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Multiple LPG downstream plants come online in Shandong

Beijing (JLC), December 11, 2020--Several liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) downstream units, led by propane dehydrogenation (PDH), have come online in 2020, with more to start up in 2021, as local refiners are extending their industrial chain to the chemical.

12-11-2020 17:28:56

Some plants in Shandong will conduct maintenance and stop releasing LPG

It was learned by JLC that against environmental protection inspection, Shitong Chemical, Wanfuda Chemical, Runxing Petrochemical, Luqing Petrochemical, Hengyuan Petrochemical, Huanyu Chemical, Yikun Chemical, Runbo Chemical, Qifa Chemical would conducted maintenance with re-start time unclear.

07-14-2017 18:59:05

Power plants increased daily coal consumption, but procurement slowed down

Coal supply and demand stabilized in producing regions. Coal mines’ sales in Erdos kept at above 1.2 million mt; coal supply in Shaanxi continued growing. As of July 6th, Shaanxi 199 mines were in production with output averaging 1.3444 million mt/d, gaining 4,500 mt/d on the week.

07-14-2017 17:56:07

Why did daily coal consumption of power plants grow in slack season?

In the slack season of coal consumption in April and May, 2016, affected by the dropping civil electricity load and the flagging industrial power, daily coal consumption of power plants fell sharply, while it did not see a sharp decline in April, 2017 from that in February and March.

04-26-2017 10:13:09

Six power plants’ steam coal inventory rallies to 10.40 million mt

On April 19th, steal coal inventory of six major power plants reached 10.40 million mt, gaining 1.189 million mt or 12.9% from 9.211 million mt on April 11th. As for April 19th, daily coal consumption of six major power plants kept at 656,000 mt and coal inventory can run 16 days.

04-20-2017 10:51:35

Coal transactions decline amid the weak transport of power plants

Coal output in producing areas recovered gradually and coal mines’ sales kept considerable with low inventory; pithead coal prices remained stable and those for coal mines with tight supply rose by CNY5-10/mt;

04-18-2017 17:02:14

Port coal inventory around Bohai increases with power plants’ steady procurement

Last week (April 10th-14th), Daqin railway maintenance were still in progress and inbound resources at ports edged up under the guarantee of thermal coal. Affected by the falling demand, rebound volume at ports moved downward in some degree and coal inventory was with mixed trend.

04-18-2017 13:47:33

Daily coal consumption in coastal power plants sees a marked decline

Up to April 6th, coal inventory in the six major coastal power plants amounted to 9.6393 million mt, which was able to 18 days of usage, and daily consumption totaled 522,000 mt.

04-11-2017 10:31:04

Coking coal market may start with dropping steam coal consumption in power plants

In April, with the end of heating period, downstream power plants stepped into overhaul stage and the falling run rate of unit decreased coal consumption. Up to April 6th, the daily steam coal consumption in six major coastal power groups declined to 522,000 mt.

04-07-2017 18:20:15

Power plants’ coal inventory keeps dropping with steady daily consumption

The daily coal consumption at coastal power plants operated steadily at around 650,000 mt with coal inventory keeping falling over March 3rd-9th, 2017. The average coal consumption at six large coastal power plants read 652,000 mt/d, down by 1.2% MoM

03-13-2017 16:09:12

Power plants turn on coal inventory-restocking mode

With the upcoming Spring Festival, coal supply and sales of Qinhuangdao Port are in prosperous situation, where huge coal carriers are sailing to all power plants.

01-22-2017 17:41:53

Railway bureaus to sign transport contracts with coal producers and power plants

China Railway Corporation will push railway bureaus to sign production, transportation and demand contracts with coal suppliers and buyers.

12-07-2016 16:30:56

Kailuan and Jizhong Energy ink 5.72 mln mt coal supply term contract with power plants

Kailuan Group and Jizhong Energy Group inked 5.72 million mt coal supply medium and long term contract with five major power groups’ branches in Hebei province and Hebei Construction & Investment Group Co., Ltd alike.

12-07-2016 14:57:02

Shenhua Group and China Coal ink 2017 steam coal contract with three more big power plants

On the morning of November 11th, Shenhua Group and China National Coal Group Corp. signed 2017 medium and long term steam coal supply contract with China Huaneng Group, China Datang Corporation and China Guodian Corporation in Beijing。

11-15-2016 09:50:23

17 alkylation plants in Shandong market stop operation

LPG price in Shandong market fluctuates greatly in October. The basic reason is Sinopec and PetroChina stopped purchasing oil products from other plants. It is predicted that oil products will be purchased actively after the National Day Holiday.

10-21-2016 15:36:36

Sudden outage of Dagang Oil Field’s unit; no etherified C4 sold to other plants

Catalytic unit of Dagang Oil Filed was in sudden outage on September 12th for 7-15 days. During maintenance, no etherified C4 and propane products will be sold to other plants.

09-14-2016 10:35:34

Profit of deep processing plants declines

September 2nd-September 8th, profit of alkylation units declined greatly with gross profit only reading CNY100/mt and net profit declining to cost. Profit of aromatization units reversed to CNY850/mt. According to JYD, profit of alkylation in the week averaged CNY167/mt, down 39.27% from last week.

09-12-2016 14:34:08

Price drop of products and feedstock guarantee the profit of deep processing plants

August 19th-August 25th, profit of olefin deep processing was still great. According to JYD, profit of alkylation units averaged CNY404.5/mt, down 8.48% from last week. Gross profit of isomerization units kept at CNY374/mt, up 3% from week-ago level.

08-26-2016 17:00:10

55 thermal power plants in Shanxi see H1 profits drop by CNY2.21 bln YoY

Declining facility utilization time translated into a direct decrease in power plants’ operation revenue and profits. In H1, 2016, 55 thermal power plants under the Shanxi Power Dispatching Center saw profits drop by CNY2.211 billion from a year ago to CNY330 million.

08-24-2016 11:44:05

Deep processing plants get profit amid price growth both in upstream and downstream

August 12th-August 18th, despite decrease of gross profit of olefin deep processing amid growing feed gas price, olefin deep processing plants still got great profit.

08-19-2016 17:40:50

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