Sustainability Report 2016

CBM is often considered an unconventional

source of natural gas because it is seen as a

by-product of coal mining. However, if extracted

before coal-mining operations take place, it

can be harnessed rather than being flared off

as waste. As of 2016, our liquefied CBM plant

in Shanxi province has a designed production

capacity of 250 million cubic metres of liquefied

In 2016, our coal-based methanol production

plant in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

operated smoothly and produced a yield of

approximately 312,000 tonnes of methanol. Our

Agricultural waste, when processed correctly, can

yield economic and environmental benefits. To

maximise these benefits, we have developed new

technology that converts agricultural waste into

Coalbed Methane (CBM) and Coke Oven Gas

Methanol and Gasoline

Biomass into Energy

CBM per year. Around 390,000 tonnes of carbon

emissions will be offset per year.

Furthermore, in 2016 we largely completed the

construction of a project in Xuzhou, Jiangsu

province, to produce LNG by the methanation of

coke oven gas. Trial production is expected to

commence in the first half of 2017.

plans are afoot to enable methanol conversion

to natural gasoline. This will provide a platform

for upgrading other areas of our methanol

businesses.

syngas and chemical raw materials, and a pilot

project has been planned for 2017 when we will

develop a facility to harness this energy source.

New Energy Developments and Unconventional Energy

During 2016, our five liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) refilling stations in Hong Kong together sold

approximately 61,000 tonnes of fuel, and served more than 18,000 LPG taxis and minibuses. These

figures account for approximately 30% of the city’s auto LPG market share. In mainland China, we

continued to promote LNG as a fuel alternative to diesel for heavy duty trucks. We now have 62 gas

refilling stations in operation, under construction or at the planning stage across the country.

Clean Vehicular Fuel