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Description of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL)'s Indmax FCC technology has been updated.


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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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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.

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


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


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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.


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Multiple technologies and productions have been added.

#gasoline #diesel  #jetfuel  #kerosene  #hydrotreatment  #adu  #polypropylene  #axens  #mitsui  #hypol  #R2R  #fcc #delayedcoker  #sydec 


 

Picture: Indian subcontinent refineries, via ppPLUS

India’s dependence on imports to meet its requirements of basic petrochemicals, including polymers, is only expected to rise, despite projects – under implementation and on the drawing boards. This is partly because the historical baggage of poor capacity builds will take time to catch up with rising demand.

In the last few years, however, India’s public sector refiners have climbed on the petrochemicals bandwagon, seeking value-added outlets for refinery streams. They have invested in aromatics (for feeding the polyester value chain), propylene (for polypropylene, PP, and some other chemicals notably, oxo-alcohols and acrylate monomers), linear alkyl benzene (LAB), a key detergent raw material, and a few other projects. And more are to come in the near-term.

There are several commonalities amongst the firm projects. For one, the emphasis seems to be on building the C3 (propylene) value chain. This is not surprising as FCC propylene offers a simple, low-cost route to the olefin and one that can be conveniently retrofitted into existing refinery operations. There is also an overwhelming emphasis on PP production, which may not be wise, as it runs the risk of overbuild should demand growth not pan out as anticipated.

There are other propylene derivatives that can be considered, and these merit attention if not by the refiners themselves then by third party investors for whom it will be more worthwhile. Much will hinge on the commercials of the olefin supply arrangement, but such business models are widely followed, including here in India, let alone in other countries.

Importantly, the government needs to recognise that the chemical industry as a key enabler of modern living, and not a nuisance to be constrained through regulation and red-tape. The priority must be on developing well-developed clusters where not just the petrochemical industry, but also the broad chemical industry – including the fine and specialty chemical industries, wherein India’s competitiveness is well recognised – can locate and start operations in double-quick time. Clusters are efficient and safe locales where the industry can thrive, as several countries have amply shown.
 
India needs a much larger and more diversified chemical industry than it has now. The former it seems is happening. Not so sure of the latter. The herd mentality to investments needs to change. Those who have dared to do so – and there are a few examples – have been amply rewarded. More need to emulate, not imitate, them!

Ravi Raghavan, 12 Nov 2024, Linkedin post.

#india  #petrochemicals  #chemicals  #valuechains  #propylene  #fcc  #refinery  #polyester  #aromatics  #olefins  #polypropylene  #acrylics  #lab  #chemicalindustry  #indianchemicals  #IOCL  #BPCL  #HPCL  #RelianceIndustries  #investment  #specialitychemicals  #finechemicals  #oilrefining  #polymers  #ethylene  #competitiveness 

The description of alkylates (iso-paraffines) made by the alkylation unit in the refinery and used as fuel blending components has been updated. 
 

#fuelblending #alkylationunit  #isoparaffins  #alkylates  #alkylationunit  #alkylunit  #refinery  #fcc 

Description of Light Catalytic Naphtha (LCN) has been updated.

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Description of Heavy Catalytic Naphtha (HCN) has been updated.

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Description of catalytic naphtha (FCC gasoline) has been updated.

#catalyticnaphtha  #fcc  #fccgasoline  #gasoline 

Description of Axens' R2R FCC has been updated.

#FCC  #residuum  #cracking  #gasoline 

The description of the Fluid Catalytic Cracking process has been updated.

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