Air Products has signed a long-term contract with Weihe Clean Energy Company Limited, a subsidiary of Shaan’xi Weihe Coal Chemical Group Ltd, one of China’s largest coal-based fertilizer and methanol producers, to supply onsite gaseous oxygen and nitrogen for its phase three coal-to-chemicals project in Weinan Hi-Tech Zone (WHTZ) in Weinan city, Shaan’xi Province, [...]

China National Petroleum Corp, the country’s largest oil and gas producer, plans to set up a joint venture with Yanchang Petroleum Group to explore for oil in northwestern Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Li Xiaodong, director of the Shaanxi Development and Reform Commission, was quoted as saying that the two parties each plans [...]

Hunched over his steering wheel, Zhu Dexiu turned the key in the ignition as the engine rumbled awake and his coal truck lurched forward. The journey lasted about 30 feet. Then Mr. Zhu switched off the engine and waited for the next flurry of driving, maybe another 20 minutes off.
It was 2 p.m. His [...]

Shen Hua Group Corporation Limited plans to put three liquefied coal projects into production in 2011 and 2012 with a capacity of producing 10 million tons of petroleum a year.
The three projects, in Yulin city of West China’s Shaanxi Province and two in Yinchuan, capital of northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, will each be able [...]

China has raised the capital threshold for projects converting coal to liquid fuel to brake a possible overheating in the coal-chemical industry, as excessive development of the fossil fuel pollutes the environment and strains the water supply.
On July 7, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s industrial watchdog, issued a circular requiring local governments [...]