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Fluid thermal processing of Mongolian oil sands

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The study appears in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. Israel’s Brack Capital Energy (BCE) is exploring for oil sands reserves in the Xing’an region of Inner Mongolia. investigated the thermal reaction performances of Inner Mongolia oil sand bitumen in a confined fluid-bed reactor. —Zhang et al. Zhang et al.

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Chinas Yitai Group CTL Plant Produces Diesel and Naptha in Trail Run

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China’s Yitai Group’s 160,000 tonne/year coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has produced qualified diesel oil and naphtha in its trial run. Zhang Shuangwang, chairman of Inner Mongolia Yitai Group, said that the company plans to put this facility into full operation this year.

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Shenhua Completes Worlds Largest Coal-to-Olefins Project

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The Shenhua Baotou Coal-to-Olefins Project was completed in Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on 31 May. This project was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in December 2006 and began design and construction in 2007. People’s Daily. The project—targeted to produce 1.80

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