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Sinopec Tianjin Petrochemical is located in Binhai New Area and is divided into two areas, Dagang and Nangang.

Tianjin Petrochemical currently operates 34 refining units and 21 chemical units, with a comprehensive crude oil processing capacity of 12.5 million tons/year and ethylene production capacity of 1.5 million tons/year (including joint ventures). The annual chemical product production capacity includes 380,000 tons of para-xylene, 200,000 tons of polyester, 100,000 tons of short fiber, and 100,000 tons of polyether. Main products cover three categories: petroleum refining, chemicals, and synthetic fibers. Gasoline and diesel products meet National VI quality standards, and the company supplies ethanol gasoline to society.

 

Platts 2006/6/27: Sinopec launches Tianjin refining, petrochemical expansion plan (Dagang area)

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp on Monday held a foundation laying ceremony in northern Tianjin municipality to mark the launch of a Yuan 25 billion ($3.13 billion) refinery and ethylene production expansion program by its subsidiary Sinopec Tianjin Company, the New York- and Hong Kong-listed Chinese integrated oil group said on its website Tuesday.

Key refining development projects under the program include building:

• a 10 million mt/year (200,000 b/d) crude topper with vacuum distillation unit, 2.3 million mt/year delayed coker,
• 1.8 million mt/year hydrocracker,
• 3.2 million mt/year gasoil hydrofining unit,
• 1.2 million mt/year hydrotreating unit for waxy oil,
• 260,000 mt/year sulfur recovery unit, among others.

STC currently operates:

• Two sets of crude toppers with vacuum distillation units of 2.5 million mt/year each
• 1.2 million mt/year catalytic cracker
• 800,000 mt/year hydrocracker
• 400,000 mt/year hydrofining unit,
• 150,000 mt/year desulfurizer.

Plans for petrochemical capacity expansion include building a 1 million mt/year ethylene plant, which will eventually raise STC's annual ethylene production capacity from the existing 200,000 mt to 1.2 million mt. 

The group also plans to build:

• a 600,000 mt/year gasoline hydrocracker,
• a 300,000 mt/year low-density polyethylene unit, 
• a 300,000 mt/year high-density polyethylene unit,
• a 450,000 mt/year polypropylene unit
• other downstream petrochemical production plants.

The entire STC expansion development program is expected to complete in 2009. By then, STC will raise its crude refining capacity by 150% to 12.5 million mt/year, as the company will phase out one existing set of crude topper and vacuum distillation unit.

The entire expansion program is designed to equip STC with sour crude processing capability. The expanded refining capacity will also produce naphtha feedstocks for the new 1 million mt/year ethylene cracker. 

STC, in the coastal Dagang port of northern Tianjin municipality, consumes mostly imported crudes.

 

Release time: 2010-01-21 Author: Yang Xin Source: Guangming Daily: Tianjin Million Tons of Ethylene Project

Sinopec Tianjin 1 million tons of ethylene and supporting projects are key projects of the country's "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" and are also a landmark project for the development and opening up of Tianjin Binhai New Area. The project mainly includes four parts: 1 million tons of ethylene, 10 million tons of oil refining, thermal power engineering and off-site projects. The main construction investment of the project is 26.8 billion yuan, and with supporting projects, it reaches 34 billion yuan.

　　The project was launched on June 26, 2006. On December 21, 2009, the supporting project, the 10 million ton oil refining project, completed the entire process and produced qualified products, achieving a successful start-up.

　　The completion and commissioning of this project has increased the primary processing capacity of Tianjin Petrochemical to 15 million tons/year and the ethylene production capacity to 1.2 million tons/year, making it the largest ethylene production enterprise in the country and the largest refining and processing base in North China. It can provide the society with 5.87 million tons of high-quality finished oil, 3.2 million tons of basic chemical raw materials such as ethylene, 1.5 million tons of high-end synthetic resins and chemical fibers, and 750,000 tons of other products such as liquefied gas every year. According to preliminary estimates, this project can boost Tianjin's total industrial output value by more than 4%, and drive investment in downstream industries and supporting projects of about 100 billion yuan, which will play an important role in accelerating the development of my country's petrochemical industry.

　　Sinopec Tianjin 1 million tons of ethylene and supporting projects are also the projects with the highest localization rate among similar units currently under construction, with the localization rates of refining and ethylene equipment reaching 91.5% and 78% respectively. In the entire project, the 1 million tons of ethylene cracking is the largest single unit in China, and the 450,000 tons of polypropylene is the largest single unit in the world.