PetroChina go-aheads with
Sichuan Complex
PetroChina has completed the review for the assessment of
earthquake impact to its petrochemical complex, and decided to go-head with the
10 Mt/a refinery and 800 kt/a ethylene cracker projects.
On May 12, 2008, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake impacted many
Petrochina facilities including its natural gas well production
and gas stations in Sichuan. After that, PetroChina said it has
set a professional team to review the quake's direct
impact on
the refinery in Pengzhou, Chengdu, Sichuan Province and make
further study on the feasibility of the project.
After the review, the company thinks that the project will not
impacted by the risk of earthquake force majeure. Also,
PetroChina is going forward for the complex now.
On Jul. 16, 2008, PetroChina Sichuan has
selected UOP to
supply technology, basic engineering services, and equipment for
the complex. Including 600,000 tonnes/year of paraxylene using
the UOP Parex process.
The new plant also will produce more than 350,000 tonnes/year of
benzene. Feedstock to the aromatics complex will in part be
provided by a new UOP Unicracking process unit that will process
2.2 million tonnes/year of heavy gas oil from crude oil and
convert it to more usable products such as diesel, kerosene, and
naphtha.
On Jul. 29, 2008 - PetroChina Sichuan has selected UNIPOL(TM) Polypropylene Process
Technology
from Dow Technology Licensing for its new 450 kt/a polypropylene
facility, and Aker Solutions will provide the process design and
technical advisory services. The PetroChina Sichuan license
agreement includes production capability for the broadest range
of polypropylene resins, including: homopolymers, random
copolymers and impact copolymers for various grades of plastics.
UOP Technology selected
by China's Petrochina for new integrated refining and
petrochmeical complex
New complex will
produce 600 thousand metric tons per year of new para-xylene
capacity to China, where demand is expected to grow at an annual
rate of 11 percent over the next 10 years
UOP LLC, a Honeywell
company, announced today that PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical
Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the PetroChina Company Limited, has
selected UOP to supply technology, basic engineering services and
equipment for a new integrated refining and petrochemicals
complex to be installed at its facility near Chengdu, Sichuan
Province.
Engineering design is currently in progress.
“This
project is a true collaboration between PetroChina and UOP and
will be one of the most integrated facilities in the world,”
said Peter
Piotrowski, senior vice president for UOP’s Process Technology and Equipment
business unit. “UOP is excited to be involved as
the main licensor. We have a long relationship with PetroChina
and have designed many plants for them in several locations.”
The new plant is a
grass roots installation that will produce both fuels and
petrochemicals, including 600 thousand metric tons per
annum of para-xylene
using the UOP Parex(TM) process. Paraxylene is a key ingredient in
the production of PTA (purified terephthalic acid), which is used
to make polyester for fabric and PET (polyethylene terephthalate)
chips for carbonated soft drink and water bottles. The new plant
will also produce more than 350 thousand metric tons
per annum of benzene,
also a building block in plastics production. The demand for
para-xylene in China is expected to grow at an annual rate of 11
percent over the next 10 years driven largely by the downstream
market.
Feedstock to the aromatics complex will in part be provided by a
new UOP
Unicracking process unit
that will process 2.2 million tons per year of heavy gas oil from
crude oil and convert it to more usable products such as diesel,
kerosene, and naphtha. The para-xylene complex will also include
a UOP
CCR Platforming process unit to convert naphtha to
aromatics and hydrogen, a UOP Isomar process unit to convert other xylenes to
para-xylene, and a UOP Tatoray(TM) process unit to increase the yield of
para-xylene and benzene.
This will be the fifth aromatics complex UOP has designed for
PetroChina and the sixth Unicracking unit.
With 2.69 million barrels per day of crude production and 4.6 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas production, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) is China’s largest producer and supplier of energy. PetroChina is the largest subsidiary of CNPC and is responsible for its domestic operations in the areas of oil and gas exploration and development, oil refining and petrochemical production, marketing, pipeline transportation, and natural gas sales and utilization.
水素化分解プロセス
幅広い原料から高品質のナフサや灯軽油を製造するプロセスです。UOP社は1990年にUnocal社と共同で本プロセスを開発し、Unicrackingプロセスとしてライセンスしています。
これまで、150基以上ライセンスし、現在90基以上が稼動しています。最近、UOP社はFCC装置からのLCO（Light Cycle Oil）を原料に、ナフサおよび灯軽油を製造するLCO Unicrackingプロセスを開発しました。また、LCO Cnicrackingプロセスの延長としてLCOからベンゼンおよびキシレンを製造するLCO-Xプロセスも開発し、ライセンスしています。
Sinopec in 'takeover' bid
Sinopec, China's largest
oil refiner, has launched a bid for the London-listed Imperial
Energy as part of its overseas development.
Sinopec is understood to have approached the Russian authorities
and been given the approval to carry out a potential takeover,
said the British newspaper.
Imperial
Energy has oil blocks in Russia and Kazakhstan. It produced about 10,000 barrels
of oil per day in December 2007 and is aiming to raise the
production to 80,000 barrels per day by the end of 2011.
Imperial Energy said last month it was in talks regarding a
possible offer of 12.90 pounds a share. India's state-controlled
Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC) may be a potential bidder,
said the Sunday Telegraph.
Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said last month that energy
cooperation plays an important role in the strategic
cooperation between China and Russia. The two nations would achieve
more progress in large-scale items concerning crude oil trade,
construction of oil and gas pipelines, prospecting and
exploitation, refining and chemical industries.
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2008/8/5 AP
Imperial Energy confirms new possible 'cash offer'
Independent oil and gas group Imperial Energy Corp. PLC confirmed Monday that it has received an approach regarding another "possible cash offer" for the company.
According to its Web site, Imperial Energy, founded in 2004, is an independent oil and gas exploration company with holdings mainly in western Siberia and Kazakhstan. Both China and India have encouraged their state-owned oil and gas giants to diversify and expand their access to scarce energy resources.
Imperial Energy
Imperial is an independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and, in particular, the Russian Federation. Since its founding in 2004, Imperial has expanded by acquisition and acquired exploration licences and exploration and production licences, principally in the Tomsk region of Western Siberia, Russia.
The licences were acquired through both private treaty and auctions held by the Ministry of Natural Resources in Russia and hold typically underdeveloped discoveries from the Soviet era, during which time exploration and development techniques were limited and the potential of these assets was not fully realised.
In addition, Imperial has a 75 per cent interest in Sevkazgra, a limited liability partnership registered in Kazakhstan, which holds a licence over 2,022 square kilometres of exploration area in North Central Kazakhstan known as the Torgai Block.
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India's ONGC to pay $2.6bln for Imperial Energy
India's biggest oil producer, ONGC, said it had agreed a 1.4 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) takeover of Russia-focused Imperial Energy on Tuesday in a bid to secure supplies for India's booming economy.
Imperial Energy Corp Plc said that ONGC's overseas arm, ONGC Videsh, would pay 1,250 pence in cash for each of its shares.
REGULATORY HURDLES
The takeover will require the approval of the Russian authorities, and in recent years the Kremlin has increased its control of the Russian oil and has sector.
Several sources close to the parties said high-level talks had taken place between the Indian and Russian governments.
However, sources close to both sides said they doubted the Kremlin would allow ONGC retain all of Imperial.
"We initiated parallel discussions with the Russian government and will give some stake to a Russian firm if we get Imperial, most likely it will be Rosneft," an ONGC Videsh source said.
Russia clears ONGC's purchase of Imperial Energy
Russia cleared on Friday Indian energy firm ONGC's $2.6 billion takeover of Russia-focused Imperial Energy, in a move further strengthening Russian ties with major Asian energy consumers.
Anhui Kicks off Coal Chemical (Huainan) Base
On July 18th, 2008 a
ceremony for starting the construction of Anhui Coal Chemical
(Huainan) Base was held in Pingwei Town, Huainan of Anhui
province
The base occupies an area of around 7.74 square kilometers and 28
projects will be constructed. Rich coal resources in Huainan and
salt and other resources in surrounding areas will be taken as
the basis and advanced powdered coal gasification technology will
be used to form a capacity of 1.04 million t/a
propylene, 3.0 million t/a methanol, 800 000 t/a ammonia, 1.0
million t/a dimethyl ether and 3.0 million t/a synthetic oil in the base.
Wanda Group Starts up MBS Plastic Impact Modifier project
In July 2008, the 30 000 t/a high-performance MBS plastic impact
modifier
project of Shandong Wanda Chemical Co., Ltd., a subordinate of
China Wanda Group went on stream in Dongying of Shandong
province.
With an investment of RMB200 million, construction on the project
was started on March 16th, 2007. With completion of the project,
the capacity of MBS in the company has therefore reached 50 000 t/a
today.
Founded in 1988, China Wanda Group owns a total capital of over 6 billion RMB, covering an area of more than 3 million square meters. With more than 5, 000 employees.
The group has founded its four specialized companies composed of electro-mechanical, chemical industries, tyre, and microelectronic material.WanDa Electromechanical mainly including electromagnetic cable, and oil well heating cable, high-tension aerial cable, submarine cable, and special-type voltage transformer.
WanDa Chemical
WanDa Tires ：Shandong Wanda BOTO Tyre Co.,Ltd.
WanDa Real estate
WanDa Jian'an specializing in building construction ,public works, and installation of light steel structure.
WanDa Thermoelectric 発電
Founded in 1997, Shandong Wanda Chemical Co., Ltd is a solely owned subsidiary of China Wanda Group Corp. After a few years, we have grown up to be modern chemical enterprise with 180 employees and fixed asset of RMB 25million.
Our major businesses cover petrol chemical and fine chemical services. Our industrial waste complies with requirements of provincial level. Our products mainly include surfactants界面活性剤, polyacrylamide, MBS-plastic anti-shocking granules, ACR-plastic boosting agents, etc, totaling to dozens of varieties. We are the largest manufacturer of MBS-plastic anti-shocking granule and diamine in China.MBS impact modifier occupies more than 70% of china's market shares
Polyacrylamide
Demulsifier 乳化破壊剤 (polyacrylamide)
Diaminodiphenyl ether（ODA）
PVC modifier
Brominated polystyrene
PVC impact modifier
PVC foam Regulator
CEPSA Plans Phenol-Acetone Plant in Shanghai
Spanish CEPSA plans to
build a phenol/acetone plant at Caojing, Shanghai. The plant is
designed to produce 250 thousand tons of phenol and 150 thousand tons
of acetone per
year for manufacture of polycarbonate (PC).
The proposed plant will serve its customers in China.
The plant is subject to approval by the Chinese authorities.
ERTISA plans phenol/acetone project in Shanghai
ERTISA Chemical, a subsidiary of Spanish CEPSA, has planned a large-scale phenol/acetone project in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, Shanghai.
Bangdu Energy Chemical Kicks off MEG Project
On July 25th, 2008 Bangdu
Energy Chemical Co., Ltd., jointly established by Shuangyashan
Jianshan Government 黒龍江省
双鴨山市尖山区and
Dalian Huanxiang Co., Ltd., began the construction of 200 000 t/a
monoethylene glycol (MEG) project in Jianshan District,
Shuangyashan of Heilongjiang province,
With an investment of RMB2.0 billion, the project occupies an
area of 107 374 m2 and is scheduled to go on stream in May 2010.
2008/8/20 Asia Chemical Weekly
PetroChina Dalian becomes
the largest refiner in China
On Aug. 7, 2008, with the newly commission of hydrocracker,
Dalian Petrochemical - a subsidiary of PetroChina has fully
completed the 20.5Mt/a refinery expansion project, and now become
the largest refiner in China.
The 20.5Mt/a refining project of Dalian Petrochemical consists of
7 processing units and additional infrastructures constructed
based on a total investment of CNY10.7bn. A 10Mt/a crude
distillation unit was first completed in March 2005, followed by
the rest 6 plants in sequence till the end of May this year.
Now, the crude processing capacity of Dalian Petrochemical
reached 20.5Mt/a, almost twice of the original capacity of
10.5Mt/a. Not only the crude throughput increases, but also it
includes the capability to process 16Mt/a of sulfur
containing oil, becoming
an advanced refiner/petrochemical player on the world. Oil
products produced by Dalian Petrochemical include gasoline,
kerosene, diesel and jet fuel, most of them is supplied to
domestic users.
Industrial sources said that Dalian Petrochemical will receive
the first batch of crude oil imported from Saudi in late August,
in a quantity of around 2 million barrels. According to the
planning of company, it will reach the full load of 20Mt/a
capacity in Q4 2008.
Currently, the top 5 refiner in China are PetroChina Dalian
(20.5Mt/a), Sinopec Zhenhai
Refining & Chemical Corp. (20Mt/a), Sinopec Guangzhou
Petrochemical (15.7Mt/a), Sinopec Yanshan
Petrochemical (14Mt/a) and Sinopec Shanghai
Petrochemical (14Mt/a).
Maoming Petrochemical, a subsidiary of Sinopec, has submitted a proposal of a 12Mt/a refinery expansion project to National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC) and waiting for the approval now. Total Investment of the project is around CNY4bn. Maoming is planning to increase refinery capacity to around 25 Mt/a. Currently Maoming Petrochemical has 13.5Mt/a refining and 1Mt/a of ethylene capacity.
PetroChina Dalian
Petrochemical units:
270 kt/a Sulfur recycle
100 kt/a styrene
320 kt/a PP (3 units: 200+70+50)
1.15 Mt/a BTX (Benzene 250kt/a,
Toluene 450kt/a, Xylene 450kt/a )
The 1.15 Mt/a BTX is new, which is
started up in Jul.2008.
2008/8/20 Rueters
Chinese companies said to place joint bid for Peru oil assets
CNPC
and Sinopec Group have
put in a rare joint bid of between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion
for Petro-Tech
Peruana, a
private company with oil and gas assets in Peru, a Beijing-based
industry official said on Tuesday.
The Chinese companies, teamed up under Beijing's coordination,
expect Petro-Tech to make a decision on the bid by about late
September, the industry official said, asking not to be
identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The official said that Petro-Tech currently produces close to
22,000 barrels per day of oil in waters off Peru.
Petro-Tech,
owned by the Houston-based Offshore International Group, operates shallow-water offshore
blocks in Peru covering more than two million hectares, or five
million acres.
中国石油のCDM事業、初めて国際基準を通過
中国石油天然気集団公司（中国石油、CNPC）は19日、中国石油遼陽石化公司（遼陽石化）の亜酸化窒素（N2O）削減プロジェクトがこのほど、国際ク
リーン開発メカニズム（CDM）の基準を通過し、初めて1000万トン近いCO2排出権の取引が認可されたことを明らかにした。新華社のウェブサイト「新華網」が伝えた。
遼陽石化のN2O削減プロジェクトは中国石油が初めて実施するCDMプロジェクト。「国連気候変動枠組条約(UNFCCC)」に照らしてCDM理事会の承認を受け、排出権が正式に発行された。
CDMは「京都議定書」に盛り込まれた排出ガス削減メカニズムの一種。先進国が資金と技術支援を提供して途上国の温室効果ガスを削減し、国際機関の審査を経てその削減分を自国の削減量として充当することができる制度のこと。
亜酸化窒素（N2O）は笑気ガスとも呼ばれ、「京都議定書」の削減対象となっている6種類の温室効果ガスの一つ。N2Oの温室効果は二酸化炭素(CO2)
の310倍といわれる。遼陽石化は年間4万トン以上のN2Oを放出していたが、排ガス削減装置を設置後はN2Oを酸素（O2）と窒素（N2）に分解でき、
CO2に換算すると年間1000万トン分の削減が見込まれている。
2006/12/5
ペトロチャイナ、独BASFからN2O排出削減技術を導入
総合科学メーカーの独BASFは5日、地球温暖化物質のひとつである一酸化二窒素（N2O）の排出削減技術をペトロチャイナに供与すると発表した。ペトロチャイナのアジピン酸工場（遼寧省遼陽）に導入される予定だが、契約金額は明らかにされていない。
N2Oはアジピン酸、硝酸の製造過程で発生する物質で、 1分子は二酸化炭素(CO2) 310分子に相当する温暖化効果があるとされている。同技術は、触媒を使用しH2Oを窒素と酸素に分解させるもので、BASFは導入によりペトロチャイナ は年間1000万トン以上（CO2換算量）の温室効果ガスを排出削減できるとしている。2008/3/25 CCR
Liaoyang Petrochemical Starts up N2O Decomposition Unit
On March 14th, 2008 the N2O decomposition unit of PetroChina Liaoyang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. was completed and went on stream in Liaoyang, Liaoning province.
Liaoyang Petrochemical's production capacity of adipic acid is 140 000 t/a, and the N2O discharged from the adipic acid unit in the company is over 40 000 tons.
The unit, registered as a clean development mechanism (CDM) project at the United Nations in November 30th, 2007, is one of the largest CDM project in China.
2008/8/26 Asia Chemical Weekly
Sinopec to expand
refining and ethylene capacity in Fujian
On Aug. 19, 2008, Sinopec and Fujian Provincial Government signed
a framework agreement to promote the future development of
petrochemical industry in Meizhou Bay, Fujian Province.
a. Two parties confirm the startup date of refinery and ethylene
project, the refining expansion project and aromatics will start
up by the end of 2008, while the ethylene cracker will start up
in Q1 2009.
b. The Government asks Sinopec prior to sale petrochemicals in Fujian under the same market price, so the local chemical industry will be benefit from that.
c. Sinopec confirms to start pre-feasibility study of ethylene cracker expansion (800kt to 1 Mt), and plan to double the refining capacity to 24 Mt/a during China's "12th-5 year" planning (2011-2015).
FRPCL is a large
petrochemical jv of Sinopec Fujian Petrochemical Company,
ExxonMobil China and Saudi Aramco with 50:25:25. It is located at
Quangang, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, on the south bank of
Meizhou Bay.
The jv project includes:
Refinery expansion from 4 Mt/a to 12 Mt/a
800,000 t/a ethylene cracker
800,000 t/a PE
400,000 t/a PP
700,000 t/a PX
2008/8/28 Asia Chemical Weekly
Sinopec Maoming got
approval for refinery expansion project
Maoming Petrochemical, a subsidiary of Sinopec, has got the
approval from NDRC for its refinery expansion project in Maoming,
Guangdong Province.
The expansion project add a new 12 Mt/a refining facility and
make the total refining capacity to 25.5 Mt/a after it startup
from current 13.5 Mt/a.
At that time, Sinopec Maoming will be the largest refining base
over PetroChina Dalian
(20.5Mt/a) and
Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Corp. (20Mt/a).
The crude oil feedstock of Maoming Petrochemical new refinery is
expected to be imported from Mid-East, while the refined oil
products will be mostly supply to the shorted Guangdong market.
Maoming Petrochemical was founded in 1955, its refining capacity
was expanded to 13.5 Mt/a from 8.5 Mt/a in 1999. Currently,
Maoming has 1 Mt/a ethylene capacity.
Sinopec Maoming's ethylene and other chemicals capacities as
following. (千トン）
| Ethylene | : ・ | 1,000 |
| Gasoline Hydrogenation | 640 | |
| MEG/EO | 100 | |
| SM | 100 | |
| 1#HDPE | 100 | |
| 2#HDPE | 250 | |
| All Density PE | 200 | |
| HDPE/LLDPE | 350 | |
| 1#PP | 170 | |
| 2#PP | 300 | |
| Butadiene | 150 | |
| MTBE/ Butylene-1 | 40/15 | |
| BTX | 460 | |
| Synthetic Rubber | 80 | |
商務部、外資系企業の審査・認可権を一部委譲
商務部はこのほど、外資系企業に関する審査・認可権のうち、新規投資・資本が規定額（「外商投資産業指導目録」の奨励・許可カテゴリーの1億ドル以下、制限カテゴリーの5000万ドル以下）以下のものについては、省クラスの商務主管部門に委譲すると通達した。この規定はすでに先月11日から施行されてい
る。新華社のウェブサイト「新華網」が伝えた。
規定額以下（制度改編企業は評価後の純資産額で計算）の外資系株式会社の設立および変更
（規定額以下の外資系上場企業のその他変更を含む）も、省クラスの商務主管部門が審査・認可権を持つ。
この他、外国の投資家による専門的な規定のある業界、特定の産業政策やマクロ調整政策が実施されている業界への投資は引き続き現行の規定に基づいて行う。
外国の投資家による上場企業への戦略投資は引き続き関係規定に基づき商務部に審査を申請する。各地の審査・認可部門は国の関係法令・政策に厳格に照らして審査・認可を行うとともに、速やかに商務部に報告
しなければならない。
The Linde Group enters into joint venture with SINOPEC subsidiary in China
The technology group The
Linde Group has entered into a joint venture with SINOPEC Fujian
Petrochemical Company Limited (FPCL), a subsidiary of China
Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC), for the long-term
supply of industrial gases to customers in the province of Fujian
in south-eastern China. This collaboration will result in a
capital outlay of around 100 million euro.
The joint venture
company Fujian Linde-FPCL Gases Company
Limited will
be located in Quangang Petrochemical Industrial Park in Quanzhou,
Fujian, and will produce and distribute nitrogen,
oxygen and argon from
that site. Each of the partners, FPCL and Linde Gas (Hong Kong)
Limited, a fully-owned Linde subsidiary, has a 50 percent share
in the new joint venture.
Shanxi Coke Kicks off 300 000 T/A Methanol Project
On August 12th, 2008
Shanxi Coke (Group) Co., Ltd. (Shanxi Coke) began construction of the
300 000 t/a methanol project in Jiexiu of Shanxi province.
With an estimated investment of RMB570 million, the project is
the first phase of the 300 000 t/a methanol using coke oven gas as raw
material and 200 000 t/a dimethyl ether projects, and is expected to go
on stream in July 2009. The sales revenue will be added by RMB800
million for the company at that time.
After completion of the project,
400 million standard m3 of coke oven gas can be consumed, more
than 260 000 tons of standard coal can be saved, the emission of
sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide can be reduced by more than 5
000 tons and 640 000 tons a year respectively.
2008/9/17 Asia Chemical Weekly
HuaYi to build large Coal Chemical project in Anhui
Shanghai HuaYi Group 上海華誼集団公司 plans to build a large scale Coal
Chemical project in Wuwei (無為), Anhui Province, where is about
100 kilometers from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
In long term, HuaYi Group plans to invest with USD 4.8 billion
(RMB 32.7 billion) in Wuwei. HuaYi will conduct the investment
through 3 stages with total methanol capacity of 2.4Mt/a, and a
500kt/a MTP unit to develop coal-based co-production of fine
chemicals. Shanghai HuaYi Group is to build Wuwei Site into a
demonstrative base for the coal-based chemicals cyclic economy.
According to the planning, the 1st stage will cost USD 794
million (RMB 5.3 billion), and the body project construction will
start by the end of 2008. It is expected to complete before 2011,
including 600kt/a methanol, 500kt/a acetic acid, and 300kt/a
ethyl acetate.
The 2nd stage, with investment of USD 294 million (RMB 2
billion), will include 100kt/a acetic anhydride and 150kt/a
butanol/octanol.
The 3rd stage, with investment of USD 3.74 billion (RMB 25.4
billion), will include 1.8Mt/a methanol, 500kt/a Methanol to
Propylene (MTP), 600kt/a MEG, 120kt/a acrylates, 180kt/a hydrogen
peroxide, and 400kt/a PVC etc.
On Sep. 08, 2008, Praxair (China) has signed a long-term supply
contract with Anhui HuaYi Chemical Co., an subsidiary of Shanghai
HuaYi Group. Under this contract, Praxair China will build
another of the largest single-train air separation plants in
Asia. The plant, due to start up in early 2011, will supply 3,000
tons per day of oxygen for the HuaYi coal chemical project in
Wuwei.
2008-9-23 CCR
Yantai Spandex Starts up Its Second-Phase Aramid Fiber Project
Yantai Spandex Co., Ltd., China's biggest producer and
supplier of m- aramid fiber, has commenced the production of its
second-phase 1 500 t/a m-aramid fiber project. The total capacity
of m-aramid fiber in the company has therefore reached 4 300 t/a.
In June 2007 the company raised funds by issuing domestic shares
for the use in the project and a 1 000 t/a p-aramid fiber
project.
アラミド繊維は，骨格となるベンゼン核が直線的に並んだパラ系と，ジグザグ状に並んだメタ系の2種類に大別できる。
パラ系は高強度で高弾性，低伸縮などの優れた特性を示すことから，先端複合材料分野に使われる。
一方のメタ系は耐熱性や難燃性に優れる特徴から産業資材分野で用途が広がっている。
2008/9/25 Asia Chemical Weekly
PetroChina starts
construction for refinery and PP project in Ningxia
On Sep. 21, 2008, Ningxia Refinery and Chemical Company (NRCC), a
subsidiary of PetroChina, started construction for its new
refinery and PP project in Yinchuan(銀川), Ningxia(寧夏).
With total investment of USD 1.2 billion (RMB 8.2 billion), the
refining project includes a 5 million t/a distillation unit, 2.6
million catalytic cracking unit, and a 900,000 t/a continuous
reforming unit. The PP project has capacity of 100,000 t/a. Other
utilities facilities also will be built, and all these projects
are expected to start up by the end of 2010.
Crude Oil feedstock will be supplied from Changqing (長慶) Oil field of PetroChina, while
propylene feedstock will self provided by the refinery.
The Ningxia project is a significant project of PetroChina during
China national "11th 5 year plan" (2006-2011),
according to PetroChina, this project is an important part of
refining layout of PetroChina in northeast China. It is also a
milestone for the petrochemical development in Ningxia.
Currently, NRCC has 2.25 Mt/a refining capacity, 30,000 t/a PP.
After startup of the new project, it will have the total refining
capacity 7.25 Mt/a and PP 130,000 t/a.
2008/9/27 Xinhua
Sinopec confirms
2-bln-USD takeover of Tanganyika Oil
China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec Group, on Saturday
confirmed it has signed a deal to buy Canada's
Tanganyika Oil Co. Ltd. for 2.07 billion Canadian
dollars(2 billion U.S. dollars, or 13.7 billion yuan).
According to an agreement signed between the two companies, the
Chinese refiner has agreed to pay 31.50 Canadian dollars per
share. The price represented a 8.8 percent premium to the closing
price of 28.95 Canadian dollars on Friday.
The deal is subject to approval from China's government, a source
at Sinopec Group told Xinhua.
Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corp.
(SIPC) made the bid to buy all Tanganyika outstanding shares.
SIPC is Sinopec Group's subsidiary that undertakes overseas
investments and operations in the upstream oil and gas sector.
The acquisition will be funded through SIPC's internal resources,
Tanganyika said in a statement.
Tanganyika focuses on its operating interests in two Syrian
production sharing agreements covering the Oudeh Block and the
Tishrine and Sheik Mansour Blocks.
During the first half of 2008, its average gross field production
was 16,670 barrels of oil per day.
Sep. 29, 2008 (China Knowledge)
Sinopec's offer was US$1 billion higher than that offered by its main rival bidder India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, which beat Sinopec in a takeover bid in Russia's Imperial Energy at the price of US$2.5 billion last month.
Tanganyika Oil, listed in Toronto and Stockholm, has exploration and production assets in Syria with an oil reserve of over 5.5 billion barrels.
Like other Chinese energy firms seeking overseas oil assets, Sinopec sees the huge potential for further development of Tanganyika's Syrian assets.
Meanwhile, the transaction is an important move of Sinopec Group to become a diversified global resource provider, said Zhou Baixiu, president of Sinopec International.
The deal is still subject
to approval from the Chinese government, sources said.
Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd. is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in exploration and development properties in Syria.
The Corporation acquired a 100% participating interest in the Oudeh Block in 2003 pursuant to a Contract for Development and Production of Petroleum with the Government of Syria. The objective of the contract, which has a term of 20 years with a provision for a five year extension, is to increase oil recovery and crude oil production at the fields by applying enhanced oil recovery techniques.
The Tishrine field is located in the prolific oil producing region of Jbisseh in eastern Syria, 120 km southwest and 8km south of the company's existing Oudeh field and Sheik Mansour field respectively. Tishrine has been developed in two "lobes" - the western lobe comprising the Chilou and Jaddala reservoirs, and the eastern lobe, with only the Shiranish reservoir present. The production sharing agreement signed on November 30th, 2004 with the Syrian Petroleum Company and the Syrian Government over the Tishrine field was ratified by the Syrian Parliament and President on February 16th, 2005. Tanganyika has a 100% participating interest and is the operator of the field.
The Sheikh Mansour Block is located 8km north of the company's Tishrine field, in the prolific oil producing region of Jbisseh in eastern Syria, 120km southwest of the company's Oudeh field project. The Sheikh Mansour Block includes two oil and gas discoveries made by SPC. The Sheikh Sulaiman oil and gas field was discovered in 1977 by the SHS-1 well followed by the Sheikh Mansour-1 (SHM-1) oil discovery in 1978. Both fields are undeveloped.
The production sharing agreement signed on November 30, 2004 with the Syrian Petroleum Company ("SPC") and the Syrian Government over the Sheik Mansour Block was ratified by the Syrian Parliament and President on February 16, 2005. Tanganyika Oil has a 100% participating interest and is the operator of the field. The Sheikh Mansour Block falls under the same Development Contract as the Tishrine Block.
China's Hualian Sunshine faces cashflow crisis, insolvency
China's biggest purified
terephthalic acid producer Zhejiang Hualian Sunshine
Petrochemicals is facing a cashflow crisis that could force it
into insolvency, according to a Shanghai Securities News report
Monday.
The company's cashflow crisis stems from long positions it took
on PTA future contracts, SSN reported, citing market sources as
saying that Hualian Sunshine had been actively buying
PTA futures contracts
on China's Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, physically securing over
100,000 mt.
Assuming September futures at an average price of Yuan 7,500/mt,
Hualian Sunshine would have paid around 750 million Yuan, or over $100
million, to take delivery of 100,000 mt of PTA.
Hualian Sunshine produces only PTA, operating three 600,000
mt/year PTA production lines in Zhejiang, giving it a total
nameplate capacity of 1.8 million mt/year.
China Union says PTA affiliate halts production
China Union Holdings 華聯発展集団 said on Tuesday that an affiliate making purified terephthalic acid (PTA) had halted production and was discussing an asset restructuring.
The affiliate, Zhejiang Hualian Sunshine Petro-Chemical Co, is one of China's biggest producers of PTA, a compound used in making polyester. It is 26.4 percent owned by China Union.
Zhejiang Hualian Sunshine Petro-Chemical Co., Ltd. was established in March 2007. Jointly invested by China Union Holdings Ltd., Zhejiang Zhanwang Holding (Group) Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Gabriel Holding (Group) Co., Ltd., it is a large petrochemical company produces and sells Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA), polyester chip, chemical fibre and other chemical products and materials. Its target is to be a top class PTA producing base with an annual capacity of over 2 million tons and an annual turnover of more than RMB 15 billion by an investment of RMB 10 billion and 3 to 5 years of construction.
Zhejiang Hualian Sunshine Petro-Chemical Co., Ltd. (Hualian Sunshine) is located in Binhai Industrial Zone of Shaoxing County, which is on the north of Shaoxing City. Covering an area of 100 square kilometers, Binhai Industrial Zone borders the Qiantangjiang River in the north, Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway in the south, the Cao’ejiang River in the east and Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou in the west.
Zibo Qixiang Petrochemical Starts up MEK Project
On September 9th, 2008
Zibo Qixiang Petrochemical Industry Group Co., Ltd. (Zibo Qixiang
Petrochemical) commenced the production of its 80,000 t/a methyl
ethyl ketone (MEK)
project in Qingdao of Shandong province.
With a total investment of RMB498 million, the project is a
matching facility for Qingdao Refinery and can produce 80 000 tons MEK,
150 000 tons solvent oil and 80 000 tons butylene a year.
Chongqing Chemical and
Pharmaceutical Kicks off Four Project
On August 29th, 2008 Chongqing Chemical and Pharmaceutical
Holding (Group) Company (重慶化醫集團) held a ceremony for starting the
construction of 4 chemical projects, matching for the 400 000 t/a MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate：BASFとのJV) integrated project in Chongqing
Chemical Industry Park, Chongqing City.
The total investment of the 4 projects is around RMB5.5 billion,
and after completion of these projects, the production will be
added by RMB5.2 billion a year for CCP. The 4 projects include a 40 000 t/a
chloroprene rubber,
a 400
000 t/a formaldehyde,
a 400
000 t/a nitric acid and
a 300
000 t/a chlor-alkali
projects, and will mainly supply raw materials to the 400 000 t/a
MDI integrated project.
重慶化醫集團：三菱ガス化学の重慶メタノール計画（進展せず）の相手
2008/10/15 Asia Chemical Weekly
DICP allied with LUMMUS
for DMTO Process Promotion
Dalian Institute of Chemistry & Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences (DICP, CAS) announced that its subsidiary - Shaanxi
Xinxing Coal Chemical Technology Development Co Ltd (Xinxing Coal
Chemical) signed a business cooperation agreement with Lummus on
September 25th 2008, for commercialization and promotion of
Dalian methanol-to-olefins (DMTO) process developed by DICP, CAS,
symbolizing a major step of DMTO towards international licensing
market.
DICP completed the commercial demonstration for DMTO process in August 2006, the first of such kind on the
world and taking advanced position on international market by the
capacity and technical performances.
In early 2007, China's National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC) approved to build Shenhua's DMTO unit with 600kt/a olefins capacity in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, to be complete and on-stream by 2010. It will be the first time on the world applying DMTO process in commercial operation.
社名 包頭神華石炭化学(Baotou Shenhua Coal Chemical Company)
神華集団 76%/上海華誼集団公司 24%立地 内蒙古自治区包頭市 原料 石炭 製品 メタノール 180万トン（既着工）
MTO 60万トン
PE 30万トン
PP 30万トンスタート 2010年 投資額 15.5億ドル 技術 DMTO（Dimethyl Ether /Methanol to Olefin)技術
共同開発：Shaanxi Xinxing Coal Chemical
SINOPEC Luoyang Engineering
中国科学院大連化学物理研究所なお、下記は2009年稼動は無理で、DICP技術のＤＭＴＯの上記が最初の商業生産となる。
陝西新興煤化工公司（Shaanxi Xinxing Coal Chemicals ）
第一期 最終 原料 石炭 製品 メタノール 60万トン
オレフィン 20万トン
PE 10万トン
PP 10万トンMethanol-to-Olefin 300万トン スタート 2009年 投資額 625百万ドル 27.5億ドル 技術 DMTO（Dimethyl Ether /Methanol to Olefin)技術
開発：Dalian Institute of Chemistry and Physics (DICP), CAS
By the same time of
licensing in China, DICP is also actively exploring the
international market. After half-year of communication and
negotiation, Xinxing Coal Chemical and Lummus finally reached the
agreement on DMTO licensing abroad.
Xinxing
Coal Chemical
is Sino-foreign joint venture between DICP (the major share
holder), Shaanxi Coal Group and Chia Tai Coal Chemical, with main
business scope in licensing the patented and/or proprietary
technologies under the ownership of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The company is now the only owner and licensor of DMTO process.
On the other hand, Lummus is a world advanced international
engineering contractor and project management contractor, owning
rich experiences accumulated over the past century and
wide-spread clients, and taking leading position in the global
refinery and petrochemical industry field.
After signature of the agreement, Lummus will acquire the
exclusive right to develop DMTO market and license the process.
An analyst from Shanghai ASIACHEM Consulting believe that the
strategic cooperation may indicate important significance for
promotion of DMTO process as first, the latter section of DMTO
process, i.e. olefins separation, can take the advantage of
Lummus' experience in this field and second, as a new technology
company operated by R&D institute, Xinxing can rapidly
compensate its shortage in commercial promotion and marketing of
process by the teamwork with Lummus.
The cooperation will, by the assistance of Lummus' global
influence and experience, introduce DMTO process to oversea
market and increase its market share.
Against the background of high level staying oil price, promotion
and application of DMTO process is of great economic and
strategic importance in energy efficiency improvement and
diversification of olefins feedstock.
2008-10-15 chinadaily
Sinopec may not receive subsidies in 4th quarter
Sources said China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec),
China's largest oil refiner, may not get government oil subsidies
in the fourth quarter of this year due to the falling price of
oil, according to China Business News.
At Sinopec's results announcement in August, a senior official
said the detail of subsidies will be decided by global oil price
trend and refinery losses.
In the past, Chinese oil refiners have suffered losses as they
have been unable to pass on surging international crude oil
prices to customers because of the government's control over
domestic prices of gasoline and other refined oil products.
But although crude oil prices in the international market had
risen to all-time high of $147 per barrel in the second quarter
this year, they plunged to $85 per barrel last week.
They have now plummeted even further, to a 13-month low of $77.70
per barrel after losing $8.89 a barrel last Friday on the New
York Mercantile Exchange, the second biggest decline ever.
Sinopec Shanghai Gao Qiao Petrochemical Corporation said it will
take one or two months for Sinopec to break free from overall
losses even if the falling oil price covers chemical products
costs, or is in the black.
A source in the industry said there is no saying whether the
Ministry of Finance (MOF) will continue to subsidize Sinopec, for
crude oil importing is no longer in the red, but he said the
subsidies may be continued if the oil price rebounds or oil
products' prices do not rise.
Interim results announcements by Sinopec and China National
Petroleum Corporation said they received 33.4 billion yuan ($4.88
billion) and 4.57 billion yuan in oil subsidies in the first half
of this year respectively.
Sinopec board chairman Su Shulin said in August that Sinopec
received subsidies in the third quarter. Qiu Xiaofeng, a
researcher of China Merchants Securities, estimated the subsidy
was about 13 billion yuan.
Sinopec said it received 7.1 billion yuan in oil subsidies in
April, following the 5 billion yuan in government subsidies in
2006, 4.9 billion yuan in 2007, and 7.4 billion yuan in the first
quarter of this year.
The move was part of the government's efforts to compensate the
country's big oil refiners and to mobilize them to produce.
A report from Goldman Sachs said the oil price trend will be
complex, due to the current financial crisis. The price of West
Texas Intermediate in the coming three to six months is expected
to be $70.5 to $77 per barrel.
Peabody Energy Signs
Agreement to Advance Major Mine and Coal Conversion Project in
China
Peabody Energy has entered into an agreement with the government
of Inner Mongolia and other Chinese partners to explore
development opportunities for a large surface
mine and
downstream coal gasification facility that would produce methanol,
chemicals or fuel products. The majority of coal from the
mine would be dedicated for fuel supply to the coal conversion
plant.
The agreement was signed today in St. Louis with the Inner Mongolia
Jitong Railway Group Limited Company, the People's Government of Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Administrative Office of
Xilinguole Region. An 11- member delegation participated in the
signing ceremony, including Mr. Ren Yaping, Executive Vice
Chairman of People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region; Mr. Wang Zhiyuan, Deputy Chief Executive of Xilinguole
League of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; and Mr. Su Nan, Vice
Chairman of the Board, Inner Mongolia Jitong Railway Group
Limited Company.
The project is expected to have an annual capacity of at least
1.2 million tonnes of methanol or equivalent fuel and chemical
production, and is being planned for the Xilinguole League. In
the coming months, the companies will begin a feasibility study
to examine the potential for the project. Peabody is also
continuing discussions with major global chemical companies as
project partners. The major open-cut mine would be located on
coal resources that, subject to additional confirmatory drilling,
could total up to 3 billion tonnes.
Peabody is the only
non-Chinese participant in GreenGen, China's signature carbon
initiative, and the company has an office in Beijing and growing
coal trading activities.
Peabody Energy is the world's largest private-sector coal
company, with 2007 sales of 238 million tons and $4.6 billion in
revenues. Its coal products fuel approximately 10 percent of all
U.S. electricity generation and 2 percent of worldwide
electricity.
ピーボディーがパートナーに 中国のグリーンジェン発電所
ピーボディー・エナジー（Peabody
Energy）は１１日、中国で開発中の炭素捕捉、貯蔵機能を持つほぼゼロエミッションの石炭を燃料とする発電プラント「グリーン
ジェン」の中国以外で唯一の資本参加パートナーになった。ピーボディーは北京の有名な国賓館で行われた正式の調印式でこの計画に加わった。この合意はヘン
リー・Ｍ・ポールソン米財務長官、呉儀中国副首相ら米中両国の高官が出席した米中通商合同委員会で発表された。
１０億ドルのグリーンジェン・プロジェクトは先進的な石炭ベースの技術を使い、中国で最も豊富なエネルギー源である石炭を利用して中国の家庭や企業向け
発電を行う。水素生産が可能で、二酸化炭素の捕捉と貯蔵を進め、二酸化炭素問題に対処するクリーン・エネルギーのプロトタイプを提供する。
経営パートナーの中国華能グループが主導するグリーンジェン社が北京南東の天津近くに総合的なガス化結合サイクル発電プラントを設計、建設、運営する。当初段階で２５万キロワットのプラントが建設され、その後の段階で６５万キロワットに拡大される。
中国華能はグリーンジェンの多数派株主である。ピーボディーは６％を所有することになる。華能は世界の１０大電力会社の１つであり、中国最大の発電会社
である。華能とピーボディーは、世界最大級の石炭会社を含み米エネルギー省との提携を活用して炭素捕捉、貯蔵機能を備えたほぼゼロエミッションの２７万
５０００キロワットの技術プロトタイプを開発、設置するフューチャージェン連合のメンバーでもある。フューチャージェンは今年建設地を選定し、２０１２年
に発電を開始する。
その他のパートナーは中国最大の公益事業体や石炭会社を代表しており、中国大唐集団公司、中国華電集団公司、中国国電電力、中国電力投資集団公司、神華集団、中国国家石炭集団、国家開発投資公司が含まれている。
2008/10/19 Asia Chemical Weekly
Cabot Bluestar breaks
ground for fumed silica project in Tianjin
On Oct. 16, 2008, Cabot Bluestar (Tianjin) Chemical Co, (Carbot
Bluestar Tianjin) broke ground for its new fumed silica project
in Tianjin Harbor Industrial Park (THIP), Tianjin.
With the investment of USD 40 million, Cabot Bluestar (Tianjin)
will build a fumed silica facility with capacity of 6,400 t/a,
which is expected to start up in mid 2010.
The feedstock Methyl Trichlorosilane will be sourced from the
Bluestar Tianjin 200,000 t/a Silicones plant, which is under
construction and to be completed by the end of 2009 and
commissioned in mid 2010.
According Cabot, with the increasing demand in China and Asia
Pacific region, this new fumed Silica capacity will be help for
the Bluestar Group growing their silicones business, and to serve
Cabot other customers in the region as well. According to
ChemChina, this new facility will be state-of-the-art for fumed
silica production and will be a great help to the growth of the
Chinese silicone industry.
Cabot Bluestar Chemical (Tianjin) Co. Ltd, a 75:25 joint venture
between Cabot (China) and China National Bluestar Corp. Bluestar
is a subsidiary of China National Chemical Group.
Cabot and Bluestar have another jv named as Cabot Bluestar
(Jiangxi) Chemical Co., the company is a 90:10 jv between Cabot
and Bluestar. In Aug. 2006, Cabot Bluestar (Jiangxi) has started
up a jv fumed silica project in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. It
has nameplate capacity of 4800 tonne/year, but the real output is
reached 5,000 ton per year.
2008/10/29 朝鮮日報
韓国利樹化学、中国に合成洗剤原料の工場建設へ
インドネシア企業と合弁
利樹化学（Isu Chemical)は28日、インドネシアのサルリム・グループと合弁で、中国江蘇省蘇州市太倉に合成洗剤の原料となるアルキルベンゼン（LAB）の工場を建設し、中国市場への本格的な進出を目指す、と発表した。
これに先立ち、利樹化学とサルリム・グループは27日、中国の工場建設地で9700万ドル（約95億6500万円）規模の投資協定の調印式を行った。両者は年間10万トン規模のLABの工場を来年上半期中に着工し、早ければ2011年から生産に入る予定。
Sinochem Intl and Thaitex to Form JV for Latex Plant
Sinochem International
Corp. has signed an agreement with Thai Rubber Latex Corporation
(Thaitex), Thailand to jointly manufacture latex.
Both sides will form a joint venture named Hainan
Sinochem-Thai Rubber Latex Co., Ltd. in Qionghai, Hainan province for
the manufacture of 30 000 tons of latex per year.
Thai Rubber Latex Corporation http://www.thaitex.com/index.php
Thailand is the world's largest rubber exporter, and Thai Rubber Latex Corporation (Thailand) Public Company Limited (Thaitex) is the largest natural concentrated latex producer and supplier recording over 100,000 tons of the natural concentrated latex per annum. The company comprises of nine latex plants located in rubber plantation area in the east, south, and northeast of Thailand to push the exports up to 180,000 tons.
Jiangsu Lianhai Starts up Its First Phase Butanol Project
On October 20th, 2008
Jiangsu Lianhai Biological Technology Co., Ltd commenced the
production of its first phase 50 000 t/a butanol project in Haimen, Jiangsu
province.
With a total investment of US$80 million, the whole project
with a capacity of 200 000 t/a butanol uses cassava as raw
material and
will be executed in three phases. The second and third phases are
scheduled to go on stream by the end of 2010.
江蘇朕海生物科技
Jiangsu Lianhai Biological Technology Co., Ltd. is located in Jiangsu Lingdian Centralized Industrial zone which was invested and founded jointly by Liantong Enterprise Co., Ltd., Shangyou realty company and British HONG JI Holdings.
Lianhai company mainly engages in Biological Technology research and biochemical product manufacturing as well as home and abroad trade of upstream and downstream associated products. Lianhai company occupies area of 400,000 square meters, the factory is close to Yangtze River in south,the 336 provincial road and Ning-Qi highway in north,and Su-Tong Yangtze River Bridge in west, which belongs to the areas reached in one hour from Shanghai. The traffic is very convenient and economic environment is good.
Lianhai company plans to have an annual output of n-butanol and acetone 600,000 tons. The first phase has been begun to construct at the end of August 2007,and will be completed in June 2008, which occupies land of 150 mu and has production scale of 50,000 tons annually; the second phase will be begun to construct in September 2008, and will be completed in March 2009; and the third phase will be begun to construct in June 2009, and will be completed in 2010.
2008/11/14 Asia Chemical Weekly
Bluestar starts up EB/SM project in Daqing
On Nov. 1, 2008, Bluestar
Daqing Company a subsidiary of China Bluestar Group produced
on-spec SM product in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province.
With total investment around USD 88.2 million (RMB 600 million),
the EB/SM project was started construction in Jul. 2007 and start
up in Sep. 2008. It has EB capacity of 85,000 t/a, SM capacity of
80,000 t/a.
Process of EB Synthesis from Dry Gas and Benzene is provided
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
(DICP, CAS); process of SM production from EB dehydrogenation is
provided by East China University of Science & Technology
(ECUST) and Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Company (SSEC).
The ethylene feedstock is self supplied by the Deep Catalytic
Cracking (DCC) unit, which has been started up in Oct. 2006, and
provide the dry-gas (contains 55% ethylene) for EB production.
The benzene feedstock is purchased from the market. The SM
product will sell to the market.
Currently, China imports around 3Mt SM per year. But in the
future, China’s dependence on SM imports will be
reduced.
Lyondell and Sinopec Zhenhai are building a 600,000 t/a SM
project (SM/PO), which to be start up by the end of 2009.
PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical will start up a 320,000 t/a SM
project in Xinjiang in 2009.
SECCO has planned to expand SM capacity to 700,000 t/a from the
existing 550,000 t/a in 2009 in Shanghai.
CSPC has planned to expand SM capacity to 800,000 t/a from
existing 600,000 t/a in 2009 or 2010 in Daya Bay, Guangdong
Province.
In 2007, China imported 3.1 Mt SM, and in Q1-Q3 of 2008
(Jan.-Sep), China imported 2.14 Mt SM.
Over the past months, there are many small and middle-scale
enterprises went to bankruptcy in South and East China, including
the textiles and toys manufactures. In early November, Wuxi Xinda
Company has shut down its EPS production lines in Wuxi (350,000
t/a) and Changzhou (280,000 t/a), because of the weak demand
caused by economic crisis.
In Ease China Market, the price of SM was about 1560 in early
Oct, but it is nearing 780 $/t now. Since Nov. 1, Jiangsu Lishide
has shut down its two SM production lines with total capacity of
400,000 t/a for maintenance. Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical and
Maoming Petrochemical has lower down their SM operation rate
since early Nov.
Singapore's SP Chemicals is delaying the
construction of its 320,000 t/a SM project at Taixing, Jiangsu province by
"at least two years," due to the current global
financial crisis and unfavorable product prices. Originally, the
project was expected to start construction in Q3 2008 and be
completed by the end of 2009, and the trial production was
targeted by Q1 of 2010.
Huayi Group Kicks off Coal-Based Chemical Project
On October 16th, 2008 Shanghai Huayi
Group Company (Huayi
Group) began the construction of the coal-based chemical project
in Wuwei Economic and Development Zone, Anhui province. It is the
biggest cooperation project between Huayi Group and Anhui
province.
With a total investment of RMB35 billion, the project will be
executed in two phases. The first phase with an investment of
RMB7.3 billion mainly includes 600 000 t/a
methanol, 500 000 t/a acetic acid and 300 000 t/a ethyl acetate, and will go on stream in 2011.
2008/11/14 Asia Chemical Weekly
China BlueChem kicks off
methanol project in Hainan
On Nov. 12, 2008, China BlueChemical (China BlueChem, also known
as CNOOC Chemical, 中海石油化学), a subsidiary of CNOOC group,
has kicked off its methanol project in Dongfang City, Hainan
Province.
With total investment of nearing USD 147 million (RMB 1 billion),
and using Davy methanol synthesis process, the 800,000 t/a gas
based methanol project is scheduled to start up in Q4 of 2010.
Feedstock of natural gas will be sourced from the Ledong Gas
Field of CNOOC in South China Sea. Currently, CNOOC is building a
pipeline from Ledong Gas Field to Dongfang City ?C the energy and
chemical base of the company. The pipeline project is composed of
two parts: the onshore part is about 68 kilometers and the
offshore part is about 105 kilometers.
After 3 years preparation, this is the second methanol project of
CNOOC in Hainan. Orginally, the company had planned the project
with capacity of 1.13 million t/a, it which was expected to kick
off by the end of 2006 and got startup by the end of 2008.
CNOOC and Hong
Kong-based Kingboard Chemical Holdings operates a 60:40 methanol
jv with
capacity of 600 000 t/a in Dongfang, which was started commercial
production in Q3, 2006.
国家発展改革委員会(NDRC）は天然ガスの有効利用のため2007年8月30日以降、天然ガスを原料とするメタノール生産を禁止したが、既に天然ガス供給契約を締結している場合は除外されており、本計画はそれに該当する。
また、NDRCは2006年7月の通達で、石炭を原料とするメタノール又はDMTでは能力100万トン未満のものを禁止したが、天然ガス原料についてはこれは適用されない。
In East China Market, the
price of methanol was about 720 $/t in Jun. 2008, but it is
nearing 280 $/t now.
Recently, many methanol major producers, including Shanghai
Coking (720,000 t/a coal based methanol in Shanghai) and Boyuan
(1 Mt gas based methanol in Inner Mongolia) have shut down
production lines or lower down operation rate.
At the time of current global economic crisis, this project will
be helpful for the confidence of investors to invest in Hainan,
according to local Government, and also, China BlueChem can save
lots of construction cost to conduct this project.
26 October 2008/10/26 GLOBAL BIO-CHEM
Global Bio-Chem's
200,000 metric tonnes Polyol projects accredited by Ministry of
Science and Technology
The 200,000 metric tonnes
polyol project of Global Bio-chem Technology Group Company
Limited and its subsidiaries was accredited by the Ministry of
Science and Technology (“MST”) of the People’s Republic of China on 25 October
2008. Located in Changchun, the Group’s polyol plant with
an annual production capacity of 200,000 metric tonnes commenced
commercial production this year, becoming a new source
of income for the Group. The assertion of the polyol facilities,
following satisfactory inspection by the MST expert team,
signifies the full affirmation of the MST for the Group’s outstanding achievement in
developing the world’s first polyol technology using corn kernels トウモロコシの穀粒as the raw material.
The expert team of MST asserted that the Group’s polyol project has complied with
the requirements in research and development and economic
indicators. With high flexibility and stability in the design and
development of the new catalyst system, the Group has developed
certain new technologies in polyol integration and product
separation to enhance its production efficiency during its large
scale commercial operation.
The 200,000 metric tonnes polyol project of Global Bio-chem is
classified into the biochemical industry that the PRC government
encourages and fully supports. Over the past few years, the Group
had received grants on research and development for chemical
projects from National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), MST, the Science and Technology
Bureaux of Jilin Province and Changchun for the development of
the Group’s biochemical projects.
Global Bio-chem is the first enterprise in the world to engage in
the production of polyol chemicals using corn kernels as the raw
material. Its polyol products are made from naturally renewable
materials, and may replace various chemical materials refined
from petrochemicals. They find wide applications in various
industries, including textile and automobile industries and can
be used as raw materials for producing polymer resin and
construction materials. The significant fluctuations in crude oil
prices and increased awareness of environmental protection around
the globe in recent years have created huge demand for the Group’s polyol products. For the six
months ended 30 June 2008, the Group’s polyol series of products
reported sales volume of 84,000 metric tonnes, and sales revenue
and gross profit of HK$700 million and HK$270 million
respectively.
“The
strong support that the Group has garnered from the State for its
development of biochemical projects signifies the State’s recognition of our business
development. The accreditation by MST of our polyol project
indicates that the project has reached the national standard and
recognition. The Group’s large-scale polyol production
line, represents a breakthrough in innovative technology,
resulting from the Group’s original innovation, and
possesses its own intellectual proprietary rights. The facility’s technology is up to
internationally advanced standards. The Group's polyol plant is
expected to reach its full 200,000 metric tonnes production
capacity this year,” said Mr Xu Zhouwen, Co-chairman of
Global Bio-chem.
“Polyol
chemical products have significant potential in the PRC and other
Asian markets. With a strong financial position, the Group will
further adjust its polyol expansion in accordance with the
prevailing market conditions at the time, and strive to minimise
its expansion expenses, in order to enhance efficiency. Despite
volatility in the global financial market, the Group’s financial position was not
affected as most of its borrowings were made through domestic
banks,” Mr Xu added.
On 19 October, Mr Jia Qinglin, the Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative
Conference, toured the polyol plant of Global Bio-chem. Mr Jia
was accompanied by the party secretary and the governor of Jilin
Province, as well as other State leaders. Mr Xu Zhouwen, the
Co-chairman of Global Bio-chem, explained in detail the
production, operation, product sales, research and development of
new products, and the construction of new projects of the Group.
“Global
Bio-chem’s industrialisation is a right
development direction. The lifting of foodstuff prices through
the construction of corn production bases in the course of
industrialisation development is a good move and paves the way
for building a stronger nation and province. Biochemical polyol
has a strategic significance in facilitating economic development
as it not only eases the pressure on oil resources, but is also a
new type of chemical material,” said Mr Jia Qinglin during his
tour of the Group. Mr Jia also encouraged Global Bio-chem to
continue with its innovation in order to contribute to the
unification of economic and social development of rural and urban
areas, as well as to the economic development of the country.
About Global Bio-chem
Global Bio-chem has been listed on the Main Board of the Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since 2001 and the Group is
principally engaged in the manufacture and sales, research and
development of corn-based biochemical products in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). Its products are sold in the
PRC and other countries in Asia, Europe, America and Africa.
Headquartered in Hong Kong and with its production facilities
based in various provinces in the PRC, Global Bio-chem is the
largest vertically integrated corn-based biochemical product
manufacturer in Asia with an annual corn
processing capacity of 2.4 million metric tonnes. The Group is also one of the
major amino acid players in the world with annual
fermentation capacity of 450,000 metric tonnes. Global Bio-chem
is also the parent company of one of the largest corn
sweeteners producers in the PRC -- Global
Sweeteners Holdings Limited, which is also listed on the Main
Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
2008-11-20 CCR
Changchun Dacheng Starts up Corn-Based Chemical Alcohol Project
On October 25th, 2008
Changchun Dacheng Group commenced the production of its 200 000 t/a
corn-based chemical alcohol project.
The project uses corn as raw material to produce propylene glycol,
monoethylene glycol and butanediol, etc., and can further promote the
development of China's corn in-depth processing sector.
Besides, Changchun Dacheng Group started the construction of 2.25
million t/a corn processing and 1.0 million t/a chemical alcohol
project in Changchun Corn Industry Park, Changchun, Jilin
province on April 22nd, 2007. (CCR 2007, No.14)
Changchun Dacheng Group, located in Changchun of Jilin province,
is a leading high-tech bioengineering enterprise based on corn
in-depth processing in China and also one of the biggest lysine
producers in the world.
Changchun DACHENG Industry Group Global Bio-Chem Technology Group 大成生化技集団 Founded in 1994, Global Bio-chem Technology Group is a pioneer of corn refined and corn-based products in Asia. Our products have a wide range of applications, including feed production, food and beverage, cosmetics, textiles, pharmaceuticals and chemicals industries, etc. Guided by our insightful management and equipped with the state-of-the-art technology, the Group takes the advantages of vertical integration of production and established leading position in these upstream products such as corn starch, corn fibre, gluten meal and corn oil; as well as its high-value-added downstream products like amino acid, corn sweeteners, modified starch and polyol chemicals.
Today, we are the largest corn refiner in Asia. By the end of 2007, our corn processing capacity per annum was 2.4 million metric tonnes. We are one of the world's largest lysine series products manufacturers, while our products include 98% Lysine and 65% Protein Lysine. We are also the first to use corn in the commercial production of polyol chemicals in the world.
Corn Refined Products (Upstream)
Maize Oil
Corn Steep Liquor
Corn Starch
Waxy Corn Starch
Corn Gluten Meal
Corn Fibre Feed
Corn Germ MealCorn-based Biochemical Products (Downstream)
Amino Acids
Lysine (Feed Grade)
Protein Lysine (Feed Grade)
Glutamic Acid (Food Grade)
Threonine (Feed Grade)
Polyol
Ethylene Glycol
1,2-Propylene Glycol
1,2-Butylene Glycol
2,3-Butylene Glycol
Resin A
Resin C
Modified Starch
Changchun Dacheng Industry Group 長春大成 is a large-sized enterprise that specializes in corn fine processing. In 2000, it was listed an important leading enterprise of the national agricultural industrialization. In recent years, taking the advantages of corn resources in Jilin Province, Changchun Dacheng Industry Group has formed the industry structure of producing four kinds of primary corn products, namely cornstarch, corn protein powder, fiber material and oil and producing four kinds of deep processing products such as amino acid, starch sugar, denatured starch and biochemical feed. By the end of 2001, the annual output of lysine is 40,000 tons, denatured starch 100,000 tons, biochemical feed 200,000 tons. The processing capacity of corn will be increased to 1.2 million tons.
Changchun Dacheng Polyols Co. Ltd.
Established in 2004, it was initially a joint venture with the Mitsui Group.
In January 2008, Global Sweeteners Holdings Limited (大成糖業）entered into a S&P agreement with the Mitsui Group to acquire the remaining interest. Upon the completion in February 2008, it becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of GSH.
It is principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of sorbitol products.三井物産
2003年1月 吉林省長春ソルビトール合弁製造会社設立
香港の上場会社「大成生化技集団」との合弁会社
三井47%
能力 10万トン
出資比率は大成生化51%、三井物産47%、三井物産子会社の日研化成2%。別記事 2004年6月に三井物産・日研化成と大成生化技集団との合弁により設立した長春大成日研糖醇開発
三井物産が合弁事業を運営する大成生化科技集団（グローバル・バイオケム・テクノロジー・グループ）も、甘味料事業の傘下企業、大成糖業の分離上場をHKEXにこのほど申請、約6億～7億HKドルを調達する計画のようだ。
三井物は大成生化と香港に設立した投資会社を通じて、吉林省長春に甘味成分ソルビトールの生産工場を設立、運営している。三井物はNNAに対し、「投資会社設立時と同様、出資比率は47％」と認めたが、分離上場については「一切コメントできない」とのみ答えている。日研化成
ソルビトールその他糖アルコール類の製造販売
株主 日研化学㈱48%
三井物産㈱40% →2003/3/31 三井物産100%
明治製菓㈱12%
大成生化科技：長春日研の株式を取得
トウモロコシを原料とする化学メーカー、大成生化科技集団有限公司［香港上場、大成生化科技（グローバルバイオケミ）、０８０９］は、１９１０万香港ドル（約２億６７４３万円）で大成日研（香港）の株式を４９％取得すると発表した。
大成日研（香港）は、ソルビットの生産や販売に従事する長春大成日研を保有する。
2002/4/16 CCR
Changchun Dacheng Group expands lysine site ambitiously: Rank first in Asia and second in the world with lysine capacity of 50 000 t/a.
Recently, Changchun Dacheng Group has completed lysine expansion, boosting the capacity from 15 000 t/a to 50 000 t/a, and put it on stream, while its production scale of lysine ranks first in Asia and second in the world, according to Jilin Province relative department.
Changchun Dacheng Group is one of the large-scale maize downstream processing enterprises in Jilin Province. By 1998, it created Dacheng Biochemical Engineering Development Co., Ltd. and started to construct 15000 t/a lysine project which was put on stream last year.
August 20, 2008 thepoultrysite.com
Dacheng Wins Initial Judgment over Lysine to US
China's largest lysine producer Dacheng Group has won an initial judgment by the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) in a recent patent infringement case.
The ruling means Dacheng group can continue exporting lysine to the US, according to an official source in China.
Lysine is an essential amino acid that cannot be synthesized in the body and must be absorbed by nutrition. Commercially it is an important feed additive for swine and poultry. Without enough lysine, pigs and chickens suffer stunted growth, stress, and low meat yield.
Ajinomoto Heartland LLC and Ajinomoto Co Inc, two of six companies affiliated with Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition group, a Japan-based global leader of feed-grade amino acid manufacturer, filed a complaint with the USITC in 2006.
It alleged that the lysine and L-Lysine products of Dacheng group exported to the US infringed two of Ajinmoto's registered patents in the US.
The initial determination was made on July 31, in which Charles E. Bullock, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of USITC found that Ajinomoto could not enforce two patents covering the technology for efficiently producing the lysine feed grade because the patent specifications provided by Ajinomoto did not include sufficient details.
According to the US patents law, the patent specification must 'describe' the claimed invention in sufficient detail to 'teach others how to make and use the invention'. If a claim includes devices, compositions, processes that are not described or are not enabled by the specification, the claim is invalid.
Sources from the Ajinomoto web site says the group is 'disappointed' with the decision and has appealed the decision. A final ruling is expected by December 1. Changchun Dacheng Polyols
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Changchun
Shanghai
Jinzhou
Production Capacity
| Company Name | Established Date |
Products | Capacity (mtpa) |
| Shanghai
Hao Cheng Food Development Co. Ltd. |
1998 | Glucose Syrup, Maltose Syrup, Maltodextrin | 120,000 |
| Changchun Dihao Foodstuff Development Co. Ltd |
1999 | Glucose Syrup, Maltose Syrup, Maltodextrin | 520,000 |
| GBT ? Cargill High Fructose (Shanghai) Co. Ltd |
2001 | High Fructose Corn Syrup | 120,000 |
| Jinzhou Yuancheng Bio-chem Technology Co. Ltd. |
2003 | Corn Starch Other Corn Refined Products |
420,000 180,0000 |
| Changchun Dacheng Polyols Co. Ltd |
2004 | Sorbitol | 60,000 |
| Changchun Dihao Crystal Sugar Industry Development Co. Ltd | 2006 | Crystallised Glucose | 200,000 |
| Jinzhou Dacheng Food Development Co. Ltd |
2007 | Glucose Syrup & Maltose Syrup | 200,000 |
Capacity Projection
| Designed Capacity (mtpa) | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Upstream | |||
| Corn Starch | 420,000 | 420,000 | 420,000 |
| Other Corn Refined Products | 180,000 | 180,000 | 180,000 |
| Downstream | |||
| Glucose/Maltose Syrup | 820,000 | 820,000 | 1,020,000 |
| Maltodextrin | 20,000 | 50,000 | 120,000 |
| HFCS* | 120,000 | 240,000 | 360,000 |
| Sorbitol | 60,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Crystallised Glucose | 200,000 | 300,000 | 400,000 |
| TOTAL | 1,820,000 | 2,110,000 | 2,600,000 |
| *Aggregate capacity in joint venture | |||
2008/12/10 Asia Chemical Weekly
Sinopec Jinling starts up
PX project in Nanjing
Recently, Jinling Petrochemical 金陵石化, a subsidiary of Sinopec, has
started up its new PX project in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
With the total investment around USD 418 million, the project has
600,000 t/a PX capacity and also includes 200,000 t/a OX
capacity. This project was approved by government in 2005, and
assessed by State Environment Protection Administration (SEPA).
The feedstock of mixed-xylene is self supplied by Jinling
Petrochemical. The OX product will be captive used for PA and DOP
production. The PX product will be supply to Sinopec Yizheng
Chemical Fiber Company (YCFC) for PTA production.
Before the Jinling PX startup, the company supplys 6000 ton
mixed-xylene per month to Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical, which
operates an 800,000 t/a PX plant in Nanjing. That mean now,
Yangzi Petrochemical have to source the mixed-xylene from other
subsidies of Sinopec, possible sources include Qingdao Refining
& Chemical Company (QRCC) and Zhenhai Refining & Chemical
Company (ZRCC).
China imported 2.9 Mt and exported 252 Kt PX in 2007, and
imported 1.84 Mt and exported 98 Kt PX in 2006.
The source of Mixed-Xylene is the refinery of Sinopec Jinling Petrochemical.
Jinling Petrochem has 13 Mt/a refining capacity, 10 Kt/a PA and 15 Kt/a DOP capacities.
2008/12/12 tcetoday.com
Ethylene on hold
China’s top two producers to postpone
projects
Petrochemicals production is facing overcapacity
SINOPEC AND CNPC, China’s top two oil and chemical
producers, will postpone plans for six ethylene plants currently
under construction due to a slump in demand.
The six plants include Sinopec units in Ningbo, Quanzhou and Tianjin with a combined capacity of 3m t/y
and CNPC’s facilities at Duzishan, Fushun and Chengdu. Startup for Sinopec’s units has been delayed from
2009-2011t until 2013; the CNPC plants are expecting similar
delays.
A planned ethylene joint
venture between Sinopec and SK of Korea in Wuhan city will also be postponed. According
to the plan, both companies will have a combined investment of
14.67b yuan (US$2.1b) in the construction of a 800,000 t/y
ethylene plant and eight other production units such as a 300,000
t/y HDPE unit, a 300,000 t/y LLDPE unit and a 400,000 t/y PP
unit.
2008/12/16 Platts 2007/2/15 中国のPTAと原料パラキシレンの状況
China's Fujia Dahua
Petrochemical ready to start production
China's Fujia Dahua Petrochemical Co. 大連福佳大化化工有限公司, the first privately run
petrochemicals company in the country, has completed trial runs
and is ready to start commercial production any time now, a
company source said Tuesday.
Fujia Dahua's aromatics complex in Dalian has the capacity to
produce up to 700,000 mt/year paraxylene,
350,000 mt/year benzene and 100,000 mt/year orthoxylene. Besides aromatics, the company
plans to sell raffinate, alkanes and LPG.
"We are waiting for market conditions to improve for
aromatics before starting production," the source said.
"But we are all ready to go any time now."
It was reported that Dalian Fujia & Dahua Petro-Chemical Co. would be established jointly by Dalian Fujia Enterprise Group and Dahua Group after this project was approved by the state. The factory would be located in Dagusan Pertochemical Industrial Park of Dalian Economic and Technological Zone.
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Fujia Dahua Starts up Its Aromatic Complex
Dalian Fujia Dahua Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Fujia Dahua) recently commenced the production of its aromatic complex in Dagushan Petrochemical Industry Park, Dalian Development Zone, Liaoning province.
After startup of the complex, the sales revenue will be added by RMB26 billion for the company, and the complex can annually produce 700 000 tons of para-xylene, 100 000 tons of ortho-xylene, 400 000 tons of toluene and 200 000 tons of raffinate oil, etc.
