The world\u2019s largest coal-to-liquids plant is turning coal into oil products that can power rockets and serve as machine lubricants while boosting its value sevenfold, according to a Chinese newspaper.<\/p>\n
The production line, built by China Energy Group Ningxia Coal Industry Co Ltd, began full operations in northwest China\u2019s Ningxia Hui autonomous region last month and processed 24 million tonnes of coal in 2025 \u2013 a quarter of the region\u2019s total annual output, according to a report published by Science and Technology Daily on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The technology has been a boon this year for China, which sourced more than 40 per cent of its crude oil from the Middle East before the Strait of Hormuz was blocked by the US-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n
At one point, international oil prices rose above US$100 per barrel, making turning coal into oil a very profitable business. According to the report, the project has not only generated substantial economic returns, it has also helped to reduce reliance on imported oil.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s energy structure has long been defined by its abundant coal, limited oil and scarce natural gas reserves. In Ningxia, coal accounts for more than 90 per cent of the region\u2019s energy use.<\/p>\n
China leads the world in building clean energy infrastructure, but its power grid can\u2019t keep up<\/p>\n
The facility\u2019s core technology \u2013 known as indirect coal liquefaction \u2013 involves heating coal with oxygen and steam to turn it into a synthetic gas of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s largest coal-to-liquids plant is turning coal into oil products that can power rockets and serve as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[174],"tags":[79,381,111663,276647,179,18,19,17,11402,8820,13942,110901,276646,276648,166126,168834,276649,172144],"class_list":["post-654434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-china","tag-china-aerospace-science-and-technology-corporation","tag-china-energy-group-ningxia-coal-industry-co-ltd","tag-economy","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-long-march","tag-middle-east","tag-national-development-and-reform-commission","tag-ningxia","tag-ningxia-coal-industry","tag-sasol","tag-science-and-technology-daily","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-synfuels-china-technology","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117152439847534787","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}