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Honeywell’s UOP Methanol-to-Olefins technology selected to convert coal to high-value petrochemicals in China

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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that China’s Jiutai Energy (Zhungeer) Co. has licensed Honeywell’s UOP methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology to convert methanol from coal into key plastics building blocks. In 2011, Honeywell’s UOP announced a similar project with China’s Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Company Ltd.,

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Synthesis Energy Systems Demonstrates Stable and Efficient Gasification at Hai Hua on Lignite Coal

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Synthesis Energy Systems’ (SES) 95%-owned Hai Hua joint venture project in Shandong Province, China, has completed a successful commercial-scale gasification demonstration, converting lignite coal from the Inner Mongolia region of China to syngas. Earlier post.).

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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. Coal is gasified into syngas, which is converted to methanol. People’s Daily. The project—targeted to produce 1.80 SHenhua’s Coal-to-Olefins process. SHenhua’s Coal-to-Olefins process. Source: Shenhua.

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GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China

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At 14%, China holds the most coal reserves in the region, the majority of these reserves are concentrated in the provinces of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shandong, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia. Gasification converts coal into a synthesis gas (or syngas) that can then be used to produce chemicals or other products.

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Shell, Shenhua to Partner on RD in Advanced Coal Technology; Shell Qualifies 3 Chinese Companies to Manufacture Gasification Technology

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Shenhua has built the world’s first million-tonne level direct coal liquefaction project in China’s Inner Mongolia, equipped with two gasifiers using Shell’s coal gasification technology to produce hydrogen from coal. The qualification contracts were signed alongside the government meetings on sustainable energy cooperation.

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China Moving Ahead with Shenhua CTL Project; NuCoal in Canada Focusing on CTL Gasoline Project

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China’s Shenhua Energy Co Ltd recently announced that will begin construction on a CTL plant in October 2010. The project is ultimately expected to convert approximately 3 million tons of coal annually to produce an output of 80,000 barrels of oil products daily. Earlier post.)

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Sparton and NuCoal to Evaluate NuCoals Saskatchewan Coal Holdings and CTL Residue for Germanium and Uranium Commercialization Potential

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and NuCoal Energy Corporation recently executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) wherein Sparton and NuCoal will jointly evaluate the potential of NuCoal’s lignitic coal holdings in Saskatchewan to host commercial germanium and uranium mineralization. Sparton Resources Inc.

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