Yulong Petrochemical gears up for production

On Jul 29, Yantai City of Shandong Province held a project progress meeting for Yulong Island Refining and Chemical Integration Project which is located at Yulong Petrochemical Industrial Park, Longkou, Yantai, Shandong Province.

It is reported that some core units and facilities of the project is achieving mechanical completion, and the mega project is gearing up for the production.

The Phase I of the Project will be based on imported crude oil as raw material. The main part of the project includes 10 million mt/yr CDU (atmospheric distillation), 10 million mt/yr CDU (atmospheric and vacuum distillation), 3×2.6 million mt/yr residue hydrogenation, 3.4 million mt/yr diesel hydrogenation, 3.6 million mt/yr diesel hydrocracking, 1.4 million mt/yr kerosene hydrogenation, 4 million mt/yr catalytic cracking, 2 million mt/yr wax oil hydrogenation, 2×2.6 million mt/yr continuous reforming, 3 million mt/yr PX, 2×1.5 million mt/yr ethylene, 2×0.85+1 million mt/yr cracked gasoline hydrogenation, 2×220kt/yr butadiene, 2×800kt/yr EG unit.

In addition, the project also includes 200+400kt/yr EVA/LDPE, 300kt/yr HDPE, 500kt/yr FDPE, 100kt/yr UHMWPE, 4×400+300kt/yr PP, 600kt/yr ABS, 260kt/yr ACN, 300kt/yr PO, 650kt/yr SM and 500kt/yr EB/SM, etc.