On April 15, climb to overlook Yushan Island in Daishan County, which is like a “super construction site” from the future: on the flat ground between the hills and the coastline, there are giant petrochemical production facilities, tower cranes and densely packed movable panel houses, where more than 30,000 people are working intensively. Some refining facilities are already in operation.
A new type of international green petrified city, where the “Hulk” generally rises. “The general secretary’s visit to Zhejiang has boosted our confidence in building Yushan Island, and we must roll up our sleeves and work hard.” Lin Fanke, director of the office of the second phase project department of Zhejiang Petrochemical of Sinopec Tenth Construction Co., Ltd., said. The green petrochemical base is a landmark platform for building an “important window”, and Zhoushan is transforming the general secretary’s cordial concern for Zhejiang into a strong driving force, accelerating the construction of the base, and accelerating the development of the whole industrial chain of oil and gas import, storage and transportation, processing, trade, trading and service.
Five years ago, Yushan Island was unknown, with a permanent population of only 3,000 and a developed area of only about 6.7 square kilometers; Today, the island covers 21 square kilometers of development, with a maximum of 80,000 people working on construction sites.
It is understood that the Zhoushan green petrochemical base has a planned total area of 41 square kilometers and is developed in three phases. Among them, the first and second phases are Zhejiang Petrochemical refining and chemical integration projects, with a total investment of 173 billion yuan. Zhejiang Petrochemical Refining and Chemical Integration Project is currently the world’s largest single industry project, and it is also the largest investment project by domestic private enterprises so far.
In June 2015, the first phase of the project started construction and was fully put into operation at the end of December 2019, forming a refining capacity of 20 million tons/year, achieving the construction goal of “completing the task in ten years and completing in four years”, and creating an amazing “Zhejiang speed”. Since it was put into operation, the first phase of the project has processed a total of 9.7 million tons of crude oil, with an output value of 31.2 billion yuan, effectively improving the self-sufficiency rate of high-end chemicals such as aromatic hydrocarbons. The second phase of the project will benchmark the world’s highest level and build a world-class green petrochemical industry cluster, which is expected to be put into operation in 2021. The third phase of development of 15 square kilometers will further expand the industrial scale and form a world-class comprehensive and modern petrochemical industry base.
To build a project, breaking through the traffic bottleneck is the key. On December 31, 2018, the Yushan Bridge, which connects Daishan and Yushan, was completed and opened to traffic, providing a good transportation environment for the development of the base. Today, on the main island of Zhoushan in the southeast of Yushan, the Zhoudai Bridge also extends towards Daishan. The main channel project of Ningbo Zhoushan Port is under construction. In recent days, the offshore operation platform has been busy. More than 350 workers of the 3 standard project department of Zhoudai Bridge stayed at their posts. At present, the main navigable hole bridge of Zhoudai Bridge has completed the lifting of 59 pieces of steel box girder, accounting for 52 pieces of the total of 113 pieces.2%。 The bridge is expected to be completed by the end of 2021, when Yushan Island and Daishan Island will be connected to the main island.
The development and construction of Yushan Island is related to the implementation of the national strategy in Zhoushan, and it is also a key move for the economic and social development of the new area to achieve leapfrog development. The Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone will focus on “promoting the facilitation of bulk commodity investment and trade liberalization with the whole oil and gas industry chain as the core”, and the green petrochemical project provides industrial support for the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone to build the whole oil and gas industry chain.
While the construction of petrochemical projects is in full swing, the international investment promotion work is also advancing in an orderly manner. Based on the petrochemical industry chain, the green petrochemical base is carrying out international investment promotion, attracting high-end chemical industry projects, so as to create an upstream and downstream integrated industrial chain with crude oil refining as the basic products and featuring high-end chemicals in short supply in China such as ethylene and aromatics, strengthen the construction of middle and downstream supporting industrial projects, and accelerate the formation of an international first-class petrochemical industry cluster.
“We must seize the opportunity, seize the momentum, benchmark against the world’s highest level, give full play to the advantages of fine chemicals, and promote the integration of Yongzhou’s petrochemical industry.” The person in charge of the management committee of the Zhoushan green petrochemical base said.
(Source: Zhejiang Daily)