Qinghai Zhonghao Constructs 600 000 T/A Methanol Project
Year:2007 ISSUE:24
COLUMN:PROJECT NEWS
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Qinghai Zhonghao Constructs 600 000 T/A Methanol Project

The main production zone of the 600 000 t/a methanol project
funded by Qinghai Zhonghao Natural Gas Chemical Co., Ltd. with
an investment of RMB1.57 billion started construction in Germu,
Qinghai province on July 31st, 2007. The project will be
completed and put on stream in October 2009. An investment of
over RMB150 million has already been put in the project.
   The Qaidam Basin has rich natural gas resources. A 100 000
t/a methanol unit in Qinghai Oilfield Germu Refinery started
production in June 1999 and filled a gap in the methanol
production in the province. A 300 000 t/a methanol unit in the
refinery started construction on April 15th, 2005 and was
completed on September 25th, 2006. Qinghai Oilfield has
therefore acquired a methanol capacity of 400 000 t/a. (CCR2006,
No. 30) After the completion of the 600 000 t/a methanol project
to be constructed this time, Germu will have a methanol capacity
of 1.0 million t/a and become an important methanol production
base in China.