Experts predict that China's gas industry will maintain a growth rate of about 15% in the next 10 years, and the output value will reach 100 billion yuan by 2016. In other words, industrial gas, which is an industry supporting the petroleum and chemical industries, has begun to become China's "sunrise industry." In an unprecedented fierce market competition, how to achieve a sound and rapid development of the industry has become the focus of the industry. Sun Guomin, secretary-general of the China Industrial Gas Industry Association, said in an interview with reporters recently that industry development must implement the “sevenizations†strategy, break through from three aspects, and call for the emergence of integrated “leading†to accelerate competitiveness.
The industry has gradually emerged. At present, China's gas industry has formed a large-scale, with more than 2,700 production, packaging, sales and equipment manufacturing companies. There are more than 9,800 air separation production units, of which more than 400 are over 6000 cubic meters/hour. set. Sun Guomin said that over the past 10 years, the industry has developed four major characteristics:
Air products appeared in the market. In the past, gas production was just a set of equipment inside a company, or a workshop. With the expansion of production scale, gas subsidiaries were gradually established. In addition to meeting the needs of the parent company, the product also provided liquid air products to the market.
Large-scale air separation plants achieve localization. China has emerged leading companies in the industry such as Hangyang, Kaifeng Airspace, and Sichuan Airspace. Among them, 60,000 cubic meters/hour complete sets of equipment produced by Hangyang are close to the world's advanced level.
Extend the industrial chain in scale. Since the emergence of tens of thousands of cubic meters of large-scale air separation plants in China, it has realized the distribution of low-temperature tank trucks in the air product market, and promoted the development of “one-chain†of gas production, distribution and distribution.
Chemicals have become one of the fastest growing areas. In the chemical park, gas utilities are generally built, 100,000 cubic meters of air separation capacity has been formed in Yangzi Petrochemical, and large-scale air separation, hydrogen production, and carbon monoxide have been jointly established by Shanghai Air Liquide and American Praxair in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. Device to achieve pipeline transportation. In the first half of this year, Shenhua Group and Air Liquide signed two sets of 90,000 cubic meters per hour, signed four sets of 60,000/hour with Hangyang, and signed two sets of 45,000/hour air separation units with Kaifeng Airspace. With a total capacity of 510,000 cubic meters/hour, these equipments are used for projects such as coal to oil, coal to olefins, and coal to methanol.
The "seven-ization" strategy promotes development. Sun Guomin believes that although the domestic gas industry has achieved considerable development over the past few years, compared with the international community, there are still some problems such as small-scale enterprises, low concentration, and weak competitiveness. The China Gas Association has proposed the "sevenizations" development strategy, namely, "professionalization, socialization, intensification, pipelining, liquefaction, integration, and internationalization." It has achieved practical results, mainly in:
The first is to cooperate with the international community. Oxygen and the German Messer company strategic cooperation, the advanced complete sets of equipment exported to foreign countries. In order to better carry out exchanges between China and foreign countries, the "Asia-Pacific Gas Manufacturers Association", led by the China Gas Association and participated in by the National Gas Association of India, South Korea, etc., also signed on September 5.
The second is the reform of the ownership system for air separation. In the chemical and iron and steel industries, there are already a number of joint-stock companies or Chinese-foreign joint venture air-separated enterprises that are independent of the market. The development of private gas companies is faster. For example, Shanghai Yingde Gas Co., Ltd. has a production capacity of 510,000/hour.
The third is the diversification of gas production technologies. In addition to the cryogenic separation of air, a significant breakthrough has also been made in normal-temperature gas production. Southwest University Tianyi Science & Technology Co., Ltd. develops molecular sieve low-pressure adsorption technology to extract high-purity carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide from coal gasification raw material gas or chemical tail gas; Tianjin Kaide Industry Co., Ltd. uses membrane separation technology to produce nitrogen. Provides mobile nitrogen production equipment for the oil field.
Breakthroughs in three areas call for "leading"
China is accelerating the development of seven new coal chemical bases. Coal-to-oil, coal-to-olefins, coal-to-methanol and dimethyl ether all require large amounts of air separation products, which brings new opportunities for industrial gas development. Sun Guomin believes that breakthroughs must be made in all three areas to form a number of integrated "leading" group companies with international competitiveness in order to speed up the overall competitiveness of the industry.
- Realize the strong combination of enterprises. At present, the size of domestic air separation companies is much smaller than that of foreign countries. Since property rights involve cross-industry, restructuring may be difficult, but it is entirely necessary and possible to achieve alliances.
-- The equipment manufacturing company undertakes air separation projects. Foreign air-separation companies do not only make equipment, but also sub-slot production. Once they win the project, they occupy a permanent market. In China, equipment manufacturing and air separation production are separated. If the equipment company directly undertakes the project, or the equipment company and the production company join together to bid, they can form an advantage of 1+1>2.
- For investment groups to intervene. Air separation is an investment-intensive industry. Through the cooperation of investment companies and air-subsidiaries, it will promote the expansion of the industry. Apart from securing domestic projects, it can also go out and invest in other Asian countries.
The industry has gradually emerged. At present, China's gas industry has formed a large-scale, with more than 2,700 production, packaging, sales and equipment manufacturing companies. There are more than 9,800 air separation production units, of which more than 400 are over 6000 cubic meters/hour. set. Sun Guomin said that over the past 10 years, the industry has developed four major characteristics:
Air products appeared in the market. In the past, gas production was just a set of equipment inside a company, or a workshop. With the expansion of production scale, gas subsidiaries were gradually established. In addition to meeting the needs of the parent company, the product also provided liquid air products to the market.
Large-scale air separation plants achieve localization. China has emerged leading companies in the industry such as Hangyang, Kaifeng Airspace, and Sichuan Airspace. Among them, 60,000 cubic meters/hour complete sets of equipment produced by Hangyang are close to the world's advanced level.
Extend the industrial chain in scale. Since the emergence of tens of thousands of cubic meters of large-scale air separation plants in China, it has realized the distribution of low-temperature tank trucks in the air product market, and promoted the development of “one-chain†of gas production, distribution and distribution.
Chemicals have become one of the fastest growing areas. In the chemical park, gas utilities are generally built, 100,000 cubic meters of air separation capacity has been formed in Yangzi Petrochemical, and large-scale air separation, hydrogen production, and carbon monoxide have been jointly established by Shanghai Air Liquide and American Praxair in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. Device to achieve pipeline transportation. In the first half of this year, Shenhua Group and Air Liquide signed two sets of 90,000 cubic meters per hour, signed four sets of 60,000/hour with Hangyang, and signed two sets of 45,000/hour air separation units with Kaifeng Airspace. With a total capacity of 510,000 cubic meters/hour, these equipments are used for projects such as coal to oil, coal to olefins, and coal to methanol.
The "seven-ization" strategy promotes development. Sun Guomin believes that although the domestic gas industry has achieved considerable development over the past few years, compared with the international community, there are still some problems such as small-scale enterprises, low concentration, and weak competitiveness. The China Gas Association has proposed the "sevenizations" development strategy, namely, "professionalization, socialization, intensification, pipelining, liquefaction, integration, and internationalization." It has achieved practical results, mainly in:
The first is to cooperate with the international community. Oxygen and the German Messer company strategic cooperation, the advanced complete sets of equipment exported to foreign countries. In order to better carry out exchanges between China and foreign countries, the "Asia-Pacific Gas Manufacturers Association", led by the China Gas Association and participated in by the National Gas Association of India, South Korea, etc., also signed on September 5.
The second is the reform of the ownership system for air separation. In the chemical and iron and steel industries, there are already a number of joint-stock companies or Chinese-foreign joint venture air-separated enterprises that are independent of the market. The development of private gas companies is faster. For example, Shanghai Yingde Gas Co., Ltd. has a production capacity of 510,000/hour.
The third is the diversification of gas production technologies. In addition to the cryogenic separation of air, a significant breakthrough has also been made in normal-temperature gas production. Southwest University Tianyi Science & Technology Co., Ltd. develops molecular sieve low-pressure adsorption technology to extract high-purity carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide from coal gasification raw material gas or chemical tail gas; Tianjin Kaide Industry Co., Ltd. uses membrane separation technology to produce nitrogen. Provides mobile nitrogen production equipment for the oil field.
Breakthroughs in three areas call for "leading"
China is accelerating the development of seven new coal chemical bases. Coal-to-oil, coal-to-olefins, coal-to-methanol and dimethyl ether all require large amounts of air separation products, which brings new opportunities for industrial gas development. Sun Guomin believes that breakthroughs must be made in all three areas to form a number of integrated "leading" group companies with international competitiveness in order to speed up the overall competitiveness of the industry.
- Realize the strong combination of enterprises. At present, the size of domestic air separation companies is much smaller than that of foreign countries. Since property rights involve cross-industry, restructuring may be difficult, but it is entirely necessary and possible to achieve alliances.
-- The equipment manufacturing company undertakes air separation projects. Foreign air-separation companies do not only make equipment, but also sub-slot production. Once they win the project, they occupy a permanent market. In China, equipment manufacturing and air separation production are separated. If the equipment company directly undertakes the project, or the equipment company and the production company join together to bid, they can form an advantage of 1+1>2.
- For investment groups to intervene. Air separation is an investment-intensive industry. Through the cooperation of investment companies and air-subsidiaries, it will promote the expansion of the industry. Apart from securing domestic projects, it can also go out and invest in other Asian countries.