2009 Report on China's Coal-to-Liquid Market

2009-06-14 11:39:06 - 2009 Report on China's Coal-to-Liquid Market

With the prices of oil being high, a mania of investment in coal-to-oil had appeared in China two years earlier. But the mania was calmed down with the restraining order from the NDRC, which issued on July 7, 2006 the Notice on Management of the Construction and on Improving the Health of Coal-to-Chemical Industry, requiring that all the authorities stop

the approval of coal-to-liquid projects before the government completed the plans about coal-to-liquids. The Notice also pointed out that no approval is granted if the production capacity of a project is less than 3 million tons/year. The existing coal-to-oil projects which have got approved include Shenhua, 3.2 million tons/year; Yankuang Group, 1 million tons/year; and Lu'an, Shanxi and Yitai, Inner Mongolia, each is of 160,000 tons/year. In addition to those projects of national importance, there are a lot of local projects, whose total production capacity reaches 40.17 million tons/year. The industry is now still thought overheated. In general, coal-to-oil projects are still in their stage of pilot production, and would not be able to move to the fast-growth track until after 2010.

Table: Coal-to-Oil Projects under Construction and under Plans in China

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Source: Market Avenue

According to the Plans for Mid- and Long-Term Development of Coal-To-Chemical Industry (Draft), the expected output of coal-to-oil is 1.5 million tons in 2010, 10 million in 2015, and 30 million in 2020 respectively.

But there are risks in the coal-to-oil industry, too: Firstly there are risks in mass production. There are no mature coal-to-oil precedents in the world except for in South Africa. Not only does such a project need huge investment, but also it needs advanced technology. Secondly, there are risks about resources. Most of the coal regions are short of water, which is needed in large quantity by coal-to-oil projects, which in turn are energy-guzzling, highly polluted, and would release large quantity of wastes. Thirdly there are cost and market risks. Coal-to-oil won't be profitable unless the prices of oil are high.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Overview of China's Coal-to-Liquid Industry
1.1 Concepts
1.2 Categories
1.3 Technologies
1.4 Governmental Polices

Chapter Two: Current Situation of Global Coal-to-Liquid Industry
2.1 Overview
2.2 Coal-to-Liquid Industry in Major Countries of the World
2.2.1 South Africa
2.2.2 Australia
2.2.3 U.S.A
2.2.4 India
2.2.5 New Zealand
2.2.6 The Philippines
2.2.7 Qatar
2.2.8 Other Countries and Regions
2.3 Up-to-Date Situation of Coal-to-Liquid Industry in Different Countries

Chapter Three: Current Situation of China's Coal-to-Liquid Industry
3.1 Current Situation
3.2 Importance and Necessity of Coal-to-Liquid Industry in China
3.3 Conditions for Coal-to-Liquid Industry to Develop in China
3.4 Influence of Coal-to-Liquid Industry on the Economic Balance among Different Regions in China
3.5 Problems
3.6 Current Situation and Dynamics of Coal-to-Liquid Industry in Major Provinces and Regions of China

Chapter Four: Industries Related to Coal-to-Liquid Industry
4.1 Coal-Deep-Processing Market
4.1.1 Coal-Processing
4.1.2 Coal-to-Chemicals
4.1.3 Clean-Coal Technology
4.1.4 Overall Utilization of Coal
4.1.5 Coal-to-Liquid and ?Cto-Gas Technologies
4.2 Influence of Oil Prices on Coal-to-Liquid Industry
4.3 Influence of Coal-to-Liquid Industry on Energy Market

Chapter Five: Niche Coal-to-Liquid Markets in China
5.1 Coal-to-Oil in China
5.2 Coal-to-Alkene in China
5.3 Coal-to-Alcohol Ether in China

Chapter Six: Coal-to-Liquid Projects of Major Companies in China
6.1 Shenhua Group
6.2 Yankuang Group (Shandong Province)
6.3 Luneng Group (Shandong Province)
6.4 Lu'an Group (Shanxi Province)
6.5 Yitai Group (Inner Mongolia)
6.6 Other China's Homegrown Companies
6.7 Foreign Investment in China's Coal-to-Liquid Industry

Chapter Seven: Outlook and Forecast for Coal-to-Liquid Market in China
7.1 Outlook for Coal-to-Liquid Market in China
7.2 Plans for Coal-to-Liquid Industry
7.3 Forecast for Coal-to-Liquid Industry in China

Chapter Eight: Investing in China's Coal-to-Liquid Market
8.1 Opportunities and Risks
8.1.1 Opportunities
8.1.2 Risks
8.1.2.1 Market Risks
8.1.2.2 Technological Risks
8.1.2.3 Political Risks
8.2 Major Investment-Attractive Production Processes and Their Profitability
8.3 Suggestions to Investment in Coal-to-Liquids

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