The Investment Boom Has Led Polyester Masters Into The Market, And The Market Of Syngas To Ethylene Glycol Will Change?

"Time makes heroes". Different development periods will bring out different "draught". For those who are in the "tide maker", when the draught comes, how to grasp the air gap and fly better determines the competitiveness of the future.

Mobile Internet, intelligent and 5G are the draught of the great era, but the chemical fiber industry has the draught of chemical fiber industry. For the domestic polyester market, two core raw materials, PTA and ethylene glycol, should be allowed to stand on the draught at different stages of development, because they have jointly produced "polyester".

The past development history of polyester industry has proved that since the beginning of 10 years ago, the domestic PTA station has been on the draught, which has opened up the evolution of the competition pattern of the domestic polyester market. So far, the enthusiasm of chemical fiber giants to invest in PTA is still continuing. At the same time, there are various indications that domestic coal glycol has ushered in the draught period.

Cooperation of syngas and steam in Tung Kun ethylene glycol project

The domestic pet market has always had many stories. A new project is signed today, and a new project will be put into operation tomorrow. In recent years, the pet market has been moving frequently and continuously. Recently, the top class player Tong Kun group has also heard good news. In October 18th, Tong Kun group's annual output of 1 million 200 thousand tons of ethylene glycol project syngas and steam cooperation signing ceremony It was held at the headquarters of Tong Kun group.

Deputy Secretary of Hefei Lujiang County Committee, county magistrate Xu HUAWEI, chairman of Tong Kun group, Chen Shiliang, Qiu Zhongwei, chairman of Shanghai Baosteel Gas Co., Ltd., Hong Wei, Minister of planning and operation of Shen Wan energy limited liability company, Hong Wei, general manager of Shen Wan Hefei Lujiang Power Generation Co., Ltd., Cui Shu Xing, general manager Feng Yin of the Tong Kun group's annual output of ethylene glycol project, Zhu Ning, general manager of Anhui Baogu Industrial Gas Co., Ltd. The guests attended the signing ceremony.

The contract of the annual output of 1 million 200 thousand tons of syngas to ethylene glycol project is located at the long Qiao Industrial Park, Lujiang County, Hefei City, Anhui province. The total land area of the project is about 1800 mu, with a total investment of nearly 12 billion yuan, mainly engaged in the technological R & D, production and sale of synthetic gas to ethylene glycol. Through the construction of coal gasification plant, air separation unit, DMO synthesis plant, ethylene glycol synthesis plant, rectification device, substation, water treatment and other utilities, the production capacity of 1 million 200 thousand tons of syngas to produce ethylene glycol will be formed annually.

For the Tong Kun group, with the further expansion of its polyester filament scale, and further realizing the PTA self sufficiency and expanding the PTA scale, further layout of syngas to ethylene glycol project and self sufficiency of raw materials are the important embodiment of deepening the strategic layout of the industrial chain.

Chen Shi Liang Points out that The project is an important project for the development of the Tong Kun group. The signing of the contract marks a new stage of development and a key step for Tung Kun to build the whole industrial chain. Tong Kun is determined and confident to do well in this project, and will make strong backing in terms of capital, talent, system and sales guarantee. At the same time, the group will take a high starting point plan, high standard configuration, high quality construction, high level operation, and build a leading technology project with first-class equipment, first-class management and first-class products. All parties will jointly promote project construction and achieve win-win results.

Xu HUAWEI Lujiang is a hot land full of hope, development and potential. The signing of the contract marks a substantial step forward in the project. The Lujiang county Party committee and county government will promote the construction and development of good service projects and promote the early commissioning of the project.

The outlet of syngas to glycol has arrived in China.

Ethylene glycol is an important organic chemical raw material which is prepared from naphtha, coal, natural gas or methanol. It and PTA are the two core raw materials for the production of polyester products. Pet ethylene glycol accounts for about 93% of the total consumption of ethylene glycol in China.

For a long time, due to the lack of production capacity and output of ethylene glycol in China, the ethylene glycol required by polyester enterprises in China has been imported from Saudi Arabia, China, Taiwan, Canada, Singapore, Korea and other countries or regions.

At present, the supply gap of ethylene glycol in China is still large. However, the resource distribution characteristics of China's coal and less oil make China develop coal to ethylene glycol with better cost advantages and raw material advantages. 。 Therefore, in recent years, there has been an upsurge in the investment of syngas to ethylene glycol in the domestic market.

With the continuous technical difficulties and technological progress Especially in the past two or three years, the technology level of syngas to ethylene glycol has been improved rapidly, and the quality of products has been greatly improved, which has promoted the diversified development of ethylene glycol market in China. Moreover, compared with naphtha to ethylene glycol, syngas makes glycol more cost advantage, which also makes polyester enterprises in the past two years to use syngas to make ethylene glycol ratio increased.

In this regard, Wang Xiujiang, Deputy Secretary General of coal and ethylene glycol Association of China Petroleum and chemical Federation It is pointed out that since the "13th Five-Year", the ethylene glycol industry in China has developed rapidly. At present, both the level of technological innovation and the scale of industry are at the forefront of the world. A number of demonstration projects of coal to ethylene glycol have been built in China, forming a certain scale of industry. Most production units are basically safe, stable, long-period and full load operation, providing strong support for solving the shortage and diversification of domestic ethylene glycol products.

It is understood that in the domestic market, enterprises that have invested in building or investing in the construction of coal to ethylene glycol are: Shaanxi Province Coal group Yulin Chemical Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Yulin Energy Group Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Jiu Tai New Material Co., Ltd., Yanzhou Mining Group Inner Mongolia Rongxin Chemical Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Tianye Group Co., Ltd. And so on.

Of course, the industry is also facing some practical problems. Wang Xiujiang pointed out that, at present, China's coal glycol products are to some extent affected by low cost products abroad, and the low operating rate of the industry may come ahead of schedule, and at the same time, it is faced with the problem that products can not be fully applied in the polyester industry.

It is also understood that there are some differences in purity, impurity content and impurities between coal and ethylene glycol from different manufacturers and batches. At the same time, high boiling point does not participate in PET reaction polymerization, and there are impurities precipitated. These will affect the stability and fiber quality of large capacity polyester production line to a certain extent.

However, these problems are encountered in the rapid development. With the further development of the industry and technological breakthroughs, these problems will be overcome. On the whole, the future development of the industry is promising.

"In the next few years, China's ethylene glycol production capacity will usher in a great explosion, and the scale of new projects will develop towards a large scale. With the distribution of ethylene glycol market in the leading chemical fiber enterprises, the supply pattern of the domestic glycol market will gradually change. Ethylene glycol and naphtha feedstock and ethylene glycol will become complementary and competitive. More importantly, With the distribution of ethylene glycol market in the leading chemical fiber enterprises, the comprehensive competitive advantage of their industrial chain will be further strengthened, and the characteristics of Yu Qiang, the strong person of "polyester market", will also be further highlighted. An industry insider commented.

Wang Xiujiang said: "In the future, we hope to work together with downstream industries, standardize industrial access, guide the orderly development of industry, carry out joint research, solve the dilemma of product application, explore the development of high quality industries, enhance industrial competitiveness, improve the standard system, speed up the pace of standard setting, further promote the application of ethylene glycol in the polyester industry, stabilize the supply of raw materials in polyester industry, and achieve a win-win situation in the upstream and downstream industries. "