China Water: June 17, 2008: Xinjiang coal-gasification project will consume large quantities of water.

As mentioned more than once on this blog, water and energy usage are linked. Previously, I posted about the coal-gasification project in Xinjiang. Here we kearb that it will consume 25 million tons of water (the article does not clarify if this is metric tons are English tons. My guess is that if it uses Xinhua sources, we may assume metric tons.)

Peter Huston
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http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1689603/
Huaneng Xinjiang Energy starts feasibility study on Shiqiantan coal-chemical pro
Tuesday, June 17, 2008; Posted: 03:54 AM
BEIJING, Jun 17, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- EYDVF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Huaneng Xinjiang Energy Development Co., Ltd. has started feasibility study on the Shiqiantan coal- chemical project in Northwest China.

The project is planned to take Shiqiantan mine's coal as raw material and adopt Shell's coal gasification technology to produce 2.1 million tons of methanol, 600,000 tons of polypropylene, 220,000 tons of gasoline and 44,000 tons of liquefied gas every year.

It is predicted to consume 5 million tons of coal and 25 million tons of water every year.

The project is planned to start construction in 2009, and commence operation by the end of 2012, requiring a total investment of 18.3 billion yuan.

Huaneng Xinjiang Energy Development is a sister company of China's largest listed power producer Huaneneng Power International ( 600011.SH; 0902.HK; HNP.NYSE).