As of Nov 2017, there are 28 coal (methanol) to olefins (CTO/MTO) projects in China, which have been put into operation and commissioned, with total olefins capacity of 12.05 Mt/a (not running MTP capacity excluded). China is expected to add 2.62 Mt/a of CTO/MTO capacity.
For CTO/MTO projects under stages of construction, preliminary work or planning, ASIACHEM proceeded with deep study on the owner’s power, approval progression, construction schedule, downstream planning and resource allocation etc of individual projects, and made conclusion that 23 of them will have 50% or higher probability to come true, and adding 28 projects of under operation and successfully commissioned, they will totalize up to 25 Mt/a of olefins capacity by the year of 2021. 2017 China CTO/MTO projects map is as follows.
2017-2021 China CTO/MTO capacity growth is as follows. ASIACHEM’s research shows that 5 new projects will increase a total of 1.86 Mt olefins capacity in 2018.
来源：《中国煤制烯烃年度报告2017》、《中国CTO/MTO季度报告2017》
Source: <China Coal to Olefins Annual Report 2017>, <China CTO/MTO Quarterly Report 2017>
In summary, ASIACHEM predicts that in 2017-2021 years, China is expected to add 13 Mt/a of CTO/MTO capacity, and the total capacity will reach 25 Mt/a in 2021. Among them, a total of about 15 Mt/a CTO/MTO capacity concentrated in Western china.
9th China Coal to Olefins Conference 2017 will be organized by ASIACHEM on Nov. 22-23 in Guiyang, Guizhou. As the most influential and sustainable professional conference in China, the organizers invited the first class executives and experts domestic and abroad to make reports.
China National Petroleum & Chemical Industry Planning InstituteSinopec Great Wall Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd.
China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co., Ltd.
Sinopec Economics and Development Research Institute
Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group
The former executives of Shenhua Baotou, Fund Energy
UOP
CP Energy
W.R. Grace
Sinopec Engineering Department
SEG
PCITC Information Technology Co., Ltd.
International leading industrial gas company
