Liaoning Launches Three Projects

460 000 t/a Ethylene Project and 5.0 Million T/A Refining Project
Liaoning North Jinhua Group Launches 50 000 T/A TDI Project   

A ceremony for launching the 460 000 t/a ethylene project and
the 5.0 million t/a oil chemical project in Liaoning Huajin Group
and the 50 000 t/a TDI project in Liaoning North Jinhua Group
was held in Panjin of Liaoning province on April 28th, 2007.
   The 460 000 t/a ethylene project got the approval from the
National Development and Reform Commission on August 2nd, 2005.
It is composed of 10 units including HDPE, PP, EO/EG, bulk ABS,
butadiene and aromatic extraction. Huajin’s annual total output
of major products such as polyolefins will be increased from 300
000 tons today to 1.1 million tons. The project is planned to
be completed in March 2009.
   The 5.0 million t/a refining project uses the heavy oil
conversion and refining-chemical integration process route. The
all-hydrogenation mode combining hydrocracking and delayed
coking will be used to achieve crude oil processing for the
production of ethylene raw materials. After the completion of
the project, nearly 2.0 million t/a of high-quality cracking raw
materials such as naphtha and hydrogenated tail oil will be
provided for the ethylene production. The problem of raw
material availability in the existing unit will also be solved.
The project is composed of 9 units and storage/transportation
facilities. Except the UOP technology used in continuous
reforming, all other units will use domestic technologies. The
refining project is planned to be started construction in July
2007 and be completed at the beginning of 2009.
   The 50 000 t/a TDI (toluene diisocyanate) project is a major
project of Liaoning North Jinhua Polyurethane Co., Ltd., a
company jointly established by Huajin Group and Liaoning North
Jinhua Group. It got the approval from the former State Planning
Commission in January 2003. The project will be executed in two
phases. The first phase will have a capacity of 50 000 t/a and
the capacity in the second phase will be 50 000 t/a. Construction
of the project will be completed in 18 months.