction of a new 11 million tons/year refining plant, a 600,000 tons/year propane dehydrogenation plant and downstream processing units. The project will start construction in June 2022 and is scheduled to be delivered in December 2024. On August 30, 2024, the first batch of main and supporting projects of the Zhenhai Base Phase II - aromatics extraction, catalytic gasoline hydrogenation, and pressure tank area - achieved mechanical completion. So far, the overall schedule of the Zhenhai Base Phase II project has been completed by 95%, and the project construction is stable and orderly.

The Zhenhai 1.5 million tons/year ethylene and downstream high-end new materials industry cluster project mainly includes the construction of a new 1.5 million tons/year ethylene unit and downstream processing units, as well as supporting public works and auxiliary facilities. The project will start in November 2023 and is scheduled to be delivered in mid-2026. The project is funded by its own funds and bank loans. As of June 30, 2024, a total investment of RMB 2.8 billion has been completed.

02 | Tianjin Base

The Tianjin Nangang Ethylene and Downstream High-end New Materials Industry Cluster Project mainly includes the construction of a new 1.2 million tons/year ethylene plant and downstream processing units. The project is a key project of the country's "14th Five-Year Plan" with a total investment of over 30 billion yuan. It will extend its development downstream with a 1.2 million tons/year ethylene plant as the leader, and will build 13 sets of production units such as high-density polyethylene and linear low-density polyethylene.

In addition, the 260,000 tons/year polycarbonate (PC) project of Sinopec (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. will be put into commercial operation in Tianjin Nangang Industrial Zone in 2023. This project is another fruitful result of the joint venture between Sinopec and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) after the million-ton ethylene project. It will further meet the growing domestic PC market demand and promote the rapid development of the high-end new materials industry.

03 | Maoming Petrochemical

The project mainly includes the construction of a 3 million tons/year catalytic cracking complex, a 1 million tons/year ethylene complex, and supporting public works and auxiliary facilities. The project will start in June 2023 and is scheduled to be delivered in mid-2026.

This project is a key project for Maoming Petrochemical to promote new industrialization, promote high-end, intelligent and green manufacturing, and achieve the fourth leap-forward development. After all the units are put into use, the system processing capacity will increase by nearly 100% year-on-year, meeting the circulating cooling water needs of the five production units in operation and the subsequent No. 3 ethylene unit and auxiliary facilities.

04 | Hainan Refining and Chemical

On February 21, 2023, Hainan Petrochemical's 1 million tons/year ethylene and refining expansion project successfully completed the entire process, and each unit was successfully started up with one feed.

The project is a key engineering project of Hainan Province and Sinopec. It mainly includes a 1 million tons/year ethylene cracking unit and a total of 10 downstream chemical units. During the construction period, it has created jobs for more than 30,000 people, and has driven the establishment of downstream industries such as Hainan Baling New Materials Company and Oak Chemical Company, and promoted Hainan Liansu and other four companies to extend the industrial chain.

05 | Anqing Petrochemical

On July 6, 2023, with the 400,000 tons/year ethylbenzene-styrene unit producing qualified products, all units of the Anqing Petrochemical Refinery Conversion Plant Structural Adjustment Project were successfully started up safely and environmentally friendly at one time. The project is led by a 3 million tons/year heavy oil catalytic cracking unit. By increasing the production of light olefins and aromatic raw materials to produce high-value-added chemical products, it effectively enhances the adaptability and flexibility of the company's production structure to changes in demand, and explores a development path for domestic refining companies to cope with overcapacity and achieve transformation and upgrading. Among them, the 3 million tons/year heavy oil catalytic cracking unit is the world's first RTC process heavy oil catalytic cracking unit, and the 400,000 tons/year ethylbenzene-styrene unit is currently the largest dry gas method ethylbenzene unit in China.

06 | Shanghai Petrochemical

As China's first 10,000-ton 48K large-tow carbon fiber project, Shanghai Petrochemical's 24,000 tons/year raw fiber and 12,000 tons/year 48K large-tow carbon fiber project. The first domestic production line was put into operation in October 2022 and produced qualified products, marking that Sinopec's large-tow carbon fiber has successfully moved from key technology breakthroughs, industrial trial production, and industrialization to scale and localization of key equipment, breaking the passive situation of my country's carbon fiber production and equipment being controlled by people, and truly realizing independent control.

07 | Baling Petrochemical

On December 15, 2023, Line A of Baling Petrochemical's 600,000 tons/year caprolactam industry chain relocation and upgrading transformation and development project was completed and successfully started up at one time, marking the completion and production of the world's largest single-unit caprolactam production and research and development base with leading technology, opening up a new path for the green transformation and development of heavy chemical industry along the river.

The project adopts Sinopec's new generation of caprolactam green complete set of new technologies with independent intellectual property rights, and realizes industrial application for the first time. The project construction includes 58 sets of new coal gasification, caprolactam, polyamide, synthetic ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, cyclohexanone and other equipment, covering the entire industrial chain from coal-to-hydrogen to polyamide, with a localization rate of 99.9% of the equipment, including the central control system, which is completely localized.

08 | Kuche Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project

On August 30, 2023, the Kuche Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project was fully completed and put into operation. This is the first project in my country to achieve the full industrial chain of 10,000-ton green hydrogen refining and chemical production. It has an annual hydrogen production capacity of 20,000 tons by water electrolysis, a hydrogen storage capacity of 210,000 standard cubic meters, and a hydrogen transmission capacity of 28,000 standard cubic meters per hour. It is the largest photovoltaic power generation direct green hydrogen production demonstration project built using the abundant solar energy resources in western my country. The green hydrogen produced by the project is transported to Tahe Refining and Chemical through pipelines to replace natural gas hydrogen production, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 485,000 tons per year.

The project will build new photovoltaic power generation, water electrolysis hydrogen production, green hydrogen storage and transportation equipment, as well as public works and supporting auxiliary production facilities. The major equipment and core materials such as photovoltaic components, electrolyzers, hydrogen storage tanks, hydrogen pipelines, etc. are all domestically produced, which is of great significance to promoting the rapid development of the domestic hydrogen production equipment industry.


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Source: Jilin City, China Petroleum News, China Petrochemical News, Super Petrochemical, official websites of various companies, China Chemical Information Weekly

With a total investment of 27.8 billion yuan, a new million-ton ethylene project was launched.

2024-10-22, Source

The total investment of Luoyang Petrochemical's million-ton ethylene project is 27.8 billion yuan, mainly to build 13 sets of process production units such as 1 million tons/year ethylene, and implement oil refining adaptability transformation at the same time.

On December 22, 2023, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation and Henan Shenma Guoxing Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. signed an investment cooperation intention agreement. The two parties will jointly invest to establish a joint venture to jointly build the Luoyang Petrochemical million-ton ethylene project and create a first-class green petrochemical advanced materials industry base in China.

On September 12, 2024, Sinopec Group approved the basic design of Luoyang Petrochemical's million-ton ethylene project, marking that the Luoyang Petrochemical's million-ton ethylene project will enter the full construction stage.

The construction content of Luoyang Petrochemical Million Tons of Ethylene Project includes the construction of:
°a new 1 million tons/year ethylene unit,
°a 600,000 tons/year cracking gasoline hydrogenation unit,
°a 400,000 tons/year aromatics extraction unit,
°a 300,000 tons/year m-LLDPE unit,
°a 350,000 tons/year HDPE unit, and
°a 350,000 tons/year #3  polypropylene unit.

The project is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in December 2025.

After the project is put into production, it can sell about 3 million tons of various chemical products each year, increase the output value by 20 billion yuan, drive more than 160 billion yuan of downstream industrial chain investment, and form an industrial cluster of "hundreds of billions of investment and 10,000 jobs.

#luoyang  #petrochemical  #cpcc  #sinopec  #ethylene  #steamcracker  #hdpe  #lldpe  #polypropylene  #polyethylene  #gasoline  #pygas  #hydrogenation  #china  #henan

24 Sep 2024: The construction preparation of the project is progressing in an orderly manner, and the general layout of the construction, construction infrastructure planning, and standardized construction site construction have been completed. The site leveling of Changling North New District has been completed by about 75% , and it is planned to meet the conditions for handover by the end of October 2024. The site clearing and earthwork transportation of the refinery supporting renovation project site are currently being organized. The site leveling of Hunan Petrochemical District 2 has been started, and it is planned to meet the conditions for handover by the end of this year; the construction of three supporting first-class highways related to the project has started. Credit

Sinopec Hunan Petrochemical (Yueyang) ethylene refining and chemical integration project

12 Jul 2024, Sinopec Yueyang ethylene refining and chemical integration project starts trial operation

Recently, with the rise and fall of the 67-ton tamping hammer, Sinopec Yueyang Region (Hunan Petrochemical) 1 million tons/year ethylene refining and chemical integration project started the trial tamping in the Changling North main plant area.

Hunan Petrochemical's 1 million tons/year ethylene refining and chemical integration project is located in Yueyang Green Chemical High-tech Industrial Development Zone and started construction on January 3 this year.

19 Sep 2024, Total investment of 35.68 billion yuan! This million-ton ethylene refining and chemical integration project has made new progress

Hunan Petrochemical's 1 million tons/year ethylene refining project is being accelerated, with a total investment of 35.68 billion yuan and an estimated output value of over 100 billion yuan, which will drive downstream investment of over 150 billion yuan. The project is located in Yueyang Green Chemical High-tech Zone and has completed a number of construction preparations and safety management planning.

◾️ Project name: Sinopec Yueyang 1 million tons/year ethylene refining and chemical integration project

◾️ Project type: Greenfield Construction Project

◾️ Project location: Hunan Yueyang Green Chemical High-tech Industrial Development Zone. This project is distributed in the Changling and Baling areas of the park.
▪️ The Changling section is located in the northeast of the Changling area of the park, referred to as the Xinchang New District, with a land area of 201.05 hectares, all of which are newly acquired land.
▪️ The Baling section is located on the south side of the Baling's refining department, with a total land area of approximately 46.4 hectares, of which 27.26 hectares are newly acquired land; the expansion of the cogeneration unit is located in the thermal power department, with a land area of approximately 19.14 hectares, and does not involve additional land acquisition.

In addition, the off-site project covers an area of 90.57 hectares, involving the acquisition of 25.4 hectares of new land and the use of 65.17 hectares of existing land.

Construction content: This project will build:

◾️ a new 1 million tons/year ethylene unit

◾️ a total of 14 downstream units, including:
▪️ an ethylene unit,
▪️ an EVA unit,
▪️ an HDPE unit,
▪️ an LLDPE unit,
▪️ an aromatics-to-benzene unit,
▪️ a butadiene extraction unit,
▪️ an MTBE/butene-1 unit,
▪️ a pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit,
▪️ an aromatics extraction unit,
▪️ a styrene extraction unit,
▪️ a C5 separation unit,
▪️ a CHPPO unit,
▪️ a phenol/acetone unit,
▪️ a bisphenol A unit.

At the same time, necessary storage and transportation projects, public works, auxiliary facilities and off-site projects will be constructed.

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Changling Refinery information details have been updated and its crude oil processing capacity adjusted to 8 million tonnes per year.


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Hunan Baling complex has been assigned to Sinopec Hunan Petrochemical Company and information details updated.


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Nov 2024, Hunan Petrochemical Company Profile

Sinopec Hunan Petrochemical Co., Ltd. was formed by the integration of the former Baling Petrochemical and Changling Refining and Chemical (the two companies were personally approved by Premier Zhou Enlai in the late 1960s). In the past two years, under the guidance and support of national ministries and commissions, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, and the Sinopec Party Committee, the company has adhered to the idea of ​​"promoting reform through development and promoting development through reform" and actively promoted integrated development and reform. Hunan Petrochemical completed its industrial and commercial registration on June 6, 2023 and officially achieved integrated operations on January 1, 2024.

The company currently has a product chain of oil refining, caprolactam-polyamide, elastomers, epoxy resins, propylene oxide, asphalt-carbon materials, etc. Among them, the primary processing capacity of oil refining is 10 million tons/year, the production capacity of caprolactam is 1 million tons/year (including 400,000 tons of Hengyi in Zhejiang Baling), the production capacity of thermoplastic elastomer is 550,000 tons/year (including 170,000 tons in Hainan Baling), the production capacity of epoxy resin is 120,000 tons/year, and the production capacity of propylene oxide is 100,000 tons/year. There are more than 100 main products. There are 10,804 registered employees and 9,153 employees on the job. In 2023, a total of 9.5 million tons of crude oil will be processed, with an operating income of 75.6 billion yuan and taxes and fees of 11.1 billion yuan.

The company attaches great importance to scientific and technological innovation, and has won 27 national awards in total, including 1 first prize in the National Technological Invention Award, 5 first prizes in the National Science and Technology Progress Award, and 1 China Industrial Award. It has more than 640 authorized patents and has been rated as an innovative enterprise of Sinopec. Its production technologies for caprolactam, thermoplastic elastomers, epoxy resins, propylene oxide, etc. are all world-leading, and all have independent intellectual property rights.

The company has successively won the honorary titles of the first batch of national first-class enterprises, national civilized units, national May 1st Labor Medal, national advanced grassroots party organization, and national outstanding enterprise for ideological and political work.

In the next step, the company will focus on building the development positioning of Hunan Petrochemical as "characteristic, green and outstanding", implement the development strategy of "innovation-driven, value-oriented, green and intelligent, and talent-driven", adhere to the development path with the construction of "1 million tons/year ethylene refining and chemical integration project" as the core, promote the formation of an industrial structure of "clean oil products + modern chemical industry + high-end chemical new materials", and strive to realize the development vision of "building a world-leading green petrochemical new materials innovation base".

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Sinopec INEOS (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. and manufacturing site have been added.


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Sinopec Tianjin Branch, Sinopec (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. and Sinopec Group Asset Management Co., Ltd. Tianjin Petrochemical Branch are collectively referred to as Tianjin Petrochemical Company. It is a national super-large refining and chemical integration enterprise affiliated to Sinopec. It was established on December 28, 1983 and is located in Tianjin Binhai New Area.

Shareholding for each entity is assigned to Sinopec. 

Tianiin refining, petrochemicals and chemicals site assigned to Tianjin Petrochemical Company as it is not clear how the activites are split between the various entities.


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Datails about SINOPEC Hainan Refining and Chemical Co., Ltd. and Danzhou complex have been updated.

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Credit: hbtv news

July 16, 2024 21:34 Source: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Author: Xie Jiang, Xie Hui, Zhang Jinfeng

Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry leverages its own brine resource advantages to extend the salt chemical industry chain and provide high-quality raw materials for park enterprises.

Sinopec Jianghan Salt Chemical Hubei Co., Ltd. (Jianghan Salt Chemical for short) combines its own advantages in resources, technology and products with the local government's preferential policies for attracting investment, attracting leading enterprises in the industry to set up factories nearby, forming the Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park with upstream and downstream integration. So far, three major industrial areas have been built in the Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park, namely the New Chemical Industrial Park, Changfei Qianjiang Science and Technology Park and Qianjiang Microelectronics Industrial Park, with a total of 26 companies settled in. In 2022, the total sales of Jianghan Salt Chemical's products in the Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park will exceed 200 million yuan, setting a historical record.

Expanding sales channels for salt chemical by-products

"Qianjiang City vigorously promotes the construction of Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park. It is urgently needed for the salt chemical industry to further improve resource-based products and services such as chlorine, hydrogen, and steam to drive and promote regional economic development. At present, the 'implementation of salt chemical fine chemicals and supporting projects' has been written into the 2023 government work report. The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have also provided us with a good development environment for strengthening, optimizing and expanding the salt chemical industry." At the beginning of the year, Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry held a staff representative meeting to conduct a serious analysis of the development environment.

Brine resources are unique to Jianghan Oilfield and stand out in the Sinopec system. Sinopec Jianghan Oilfield salt rock resources are buried 1,000 to 3,000 meters underground, with a thickness of more than 2,000 meters. Jianghan Salt Chemical is a comprehensive chemical enterprise built by Jianghan Oilfield using underground brine resources. Brine is extracted from underground and transported to Jianghan Salt Chemical through pipelines. While producing refined salt and edible salt, it electrolyzes brine to produce chlorine, caustic soda, hydrogen and other salt chemical by-products, which are sold as chemical raw materials and fuels.

The sales of these salt chemical byproducts once troubled them. Take hydrogen as an example. When the plant was built, the annual output was only a few hundred tons. Due to the limitations of transportation volume and radius, and insufficient market development, most of the hydrogen was directly discharged, except for a small part of it compressed into steel cylinders for export. With the development of salt chemical industry over the years, the scale of production equipment has been continuously expanded. The annual output of chlor-alkali equipment has reached 200,000 tons, and the annual output of hydrogen has reached 5,000 tons.

Integrated industrial chain attracts enterprises to settle in

Over the past decade, with the implementation of the country's "Broadband China" strategy, the demand for optical fiber preforms has continued to grow, the demand for hydrogen needed to make optical fiber has increased sharply, and related industries have developed rapidly.

Changfei Optical Fiber Company is the world's leading supplier of optical fiber preforms, optical fibers and optical cables. Optical fiber manufacturing consumes a large amount of hydrogen, caustic soda and chlorine. In 2015, Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry took the initiative to connect with the company. After the company settled in, optical fiber giants such as Japan's Shin-Etsu and France's Air Liquide settled here. Around these optical fiber companies, the first industrial area in Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park, Changfei Qianjiang Science and Technology Park, was born.

"What attracted us is the complete integrated industrial chain here," said Song Xianjun, director of the management committee of the Changfei Qianjiang Science and Technology Park. Hydrogen is a flammable and explosive gas that is inconvenient to transport over long distances. Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry has greatly reduced transportation risks through pipeline transportation and effectively reduced the production costs of enterprises, thus attracting many high-tech enterprises to settle here.

In addition to hydrogen, other salt chemical byproducts such as caustic soda and steam have also found stable sales channels in the park. Pipelines like silver dragons fly in the air, winding from Jianghan Salt Chemical to the Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park across the river, connecting with many world-renowned optical fiber manufacturers.

In addition to the advantages of the industrial chain, the park's powerful resource recycling system also attracts enterprises. How to deal with the large amount of high-salt wastewater in production is a major problem faced by enterprises. "The extraction of brine from underground requires a large amount of fresh water. We repeatedly treat the wastewater to meet the use standards and then use it for brine extraction. This not only solves the wastewater treatment problem of enterprises in the industrial park, but also reduces the use of fresh water." said Chen Xufeng, deputy director of the Safety and Environmental Protection Department of Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry.

In addition, the waste liquid dilute hydrochloric acid produced in the production of YOFC is recycled by Jianghan Salt Chemical through pipelines, reacting with the by-product liquid produced by the bleaching powder concentrate device to release chlorine, which is then dehydrated and pressurized to become commercial chlorine. Through this process, the company can produce 22 tons of chlorine per day, thus realizing the reuse of by-products.

Provide high-quality raw materials for enterprises in the park

Today, several by-products of Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry have gone from being "useless" to "hot", with sales exceeding 50 million yuan in 2022. Among them, chlorine is mainly supplied to enterprises in the park to produce silicon tetrachloride; hydrogen, after purification, is used as raw materials together with caustic soda, steam, silicon tetrachloride, etc. to manufacture optical fiber preforms; sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, etc. are used as raw materials to manufacture photoresist cleaning fluid.

In order to provide high-quality raw materials to enterprises in the park, Jianghan Salt Chemical Company maintains close communication with important customers, downstream enterprises in the park, and various operation departments, rationally allocates resources, and ensures the balance of large systems, with a focus on the balance of the chlor-alkali hydrogen system, the balance of the water system, and the balance of the steam system, in order to ensure the balance of the park and high-load operation of production equipment.

"The production of chip-grade high-purity hydrogen peroxide requires steam to maintain a constant temperature and humidity in the production plant, and it participates in heat exchange, heating or product drying in the process," said a relevant person in charge of a microelectronics materials company.

For many years, chip-grade high-purity hydrogen peroxide has been a "bottleneck" process material for the semiconductor industry. With the first phase of Jingrui (Hubei) Microelectronics Materials Co., Ltd. put into production in Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park, the stable and high-quality steam supply in the park has effectively guaranteed the smooth operation of the high-purity hydrogen peroxide production equipment, breaking the foreign monopoly of chip-grade high-purity hydrogen peroxide production technology and realizing the localization of chip-grade high-purity hydrogen peroxide.

At present, the products of upstream and downstream enterprises in the park complement each other, forming a mutually beneficial and win-win development model with Jianghan Salt Chemical as the leader, close connection between the beginning and the end, sharing of corporate resources, and recycling of materials, with a complete industrial chain and high economic efficiency.

After years of development, the park has shown a good trend of concentrated development and has achieved four world firsts, namely, the world's largest optical fiber preform production base, the optical fiber industry cluster with the most complete global industrial chain, the world's largest gas-melting quartz material production base, and the world's largest optical fiber supporting quartz material production base. It has formed the world's most complete rod fiber industry chain in Qianjiang City, changing the development pattern of Qianjiang City's single industrial structure and heavy type. Because there are many world-renowned optical fiber production companies in Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park, Wangchang Town where the industrial park is located has also gained the reputation of "Optical Fiber Town".

In 2022, as more companies settled in the park, Jianghan Salt Chemical accelerated the renewal and upgrading of its equipment. On November 18, 2022, the 100,000 tons/year electrolysis equipment renewal and technical transformation project (50,000 tons of electrolytic cells in advance) was successfully put into operation. After the project is fully put into use, it can increase hydrogen production by 2,500 tons per year, further meet the production needs of downstream companies, and empower the development of the park.

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SINOPEC liquid cracker added to Gulei Ethylene Complex Phase II Project in Fujian.
 

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All Ionikylation plants, excepted the first one from Deyang Chemical Co. Ltd that could not be spotted, have been mapped. Three plants each are in operation at Petrochina and Sinopec.


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Ionikylation technology has been added and described in details. Existing commercial unit are being added to the corresponding sites.

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Alkylation unit and polypropylene plant have been added as well as their production capacities. 

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Some productions and consumptions have been added to site.

Corresponding technologies need to be identified.

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SINOPEC Zhanjiang Dongxing Petrochemical Company Limited

For the record, we reproduce here below the description page of the SINOPEC Zhanjiang Dongxing Petrochemical Co., Ltd. dated from Nov. 2016 on the Sinopec website as this description is not up-to-date and may disappear:

SINOPEC Zhanjiang Dongxing Petrochemical Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) is a large-scale oil refining and petrochemical enterprise, with a crude oil processing capacity of 5 million tons per year. The Company has 28 sets of production plants and matching utilities, such as atmospheric and vacuum distillation, catalytic cracking, reforming, hydrogenation, polypropylene, aromatics extraction, gas separation and sulfur recovery. The main products include gasoline and diesel, LPG, naphtha, benzene, xylems, polypropylene, heavy oil, etc. 

The Company is located at the southernmost tip of Chinese mainland Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, with an area of 1428 mu. The Company is only 4.2 kilometers away from Zhanjiang Port which is the biggest sea port in southern China, thus tankers can directly dock at the 300 thousand-ton-pier of the port. Relying on its geographic advantage as well as the convenience of sea, highway, railway and pipeline transportation, refined oil products can be sent to Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces and the Pearl River Delta regions in Guangdong province straightly. 

Since the acquisition, the Company firmly follows the overall arrangement of SINOPEC Group. On the basis of maintaining and carrying forward the fine traditions, the Company gives full play to the advantages of its institutions and mechanisms. Meanwhile, it pays close attention to “people-oriented” principle as well as “HSE” management, and vigorously promotes fine management. The Company has achieved security and stability of production for 10 years and also puts an end to security and environmental accidents and unplanned shutdown incidents which must be reported to the Group. The main technical indicators of the Company keep improving year by year, and some of them are keeping an advanced level of the industry. 

Sinopec merges two Guangdong-based refineries

In Aug. 2014, Reuters reports that Sinopec Corp has merged two subsidiary refineries in Guangdong combined the newly launched Zhongke refinery complex and a neighbouring old plant Dongxing Petrochemical, both based in the coastal city of Zhanjiang, and named the merged entity Zhongke Refining and Chemical Co.

ZhongKe (Guangdong) Refinery & Petrochemical Company Limited

In the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts of SINOPEC Corp., ZhongKe (Guangdong) Refinery & Petrochemical Company Limited is reported as a main subsidiary in which the Sinopec parent holds a 90.3% share in its subsidiary.

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Mass Balance of SSTPC (Sinopec Sabic Petrochemical) has been initialized.

#sabic  #sinopec  #jointventure  #massbalance #tianjin #china 

SINOPEC SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SSTPC) has been created.

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Sinopec-SK (Wuhan) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. has been created and parent companies identified.

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China Petrochemical Technology Company, Ltd. (SINOPEC TECH) has been added.


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SINOPEC Steam Cracking Technology has been added.

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SINOPEC ST-PP technology added.
Some technology details are missing to complete the technology description and model.

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SINOPEC ST-PP technology added.
Some technology details are missing to complete the technology description and model.

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Information about Fujian Gulei Petrochemical C. ltd has been updated.

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