⬛ REFINING COMPLEX (20 Mt/y Crude Oil Processing)

Primary Processing Units

Crude Distillation Units (CDU)

• Configuration: 2 units × 10 Mt/y each (400,000 bpd per unit)
• Technology: Conventional atmospheric distillation
• Status: Both units operational as of 2024-2025
• Notes: First CDU started September 2024, second CDU commissioned March 2025​

Vacuum Distillation

• Capacity: 10 Mt/y
• Technology: Conventional vacuum distillation integrated with atmospheric units
• Status: Operational​

Secondary Processing Units

Residue Hydrocracking

• Capacity: 3 Mt/y (300万吨/年)
• Technology: Slurry-bed hydrocracking (浆态床加氢裂化)
• Status: Commissioned and operational as of October 2025​

Residue Hydroprocessing

• Configuration: 3 units × 2.6 Mt/y each
• Technology: Conventional residue hydroprocessing
• Status: Details not fully confirmed - capacity configuration unclear​

Hydrocracking and Hydrotreating Units

• Diesel Hydrotreating: 3.4 Mt/y​
• Diesel Hydrocracking: 3.6 Mt/y​
• Kerosene Hydrotreating: 1.4 Mt/y​
• Wax Oil Hydrocracking: 2 Mt/y​
• Technology: Conventional hydrotreating/hydrocracking processes
• Technology licensors: Not disclosed in available sources

Catalytic Cracking Units

• Deep Catalytic Cracking (DCC): 4 Mt/y capacity
• Technology: Sinopec DCC process
• Status: Operational​
• Conventional FCC: Capacity not disclosed
• Technology licensor: Not confirmed in available sources​

Continuous Catalytic Reforming (CCR)

• Configuration: 2 units × 2.6 Mt/y each
• Technology: CCR platforming process
• Status: Technology licensor not confirmed in Chinese sources​

Specialty Processing Units

Aromatics Complex

• Capacity: 3 Mt/y mixed xylene production
• Technology: Honeywell UOP integrated suite including:
  • UOP Naphtha Hydrotreating (Unionfining)
  • UOP CCR Platforming technology
  • UOP Olefin Removal Process (ORP)
  • UOP Sulfolane aromatics extraction
  • UOP Isomar xylene isomerization
  • UOP Tatoray toluene disproportionation​

Alkylation Unit

• Capacity: 0.4 Mt/y (400,000 t/y)
• Technology: Lummus CDAlky technology
• Status: Confirmed technology license​

Hydrogen Production Complex

Coal Gasification Hydrogen Production

• Capacity: 0.75 Mt/y H₂
• Technology: Multi-nozzle opposed gasification
• Status: World's largest PSA hydrogen production facility​

PSA Hydrogen Purification

• Configuration: 6 units total (4 refinery gas + 1 coal + 1 residue-based)
• Technology: Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA)
• Status: Operational as of October 2025​

Residue Oil Hydrogen Production

• Status: Details not confirmed - integrated with residue processing​

⬛ PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX (3 Mt/y Ethylene)

Olefins Production

Steam Crackers

• Configuration: 2 units × 1.5 Mt/y ethylene each
• Total Capacity: 3 Mt/y ethylene
• Technology: Lummus SRT VII (Short Residence Time VII) cracking heaters
• Status: Cracker #1  operational December 2024, Cracker #2  operational September 2025​

Pyrolysis Gasoline Hydrogenation

• Configuration: 2 units (0.85 Mt/y + 1.0 Mt/y)
• Technology: Hydrogenation with Sinopec catalysts
• Status: Operational​

Polyolefins Production

Polypropylene Complex

• Total Capacity: 1.9 Mt/y (190万吨/年)
• Configuration and Technologies:
  • Line 1: 0.4 Mt/y - Sinopec STPP-II technology​
  • Line 2: 0.4 Mt/y - Sinopec STPP-II technology​
  • Line 3: 0.4 Mt/y - Lummus Novolen technology​
  • Line 4: 0.4 Mt/y - Lummus Novolen technology​
  • Line 5: 0.3 Mt/y - Japan Polypropylene (JPP) Horizone technology​

High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

• Capacity: 0.3 Mt/y (30万吨/年)
• Technology: Sinopec gas-phase process

Full-Density Polyethylene (FDPE)

• Capacity: 0.5 Mt/y (50万吨/年)
• Technology: Dow Unipol gas-phase process

Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE)

• Capacity: 0.1 Mt/y (10万吨/年)
• Technology: Sinopec technology

Low-Density Polyethylene/Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (LDPE/EVA)

• Line 1 (Autoclave Process): 0.2 Mt/y (20万吨/年)
  • Technology: High-pressure autoclave process (likely ECI Group/Repsol)
  • Status: Confirmed​
• Line 2 (Tubular Process): 0.3-0.4 Mt/y
  • Technology: LyondellBasell Lupotech T tubular process
  • Notes: Yulong website states 30万吨/年; some sources cite 40万吨/年​

Oxygenates and Intermediates

Ethylene Glycol (EG) Complex

• Configuration: 2 units × 0.8 Mt/y each
• Total Capacity: 1.6 Mt/y (160万吨/年)
• Technology: Scientific Design EO/EG technology
• Status: Confirmed - world's largest single EO capacity addition in China​

Ethylene Oxide (EO)

• Capacity: Swing capability within EG units
• Technology: Scientific Design EO technology
• Notes: Integrated with EG production​

Specialty Chemicals

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS)

• Capacity: 0.6 Mt/y (60万吨/年)
• Technology: Zhejiang Zhiying (domestic Chinese technology)
• Status: Successfully started April 2025​

Acrylonitrile (ACN)

• Capacity: 0.26 Mt/y (26万吨/年)
• Technology: Not disclosed
• Status: Confirmed in official documents​

Ethylbenzene (EB)

• Capacity: 0.5 Mt/y (50万吨/年)
• Technology: Lummus/UOP EB One
• Status: Confirmed​

Styrene Monomer (SM) and Propylene Oxide (PO) Co-production

• Styrene Monomer: 0.65 Mt/y (65万吨/年)
• Propylene Oxide: 0.3 Mt/y (30万吨/年)
• Technology: Lummus Classic SM with PO co-production
• Status: Confirmed co-production configuration​

Butadiene Extraction

• Configuration: 2 units × 0.22 Mt/y each
• Total Capacity: 0.44 Mt/y (44万吨/年)
• Technology: Not disclosed
• Status: Confirmed capacity​

⬛ UNITS WITH UNCLEAR OR UNCONFIRMED DETAILS

• Conventional FCC Capacity: Technology licensor and exact capacity not disclosed
• Residue Hydroprocessing Configuration: Exact number and capacity of units unclear
• CCR Technology Licensor: Not confirmed in Chinese sources despite English reports
• ACN Technology: Process technology not disclosed
• Butadiene Extraction Technology: Process licensor not disclosed
• LDPE Line 2 Exact Capacity: Conflicting reports of 30万吨 vs 40万吨/年

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