Coal Gasification News » security risk http://coalgasificationnews.com Coal gasification news and information. Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:45:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 SASOL and China Projects Prove Coal Gasification Technology http://coalgasificationnews.com/2008/11/18/china-projects-prove-coal-gasification-technology/ http://coalgasificationnews.com/2008/11/18/china-projects-prove-coal-gasification-technology/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:26:53 +0000 admin http://coalgasificationnews.com/?p=182 Environmentalists frequently comment that coal gasification technology is not proven when they are citing reasons to be against coal gasification technology. The implication is that it’s not known if the technology works. This is a false statement. The technology is well proven. These type of statements are an injustice to Americans. A U.S. energy policy that continues to rely heavily on importing crude oil could pose a security risk to the country.

The best known reference for proven technology is SASOL is South Africa. SASOL has been operating coal-to-liquids plants for many years . . . even decades. While SASOL has many years of continuous operating experience, China has far exceeded this experience with the quantity of different coal gasification plant processes that have been built and are in the construction phase. China has many built coal gasification plants that produce many different products. The technology works and that is not disputable.




Below is a list of the gasification projects in China.








Name Product Gasifier Status Feed Start
Zhenhai Ammonia Plant Ammonia GE Oper. Vis. Resid 1983
Urumqi Ammonia Plant Ammonia GE Oper. Vis. Resid 1985
Daqing Oxochemicals Plant Oxo. GE Oper. Vis. Resid 1986
Shaanxi Ammonia Plant Ammonia S-L Oper. Anthracite 1987
Zibu Methanol/Oxochemicals Meth. Oxo. Shell Oper. Vac. residue 1987
Ningxia Syngas Plant Gases GE Oper. Vis. Resid 1988
Fushun Oxochemicals Plant Oxo. Shell Oper. Vac. residue 1991
Lu Nan Ammonia Plant Ammonia GE Oper. Bit. coal 1993
Wujing Gas Plant No. 2 Fuel gas U-GAS Oper. Bit. coal 1994
Beijing Oxochemicals Plant Oxo. GE Oper. Heavy oil 1995
Shanghai Coking &
Chemical		 Methanol GE Oper. Anthracite 1995
Dalian Ammonia Plant Ammonia GE Oper. Vis. Resid 1996
Shaanxi Ammonia Plant Ammonia GE Oper. Coal 1996
Hohhot Ammonia Plant Ammonia Shell Oper. Vac. residue 1996
Juijiang Ammonia Plant Ammonia Shell Oper. Vac. residue 1996
Gas Plant No. 2 Methanol GE Oper. Coal 1997
Lanzhou Ammonia Plant Ammonia Shell Oper. Natural Gas 1998
Puyang Ammonia Plant Ammonia S-L Oper. Anthracite 2000
Hefei City Ammonia Plant Ammonia GE Oper. Coal 2000
Zhong Yuan Dahua Group Ltd. Unk. S-L Oper.   2000
Nanjing Ammonia Plant Ammonia GE Oper. Vis. Resid 2002
Jilin Ammonia Plant Ammonia GE Oper. Vis. Resid 2003
China 1 Methanol GE Oper. Coal 2004
Haolianghe Ammonia Plant Ammonia GE Oper. Coal 2004
Sinopec, Zhijiang Unk. Shell Oper. Coal 2005
Liuzhou Chemical Industry Ammonia Shell Oper. Coal 2005
China 2 Methanol GE Oper. Coal 2005
Jinling Ammonia GE Oper. Coal 2005
China 4 Amm, Urea GE Oper. Coal, Pet. 2005
China 3 Amm., H2 GE Oper. Coal, Pet. 2005
Shaanxi Shenmu Chemical Plant Unk. GE Oper.   2005
Dong Ting Ammonia Plant Ammonia Shell Startup Coal 2006
Hubei Ammonia Plant Ammonia Shell Startup Coal 2006
Shuanghuan Chemical Unk. Shell Oper. Coal 2006
Sinopec, Yueyang Unk. Shell Oper. Coal 2006
Sinopec Ammonia Shell Startup Coal 2006
China 5 Methanol GE Oper. Coal 2006
Sinopec Wuhan, Hubei Unk. Shell Startup   2006
Weihe Chemical Unk. GE Startup   2006
Dahua Chemicals Methanol Shell Startup Coal 2007
Yuntianhua Chemicals Ammonia Shell Startup Coal 2007
Yunzhanhua Chemicals Ammonia Shell Startup Coal 2007
Yongcheng Chemicals Methanol Shell Eng. Coal 2007
Fujian Refinery Ethylene
Project		 Unk. Shell Const.   2007
Shenhua H2 Shell Const. Coal 2008
Kaixiang Chemical Plant Unk. Shell Const.   2008
Yongcheng Shell Plant Unk. Shell Const.   2008
Puyang Plant Unk. Shell Const.   2008
Tianjin Chemical Plant Unk. Shell Devel.   2010
Guizhou Chemical Plant Unk. Shell Devel.   2010
Inner Mongolia Chemical Plant Unk. Shell Devel.   2011
Legend:
S-L = Sasol Lurgi
GE = General Electric
Vis. Resid = Visbreaker residue
Vac. Residue = vacuum residue
Oxo. = Oxochemicals
Meth. = methanol
Amm. = ammonia
Pet. = petcoke
Oper. = operating
Eng. = engineering
Const. = construction
Devel. = development

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