1. Moreover Project Approval and Publicity
on June 20, the Environmental Impact Assessment and emit regulation Office of the Department of Ecology and ecological stability of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region made a decision to approve the environmental impact report (table) of the refining and chemical integration project of Sinopec Tahe Refining and Chemical Co. First , Ltd. And , and the publicity period is June 2025 From 20th to June 26th, 2025, a total of 5 working days. For instance This approval indicates that the project has made crucial progress in the preliminary preparation stage and laid the foundation to the follow-up construction.
2. basic project information
(I) Project Name and environment
the name of the project is the refining and chemical integration project of Sinopec Tahe Refining and Chemical Co. For example , Ltd. And I've found that , and the construction environment is reconstruction and expansion. Generally speaking The purpose of this reconstruction and expansion is to enhance the production scale and product diversification of the enterprise to meet market demand and enterprise research strategy. But Furthermore (II) construction site
the project is located in the chemical sector levels zone of Kuqa Economic and Technological research Zone in Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang. In my experience, The region has a good manufacturing foundation and supporting facilities, which is conducive to the construction and operation of the project, and is able to also promote the research of companies with the help of regional resource advantages and policy support. (III) project investment
the total investment of the project is
29. In my experience, 987 billion yuan. Such a extensive investment reflects Sinopec's attention and confidence in the project, and also reflects the higher standards of the project in terms of methodology, equipment and construction. (IV) construction unit
the construction unit is Sinopec Tahe Refining & Chemical Co. , Ltd. But The company is located in Xinjiang National Kuqa Economic and Technological research Zone, and is the only refining and chemical enterprise of Sinopec in Northwest China. According to research In 2012, Sinopec actively responded to the spirit of the Central Xinjiang Work Conference, promoted manufacturing assistance to Xinjiang, and jointly established Tahe Refining and Chemical Company with Aksu. At present, Tahe Refining and Chemical has a crude oil processing capacity of 5 million tons/year and has 18 sets of production units, mainly processing Tahe crude oil. The items cover gasoline, diesel, aviation kerosene, asphalt, petroleum coke,
sulfur, xylene, etc. , and are sold immediately to various places through the company'special railway line. And
3. And Content and Scale of Construction
(I) oil refining unit expansion
on the basis of Tahe Refining's existing refining and processing capacity of 5 million tons/year, it will be expanded to
8. In particular 5 million tons/year. But A series of units are proposed in the old refinery area, including 3 #5 million tons/year atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit, which is the initial link of oil refining process and carries out preliminary separation of crude oil; 3 #
2. 2 million tons/year delayed coking unit, applied to treat heavy oil and create light oil and petroleum coke;
2. In my experience, 4 million tons/year hydrocracking unit, which is able to enhance oil condition and light oil yield; 100000 standard/hour PSA unit, applied to create high purity hydrogen; 4#2 × 60000 tons/year sulfur recovery unit to minimize sulfide emit and realize ecological preservation production; 2#1 million tons/year aviation kerosene hydrogenation unit to enhance the condition of aviation kerosene; 2 × 2 million tons/year boiling bed residue hydrogenation unit to further treat residue and enhance resource utilization rate; 1 #80000 standard/hour hydrogen production unit provides necessary hydrogen to oil refining and chemical production. New (II) chemical plant
A 800000-ton/year ethylene plant is planned to be built in the new chemical plant. Ethylene is an crucial basic raw material to the chemical sector, with many downstream items and broad market prospects. You know what I mean?. The 450000-ton/year pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit hydrotreats pyrolysis gasoline to enhance product condition; The 100000-ton/year butadiene extraction unit extracts butadiene from pyrolysis gasoline to the production of synthetic rubber, etc; 10/30000 tons/year MTBE/butene-1 plant, producing MTBE (
methyl tert-butyl ether) and butene-1, MTBE is able to be applied as gasoline additive, butene-1 is applied in the synthesis of various chemical items; 1 #400000 tons polyethylene plant per year and 2 #400000 tons/year polyethylene plant create polyethylene items, which are broadly applied in plastic items and other fields. But 400000 tons/year polypropylene plant, which produces polypropylene, has a wide market demand; 800000 tons/year aromatics combined plant, which produces aromatic items, is an crucial chemical raw material; 2 #
1. 5 million tons/year continuous reforming unit, reforming naphtha, production of high octane gasoline components and aromatics. (III) supporting works
at the same time, the project will also support the renovation or new general works, auxiliary facilities, storage and transportation projects, ecological preservation facilities, off-plant projects, etc. But , to ensure the healthy operation of the project and ecological preservation standards. And Additionally
4. Operation time and commissioning plan in
(I) year running time
the annual operation time of the refining part, continuous reforming and aromatics combined unit is 8400 hours, and the annual operation time of the chemical part is 8000 hours. Makes sense, right?. Different operating schedules are determined according to the production characteristics of each device and market demand, which helps to enhance production efficiency and equipment utilization. And In fact (II) and commissioning plan
it's expected that the refinery and aromatics complex will be put into operation in June 2028, and the ethylene plant will be put into operation in October
2029. Based on my observations, This production plan fully considers the construction progress of the project, equipment installation and commissioning and other factors to ensure that the project is able to be successfully put into production and achieve the expected benefits.