2012年10月19日，环境保护部官方网站公布，已经受理《神华陶氏榆林循环经济煤炭综合利用项目环境影响报告》，受理日期为10月17日。
环保部网站透露的信息显示，神华陶氏榆林项目产品方案发生变化。根据公开信息，此前的产品方案主要包括：332万吨/年甲醇、122万吨/年MTO（甲醇制烯烃）、50万吨/年氯碱等龙头装置，以及下游衍生物等。
新方案的主体工程包括3个区域共23套装置，分别是：
1.碳氢区（8套装置）：煤气化、一氧化碳变换、酸性气体脱除、硫回收、甲醇合成、制氢、甲醇制烯烃、合成氨。其中甲醇产能为400万吨/年，乙烯丙烯总产能约为150万吨/年。
2.基础塑料化工区（5套装置）：丁辛醇、EO/EG、低密度聚乙烯、聚丙烯、正丙醇。总产能约127万吨/年。
3.高性能塑料化工区 (10套装置)：乙醇胺/乙撑胺、粗丙烯酸、丙烯酸丁酯、丙烯酸辛酯、冰丙烯酸、聚醚多元醇、环氧丙烷、丙二醇、H2O2、混合二醇醚。总产能约 172 万吨/年。
该项目配套煤矿为陕西榆林大保当煤矿，煤矿项目总投资约40 亿元人民币，设计煤炭年生产能力为1300万吨/年。
神华陶氏榆林项目建设期为 2013 年至2018 年。核心化工区总投资约在1 千亿元人民币左右，其中环保投资约50 亿元，占总投资约为5%。
资料显示，该项目已经于2009年11月在陕西省榆林市神木县奠基；2010年3月获得国家能源局“路条”；2012年9月获水利部黄河水利委员会的水资源论证报告批复。
根据中国重大项目投资的相关规定，该项目在正式开工建设之前，还需要获得环保部的环境影响报告的许可批复，以及国家发改委的最终核准。
Dow-Shenhua Yulin Complex Products Portfolio Changed
On Oct 19, 2012, the official website of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) released that the environmental assessment report of Dow-Shenhua Yulin Coal Utilization Complex has been accepted on October 17.
According to the information disclosed by the MEP’s website, the Dow-Shenhua Yulin products portfolio is changed. Previously, the public information shows that the complex including 3.32 Mt/a methanol, 1.22 Mt/a olefins (MTO route), 500 kt/a Chlor-Alkali and other derivatives as well.
The new products portfolio includes 23 units of 3 zones, namely:
1. Hydrocarbon (HC) zone, including 8 units: coal gasification, CO shift, acid gas removal, sulfur recovery, methanol synthesis, hydrogen, methanol to olefins and ammonia. Methanol capacity is 4 Mt/a; ethylene and propylene total capacity is approximately 1.5 Mt/a.
2. Basic plastic chemical (BPC) zone, including 5 units: Oxo alcohol, EO/EG, LDPE, PP and N-propanol. The total capacity is about 1.27 Mt/a.
3. Performance plastic chemical (PPC) zone, including 10 units: ethanolamine / ethylamine, crude acrylic acid, butyl acrylate, octyl acrylate, acrylic acid, polyether polyol, propylene oxide, propylene glycol, H2O2 and mixed glycol ethers. The total capacity is about 1.72 Mt/a.
The raw materials supporting coal mine of the complex is Dabaodang coal mine in Yulin, Shhttp://www.cnmhg.com/d/img/nxi, which will cost RMB 4 billion with the designed coal production capacity of 13 Mt/a.
The construction period of Dow-Shenhua Yulin complex is from 2013 to 2018. The total investment of chemical complex is about RMB 100 billion, of which environmental cost is about 5 billion, accounts for 5% of the total investment.
According to the archived information of ASIACHEM, the project has laid the foundation stone in November 2009 in Shenmu, Yulin, Shhttp://www.cnmhg.com/d/img/nxi Province; got the “Preliminary Approval” from National Energy Administration in March 2010; in September 2012, received the water resources approval from the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Ministry of Water Resources.
According to the major projects investment regulations of Chinese Government, before the project officially started construction, it also need to obtain the environmental approval from MEP, and the final approval from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
