In May this year, planning for the revitalization of the petrochemical industry, natural gas to coal as the coal chemical industry, one of five demonstration projects, and pointed out the need to focus on existing demonstration projects. Despite the state's coal and natural gas project examination and approval system has been a very cautious attitude, so far still have no access to a coal-gas of the final approval of National Development and Reform Commission, the Chinese energy companies in this field, the enormous investment undiminished enthusiasm. Since last year, the major energy companies in the field of coal and natural gas set off World War II hundreds of billions of investment. At present, the planning system of coal gas project nearly 10 months, total production capacity of about 20 billion cubic meters / year, more than any one of tens of billions are spent.

Coal-gas project where such a charm to invest hundreds of billions of potential crisis is behind World War II, the coal had gathered methanol is now a quiet, also by the new coal chemical industry coal fanatical pursuit of oil has also been ordered to stop. All this war so that the curtain is raised to invest in coal and natural gas became the focus of attention. A number of reporters and industry experts, they told reporters that coincidentally, it is necessary to guard against coal and natural gas sector investment overheating.

The new darling of the coal chemical industry

"Coal-gas project worthy of attention." Sub of the consultation in an interview quite sure that, regardless of the industry from the national planning or energy itself, coal and natural gas system is the current hot spot for investment.

National Development and Reform Commission, Energy Research Institute, Professor Wang Yuanjing pointed out that China's energy structure is characterized by small oil-rich lean gas coal, from a macro perspective, with coal as raw materials to produce natural gas, will be as LPG (liquefied petroleum and natural gas) and conventional natural gas alternative and additions. He said that the development of coal-gas in line with the national energy policy, in conditions suitable coal-gas project, the state will support it.

Preliminary work has been carried out in the approved coal-gas project Keji the seminar, Petroleum and Chemical Industry Planning Institute, the experts believe that low-cost projects to enrich the production of lignite and natural gas as raw materials in line with the national energy development strategy, for the realization of coal resources clean use of a very important role.

It is understood that in the current domestic coal resources into the way energy products, coal and natural gas energy efficiency projects have obvious advantages. In power generation, coal oil, coal, methanol and dimethyl ether, such as coal and natural gas projects, coal and natural gas energy efficiency of the highest, up to 50% -52%, while the unit heat value of water consumption is the lowest for 0.18-0.23 t / Ji Jiao.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters the industry, the state encouraged the use of low calorific value of coal near the water close to the market system of the local development of coal gas, adhere to the guiding principles of water transport for the coal-rich western region inconvenience Coal Chemical Industry industry was extremely important.

"If the value of the use of heat to carry out high-quality coal resources, coal and natural gas, and that whether it is for the coal on the scarce resources, or rely heavily on coal for China's energy structure, are more harm than good." China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association, new Coal Chemical Industry Co-ordinating Committee, Assistant Director of王秀江pointed out to reporters.

"In the coal-methanol market is devastated, coal oil was stopped, the coal gasification the coal chemical industry has become the new darling of the area of investment," China University of Mining and Gasification of Coal Industry Engineering Research Center Director, the new Austrian energy Liang Jie, chief engineer, told reporters that "the local gas market, the smaller the impact of the international market has always been in short supply, and the gap continues to expand."

From 2000-2008, China's natural gas consumption at an average annual growth rate of nearly 16%; over the same period the average annual output growth rate of about 13%. China's natural gas consumption in 2008 was about 77.5 billion square marked, producing approximately 76 billion over the same period marked side, of which 1.5 billion standard side to make up the shortfall through imports. Expected demand of natural gas in 2010 will reach 100 million cubic meters 100000000000 -1100 the same period, production can only meet the 90 billion -950 billion cubic meters; demand in 2020 will reach 200 billion cubic meters, the same period of production can only meet the 140 billion -- 160 billion cubic meters.

"Large and stable market." Sub-expressions of the same advice.

Overall efficiency is still uncertain

Coal-gas coal chemical industry is not in the newborn, as early as in the last century on behalf of foreign companies七八十年have been carried out on a trial. At present, the world's only system for a coal gas plant business to run the United States Great Plains Company, built in the 70s last century, has been successfully operating for more than 20 years, in recent years with rising oil prices are particularly good efficiency.

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Planning Institute president of Gu Qin pointed out that coal and natural gas there is no technical problems. Perhaps there is no technical obstacle is the major energy companies the courage to the field of coal chemical industry in China started一拥而上and one of the reasons why, but the overall efficiency of its project in the end, the test is not at the moment.

The field of competitors with LPG, the traditional natural gas, imports of petroleum and natural gas compared to coal and natural gas in terms of cost, transport, marketing can take much advantage? Liang Jie王秀江and have pointed out, all must wait for verification demonstration project.

"In the demonstration project has just begun, there was no system of a coal and natural gas have been approved by National Development and Reform Commission before the final, the energy companies to come again and again and may cause a waste of a huge investment."王秀江said.

Coal in the National Development and Reform Commission ordered before braking oil projects, oil prices strongly蜂拥而上induce major energy companies. Now, it will never be dealt with hundreds of billions of capital. Coal and natural gas will not repeat the mistakes of coal oil?

"From the report of the feasibility point of view, coal and natural gas price competitive with LPG, natural gas and imports of conventional oil and natural gas about the same." Liang Jie said: "The feasibility of the project or whether to promote large-scale certainly can not consider the price of light products. to consider the cost, including environmental costs, transport costs, potential risks, such as the international market. "

The current system of planning of coal and natural gas projects are concentrated in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. These two places rich in coal resources, but the carrying capacity of water resources and the environment is a cause for concern.王秀江said that the issue of water resources and environmental issues can be a concrete analysis of specific projects, but in terms of the national level, even if a single item or a profitable business success, it is not necessary and sufficient condition for promotion, not to mention that we are still the demonstration project are still in the early stage.

"For the western region to promote economic growth considerations, the use of resource advantages the introduction of a large number of coal chemical projects, relevant departments of the project should be carried out strictly comprehensive assessment." Liang Jie said. If the "do not sell flesh sold卖瓜Paper", not to coal and natural gas projects, such as by-product of coal tar use, directly caused by the consequences of emissions can be imagined.

In addition, as a result of the sale of natural gas monopoly by the two major oil companies, transport sales will become the development of coal-gas project, one of the key. He said that the new reason for concern about the Austrian coal gasification technology, largely because its own distribution channels, including means of transport networks. Jointly with the China National Offshore Oil Corporation with the Coal Group, Datang Power and Beijing Gas marriage, but also takes into account this point.

Whether to allow the two major oil companies into the network of other enterprises, their manufacture and how the quality of pipe network, enterprises in these areas will bear no small risk of王秀江said.

Coal-methanol market is now suffering from double attack at home and abroad and foreign resources to make cheaper domestic products of methanol in the loss of price competitiveness. The future of natural gas abroad can be a lot of the west-east gas pipeline under construction to facilitate second-line arrived in the domestic market, if foreign countries can take full advantage of the energy, there is a need for the scarcity of energy conversion between the products,王秀江that deserves careful consideration.

Enclosure acts against the resources

Landing on the major energy enterprises in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang coal-gas project planning,王秀江frankly, this may欲夺advantage of the Happy Valley area of hidden intentions.

Experts believe that China's coal demand is already huge, and the Mainland, a major coal mine coal resources are tight, there is no new major coal resources in coal, coal place almost there Coal