At the end of the year, the third fire since 2010 in Xingang Tank Zone caused Dalian to renew its cold sweat.
At 6 o'clock on the evening of December 15, 2010, PetroChina's Dalian Xingang Storage Irrigation District (hereinafter referred to as Xingang Oil Tank Farm) was caught in a fire area and three people were killed in the fire.
Years ago, some stocks are expected to soar! Secret smell! The market will soon reverse the flow of institutional capital has undergone tremendous changes! The main capital is contemplating a new layout of the fire occurred in the Xinwan Hotel across the road from the tank farm. It is about 30 meters from the nearest tank and about 80 meters away from the tank No. 103 where the "16·16" and "10.24" fires occurred. "Once the fuel tank is ignited, the tragedy may reappear," witnesses recalled.
Unlike the previous two fires that were widely noticed by the media, the “12.15†fire was not publicly reported to the newspapers and was calm as if it had not happened.
On July 16, the explosion and crude oil leakage occurred in the Xingang tank farm. Some of the crude oil flowed into the nearby sea area. At least 50 square kilometers of water was contaminated and the direct loss was more than RMB 500 million. On October 24, CNPC Liaohe Oilfield When the staff demolished the No. 103 tank during the July 16 fire, it caused fire again.
“Now is a critical moment. Both CNPC and the Dalian municipal government are reluctant to regenerate.†An expert who participated in the survey told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that the State Council investigation team’s investigation into the previous two fires was drawing to a close.
According to insiders of the State Administration of Work Safety, at present, the participating ministries and commissions have reported the investigation report on the July 16 incident to the State Council, and the final settlement of the accident will be finalized.
Experts close to the “16·16†accident investigation revealed that the two largest contractors will be the two contractors – Tianjin Huishengda Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Tianjin Huishengda) and Shanghai Xiangcheng Commodity Inspection Technology Service Co., Ltd. Dalian Branch (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai Xiangcheng). PetroChina and Dalian City share the secondary responsibility.
PetroChina and the Dalian Municipal Government reached an agreement on the aftermath of the fire: The follow-up compensation for the completion of the oil pollution cleanup shall be the responsibility of the Dalian Municipal Government. PetroChina “compensates for compensation by investment†– investing 20 million tons/year of oil refining and 1 million yuan on Changxing Island in Dalian. T/y ethylene project. After the above-mentioned oil refining projects are launched, CNPC's refining capacity in Dalian will reach 50.5 million tons/year, and its output value is expected to account for 1/3 of Dalian's GDP.
The catastrophic disaster "Dalian can survive (in the '16·16' fire) survives and is a fluke for all kinds of good things to pile together." An official of Dalian city government told the "Financial National Weekly" reporter.
According to information provided to reporters by Dalian, the No. 103 tank that was exploded was located in the tank area of ​​PetroChina International Storage and Transportation Company, which is under the jurisdiction of the Xingang Tank Farm. The tank area has 20 storage tanks with a capacity of 1.85 million cubic meters.
Around the tank area, there are a large number of crude oil tanks, refined oil tanks, and liquid chemical product tanks in other units: the north is the National Storage Tank Zone, and there are 30 100,000 cubic meters of oil storage in the tank area. The east side of the tank is the 1.32-million-cubic-meter Dalian Port South China Sea Tank Zone. There are 12 100,000-cubic-meter oil storage tanks in the tank area, and 40000 kilometers is the Dalian Fujia-Dahua Petrochemical 700,000-ton tank. /year PX aromatics project.
Along the Dalian Port all the way to the north of the Golden Pebble Beach, Dahua Group, PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical, PetroChina Western Pacific Petrochemical and other large and small hundreds of petrochemical plants are distributed on the coastline of nearly 100 kilometers, hundreds of huge storage tanks are not rolling Absolutely.
According to detailed information retrieved by the investigation team of the State Council afterwards, the total amount of oil actually stored in each crude oil tanker along the coast amounted to more than 7 million tons.
"According to the (Li Wancai) mayor, if the fire spreads, the entire Dalian will burn in the fire for 5 years." The aforementioned Dalian City government sources said.
It is not only crude oil tanks that endanger Dalian. Close to the Dalian Port South China Sea tank area is a liquid terminal tank area. There are 51 bulk chemical storage tanks in the tank area. The storage tank contains chemicals that are highly corrosive and toxic, including xylene and toluene.
According to the aforementioned government sources, once the liquid terminal has caught fire, only violent poisoning may cause millions of people to die. Dalian and its surrounding Bohai Bay region will experience a great disaster.
An official who participated in the firefighting told the reporter of the “Financial National Weekly†that at about 22:00 on July 16, a storage tank in the Nanhai tank farm of Dalian Port exploded under high temperature baking, but fortunately there was not much crude oil in the tank. Afterwards, photos showed that at least 5 oil tanks in the Nanhai tank farm had burned traces. By 10 am on the 17th, the fire in the South China Sea tank area was basically extinguished.
The thrilling thing is that after the installation of fixed fire extinguishing facilities in the South China Sea Tank District and the liquid terminal tank area has been implemented to reduce the temperature of the water, the water supply in both tank areas will be in jeopardy at the same time, and finally the vessels will be dispatched from sea to supply water.
"Dalian has to thank fire fighters. It was firefighters who saved the city." The aforementioned government official said.
PetroChina "lost sound"
After the July 16 explosion, the Dalian Municipal Government held a press conference to calm the people and explain and question. As the director of the company that caused the explosion accident, PetroChina, absent from the press conference, was also almost "losing his voice" on all public occasions.
“China Petroleum is on fire and local governments have become the only protagonist.†On December 19, 2010, an official of the Dalian City Government told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that given the many problems the government did not control, the Dalian government had repeatedly Requested a joint press conference with PetroChina.
After one of the press conferences, a reporter from “Financial State Weekly†asked why CNPC was absent. Wang Wei, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Dalian Municipal Committee, replied: “You should not ask me this question, and you should ask PetroChina.â€
On July 26, 2010, "Dalian Daily" reported that after five days of hard work, "Dalian's sea pollution cleared a decisive victory." The report praised the “demonstration of miracles and the spirit of the city created by the party and government organs at all levels in Dalian, all districts and cities, counties, townships, streets, and enterprises are actively working togetherâ€. The article did not mention PetroChina.
An insider of PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical Company told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that CNPC, at the internal coordination meeting, handed over the clean oil and other emergency work after the “July 16†accident to PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical. After the fund was allocated by the Group headquarters, Dalian Petrochemical transferred to Dalian Municipal Government.
The above sources stated that although CNPC has not yet publicly expressed compensation, it still “has been active†in the cleaning work: On the second day after the explosion, PetroChina General Manager Jiang Jiemin publicly stated that “mobilizing all available resources and forces, Cooperate with related departments to ensure the completion of marine clean-up work at the fastest speed."
On July 19, Jiang Jiemin personally arrived in Dalian. Accompanied by Xing Liangzhong, chairman of Dalian Port, taking a boat trip around Dalian Xingang, the Dalian coast has formed dozens of kilometers of crude oil pollution belt.
On the evening of the same day, the Dalian municipal party committee and Xia Deren held talks with Jiang Jiemin. Jiang Jiemin repeatedly stated to Dalian in the talks. “People, finances, and materials, PetroChina has gone all out.â€
After clean-up negotiations, Dalian and CNPC each established a leading group for pollution follow-up treatment. The municipal government of Dalian is headed by Xiao Shengfeng, executive deputy mayor, and PetroChina is led by Jiang Fan, general manager of PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical. In the ensuing period of time, the two parties conducted several negotiations on pollution compensation.
Informed sources said that at the initial stage of the negotiations, the Dalian municipal government had proposed such a compensation claim of RMB 1 billion according to the discussion of the internal meeting. This money consists of two parts: CNPC compensates 500 million yuan, and Dalian Municipal Government borrows 500 million yuan from PetroChina.
In this regard, PetroChina did not accept. “PetroChina has two concerns: First of all, this huge amount of expenditure cannot be explained to the SASAC and other regulatory authorities; secondly, once compensation is paid, it is equivalent to admitting CNPC’s responsibility in the fire. The person familiar with the negotiations told the "Financial National Weekly" reporter.
"It's not a question of how much it costs, but an issue that cannot be repaid." The senior officials of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee told the "Financial National Weekly" reporter that PetroChina's "not to refrain from paying" attitude made the Dalian government think that it is also a victim. A bit unpleasant, the two sides also appeared in the negotiation process, "the table with each other."
He said that the main leaders of the Dalian municipal government hope that CNPC can take responsibility. In this way, it can reduce the huge pressure on the government and the public's censure. On the other hand, it can also get rid of further blame caused by the fire.
An informed source from the Dalian Municipal Government believes that the courage of senior CNPC executives to “pick the table†may come from CNPC’s follow-on investment projects in Dalian.
According to the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" draft of Dalian City and the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan," both Dalian's GDP and fixed asset investment should reach 1 trillion yuan. In 2010, Dalian's GDP and fixed asset investment were 500 billion yuan.
The above-mentioned sources believe that how to complete the “double trillion†is a matter that the Dalian municipal government must fully consider, and PetroChina had previously studied the 10-million-ton refinery project that was launched. It is undoubtedly a “propellantâ€. In the negotiations with Dalian, CNPC will also consider this factor.
PetroChina currently has two refining projects in Dalian, namely PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical with a capacity of 20.5 million tons/year and 10 million tons/year of Western Pacific Petrochemical. In 2008, the output value of the two companies was nearly 100 billion yuan in that year, and Dalian's GDP was 380.8 billion yuan.
Despite BP's huge compensation for oil spillage, Dalian City Government believes that from PetroChina’s previous case of dealing with crisis incidents, “it is better to go down with donkeys than with PetroChina.â€
The person thinks that the aftermath of the July 16 accident in Dalian should have a lesson from. In early 2010, PetroChina’s underground oil pipeline in Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province, leaked, causing the Yellow River’s coastal areas to temporarily stop drinking Yellow River water. Afterwards, PetroChina official website said that PetroChina was responsible for the secondary responsibility for oil spill accidents in Hua County. "The cause of the accident was caused by the destruction of third-party construction." Therefore, CNPC has not discussed compensation.
“If we stick to it, we (the result of the “aftermath of the July 16 accidentâ€) is likely to be a copy of the (Huaxian oil spill).†The government official said.
In addition, in November 2005, the Sinopec Jilin Petrochemical Double Benz Plant exploded and more than 100 tons of carcinogens flowed into 939 kilometers of water in the Songhua River, causing tens of millions of people to drink water.
The accident led to the resignation of Xie Zhenhua, director of the State Environmental Protection Administration at that time, and the party responsible for the accident was fined 1 million yuan. Afterwards, CNPC also did not provide compensation. Instead, it gave Jilin City 5 million yuan to control pollution in the name of “donationâ€.
"Investment for compensation"?
August 3, 2010 at 6pm. PetroChina General Manager Jiang Jiemin visited Dalian for the second time to conduct final negotiations with the Dalian Municipal Government at the Shangri-La Hotel.
In addition to Jiang Jiemin, PetroChina also has deputy general manager Zhou Jiping, Dalian Petrochemicals general manager Jiang Fan and others; in addition to the municipal party committee of Dalian, Xia Deren, mayor Li Wancai, executive deputy mayor Xiao Shengfeng, deputy mayor Dai Yulin, and municipal party committee members. Wang Ping, Changxing Island Lingang Industrial Area Party Work Committee ** Xu Changyuan, Director of Development and Reform Commission Jiang Zhou, Director of Economic and Information Committee Liu Yan and others.
Those who participated in the meeting told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that from the “appearance lineup†of both parties, it can be seen that this is actually not a negotiation but a final meeting.
Xia Deren said on behalf of Dalian that the follow-up compensation work will be undertaken by the Dalian municipal government; Jiang Jiemin made it clear that PetroChina has officially launched the 20 million-tonne oil refining and million-ton ethylene project in Changxing Island.
At the meeting, Jiang Jiemin submitted a letter of thanks on behalf of PetroChina to Xia Deren and thanked the Dalian Municipal Government for its support and help.
"This is Dalian (government) for China National Petroleum Corporation's "Lei Lei." The above informed sources said that this treatment allows CNPC to withdraw from the core of the "July 16" explosion. The Dalian municipal government has undertaken follow-up compensation. Of course, it also won The dream of a big investment in PetroChina.
After Changxing Island launched a 20 million-ton/year oil refining project, CNPC's refining capacity in Dalian will reach 50.5 million tons/year, and its output value is expected to account for 1/3 of Dalian's GDP.
Accountability "relevant departments"
After PetroChina and the Dalian municipal government reached an internal compromise, all parties were waiting for the final determination of responsibility.
In late December 2010, an insider of the State Administration of Work Safety told China Financial Weekly that an investigation report on the responsibility for an explosion had been reported to the State Council.
“PetroChina and the Dalian municipal government may both be secondary responsibility.†An informed source close to the investigation group told the “Financial National Weekly†that Tianjin Shengda and Shanghai Xiangcheng, which injected insolation into the oil pipeline, “will become the main responsibility.†people".
Since July 16th, there have been many claims by responsible parties.
At the press conference on July 17, the State Administration of Safety and Supervision stated that it was initially ascertained that the explosion was caused by improper operation of the Libya-owned tanker "Cosmic" during the unloading process, resulting in the oil spill from the tanker.
This result caused dissatisfaction with Singapore Pacific Oil Company. A person from the port of Dalian told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that the tanker was in charge of and responsible by the Chinese during the entry and unloading.
On July 23, one week later, the State Administration of Work Safety issued a report. The responsibility of the accidents notified by the notification included: The accident unit did not conduct scientific argumentation on the safety and reliability of the crude oil remover added; the method for adding the crude oil remover was not properly designed. No safe operation procedures have been formulated; there are loopholes in the safety management of the crude oil unloading process, and the accident unit neglects the management of the contractor's on-site operations and the on-site monitoring is weak.
In a telephone interview with “Financial State Weeklyâ€, a person from Pacific Oil Company stated that all the work for unloading oil was led by Chinese personnel, and the notification of stopping oil unloading was also issued by Chinese personnel.
The accident report of the State Administration of Work Safety showed that at 13 o'clock on the July 16th, the tanker suspended the unloading and informed the “relevant departmentâ€. However, because of “mismanaged management and poor information,†the injection of a desorption agent containing strong oxidants continued. At 18:08, the oil pipeline near the injection site of the desorber exploded.
Through the notification, it can be seen that the “relevant departments†have an unshirkable responsibility for the explosion, and it is not easy to identify who is the “relevant departmentâ€.
The notification did not specify the party responsible for the accident. Excluding oil tankers, Tianjin Huishengda, and Shanghai Xiangcheng, also mentioned two companies controlled by PetroChina - Dalian PetroChina International Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the International Storage and Transportation Company), and CNPC Fuel Oil Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as fuel oil).
Information provided by CNPC insiders to the “Financial State Weekly†shows that crude oil unloaded in the “July 16†fire is affiliated to China National Fuels, but crude oil is unloaded in the tank area of ​​the International Storage and Transportation Company. The day-to-day management of the tank area is made by PetroChina Dalian. Petrochemical is responsible. Shanghai Xiangcheng is the one that is responsible for the oil discharge injection and offloading agent. Tianjin Huishengda is the one who directs Shanghai Xiangcheng to work.
These companies may be "relevant departments."
A core person of PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical revealed to reporters that although the day-to-day management of the tank area is under the responsibility of CNPC Dalian Petrochemical, the construction and layout of tanks and the communication of information when crude oil is unloaded are all the responsibility of the international storage and transportation companies. In addition, an analysis material obtained by “Financial National Weekly†believes that part of the reason for the accident is that the design of the oil storage system is unreasonable: the large oil tank is too close to the storage place of xylene, and the distance between the oil tanks is also too close. "The international storage and transportation company can not blame the accident." The core person of Dalian Petrochemical said.
At the China Petroleum Safety and Environmental Protection Working Conference in August 2010, Liao, the deputy general manager of PetroChina, stated that the “July 16†explosion accident was “a contractor accidentâ€.
At 6 o'clock on the evening of December 15, 2010, PetroChina's Dalian Xingang Storage Irrigation District (hereinafter referred to as Xingang Oil Tank Farm) was caught in a fire area and three people were killed in the fire.
Years ago, some stocks are expected to soar! Secret smell! The market will soon reverse the flow of institutional capital has undergone tremendous changes! The main capital is contemplating a new layout of the fire occurred in the Xinwan Hotel across the road from the tank farm. It is about 30 meters from the nearest tank and about 80 meters away from the tank No. 103 where the "16·16" and "10.24" fires occurred. "Once the fuel tank is ignited, the tragedy may reappear," witnesses recalled.
Unlike the previous two fires that were widely noticed by the media, the “12.15†fire was not publicly reported to the newspapers and was calm as if it had not happened.
On July 16, the explosion and crude oil leakage occurred in the Xingang tank farm. Some of the crude oil flowed into the nearby sea area. At least 50 square kilometers of water was contaminated and the direct loss was more than RMB 500 million. On October 24, CNPC Liaohe Oilfield When the staff demolished the No. 103 tank during the July 16 fire, it caused fire again.
“Now is a critical moment. Both CNPC and the Dalian municipal government are reluctant to regenerate.†An expert who participated in the survey told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that the State Council investigation team’s investigation into the previous two fires was drawing to a close.
According to insiders of the State Administration of Work Safety, at present, the participating ministries and commissions have reported the investigation report on the July 16 incident to the State Council, and the final settlement of the accident will be finalized.
Experts close to the “16·16†accident investigation revealed that the two largest contractors will be the two contractors – Tianjin Huishengda Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Tianjin Huishengda) and Shanghai Xiangcheng Commodity Inspection Technology Service Co., Ltd. Dalian Branch (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai Xiangcheng). PetroChina and Dalian City share the secondary responsibility.
PetroChina and the Dalian Municipal Government reached an agreement on the aftermath of the fire: The follow-up compensation for the completion of the oil pollution cleanup shall be the responsibility of the Dalian Municipal Government. PetroChina “compensates for compensation by investment†– investing 20 million tons/year of oil refining and 1 million yuan on Changxing Island in Dalian. T/y ethylene project. After the above-mentioned oil refining projects are launched, CNPC's refining capacity in Dalian will reach 50.5 million tons/year, and its output value is expected to account for 1/3 of Dalian's GDP.
The catastrophic disaster "Dalian can survive (in the '16·16' fire) survives and is a fluke for all kinds of good things to pile together." An official of Dalian city government told the "Financial National Weekly" reporter.
According to information provided to reporters by Dalian, the No. 103 tank that was exploded was located in the tank area of ​​PetroChina International Storage and Transportation Company, which is under the jurisdiction of the Xingang Tank Farm. The tank area has 20 storage tanks with a capacity of 1.85 million cubic meters.
Around the tank area, there are a large number of crude oil tanks, refined oil tanks, and liquid chemical product tanks in other units: the north is the National Storage Tank Zone, and there are 30 100,000 cubic meters of oil storage in the tank area. The east side of the tank is the 1.32-million-cubic-meter Dalian Port South China Sea Tank Zone. There are 12 100,000-cubic-meter oil storage tanks in the tank area, and 40000 kilometers is the Dalian Fujia-Dahua Petrochemical 700,000-ton tank. /year PX aromatics project.
Along the Dalian Port all the way to the north of the Golden Pebble Beach, Dahua Group, PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical, PetroChina Western Pacific Petrochemical and other large and small hundreds of petrochemical plants are distributed on the coastline of nearly 100 kilometers, hundreds of huge storage tanks are not rolling Absolutely.
According to detailed information retrieved by the investigation team of the State Council afterwards, the total amount of oil actually stored in each crude oil tanker along the coast amounted to more than 7 million tons.
"According to the (Li Wancai) mayor, if the fire spreads, the entire Dalian will burn in the fire for 5 years." The aforementioned Dalian City government sources said.
It is not only crude oil tanks that endanger Dalian. Close to the Dalian Port South China Sea tank area is a liquid terminal tank area. There are 51 bulk chemical storage tanks in the tank area. The storage tank contains chemicals that are highly corrosive and toxic, including xylene and toluene.
According to the aforementioned government sources, once the liquid terminal has caught fire, only violent poisoning may cause millions of people to die. Dalian and its surrounding Bohai Bay region will experience a great disaster.
An official who participated in the firefighting told the reporter of the “Financial National Weekly†that at about 22:00 on July 16, a storage tank in the Nanhai tank farm of Dalian Port exploded under high temperature baking, but fortunately there was not much crude oil in the tank. Afterwards, photos showed that at least 5 oil tanks in the Nanhai tank farm had burned traces. By 10 am on the 17th, the fire in the South China Sea tank area was basically extinguished.
The thrilling thing is that after the installation of fixed fire extinguishing facilities in the South China Sea Tank District and the liquid terminal tank area has been implemented to reduce the temperature of the water, the water supply in both tank areas will be in jeopardy at the same time, and finally the vessels will be dispatched from sea to supply water.
"Dalian has to thank fire fighters. It was firefighters who saved the city." The aforementioned government official said.
PetroChina "lost sound"
After the July 16 explosion, the Dalian Municipal Government held a press conference to calm the people and explain and question. As the director of the company that caused the explosion accident, PetroChina, absent from the press conference, was also almost "losing his voice" on all public occasions.
“China Petroleum is on fire and local governments have become the only protagonist.†On December 19, 2010, an official of the Dalian City Government told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that given the many problems the government did not control, the Dalian government had repeatedly Requested a joint press conference with PetroChina.
After one of the press conferences, a reporter from “Financial State Weekly†asked why CNPC was absent. Wang Wei, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Dalian Municipal Committee, replied: “You should not ask me this question, and you should ask PetroChina.â€
On July 26, 2010, "Dalian Daily" reported that after five days of hard work, "Dalian's sea pollution cleared a decisive victory." The report praised the “demonstration of miracles and the spirit of the city created by the party and government organs at all levels in Dalian, all districts and cities, counties, townships, streets, and enterprises are actively working togetherâ€. The article did not mention PetroChina.
An insider of PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical Company told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that CNPC, at the internal coordination meeting, handed over the clean oil and other emergency work after the “July 16†accident to PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical. After the fund was allocated by the Group headquarters, Dalian Petrochemical transferred to Dalian Municipal Government.
The above sources stated that although CNPC has not yet publicly expressed compensation, it still “has been active†in the cleaning work: On the second day after the explosion, PetroChina General Manager Jiang Jiemin publicly stated that “mobilizing all available resources and forces, Cooperate with related departments to ensure the completion of marine clean-up work at the fastest speed."
On July 19, Jiang Jiemin personally arrived in Dalian. Accompanied by Xing Liangzhong, chairman of Dalian Port, taking a boat trip around Dalian Xingang, the Dalian coast has formed dozens of kilometers of crude oil pollution belt.
On the evening of the same day, the Dalian municipal party committee and Xia Deren held talks with Jiang Jiemin. Jiang Jiemin repeatedly stated to Dalian in the talks. “People, finances, and materials, PetroChina has gone all out.â€
After clean-up negotiations, Dalian and CNPC each established a leading group for pollution follow-up treatment. The municipal government of Dalian is headed by Xiao Shengfeng, executive deputy mayor, and PetroChina is led by Jiang Fan, general manager of PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical. In the ensuing period of time, the two parties conducted several negotiations on pollution compensation.
Informed sources said that at the initial stage of the negotiations, the Dalian municipal government had proposed such a compensation claim of RMB 1 billion according to the discussion of the internal meeting. This money consists of two parts: CNPC compensates 500 million yuan, and Dalian Municipal Government borrows 500 million yuan from PetroChina.
In this regard, PetroChina did not accept. “PetroChina has two concerns: First of all, this huge amount of expenditure cannot be explained to the SASAC and other regulatory authorities; secondly, once compensation is paid, it is equivalent to admitting CNPC’s responsibility in the fire. The person familiar with the negotiations told the "Financial National Weekly" reporter.
"It's not a question of how much it costs, but an issue that cannot be repaid." The senior officials of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee told the "Financial National Weekly" reporter that PetroChina's "not to refrain from paying" attitude made the Dalian government think that it is also a victim. A bit unpleasant, the two sides also appeared in the negotiation process, "the table with each other."
He said that the main leaders of the Dalian municipal government hope that CNPC can take responsibility. In this way, it can reduce the huge pressure on the government and the public's censure. On the other hand, it can also get rid of further blame caused by the fire.
An informed source from the Dalian Municipal Government believes that the courage of senior CNPC executives to “pick the table†may come from CNPC’s follow-on investment projects in Dalian.
According to the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" draft of Dalian City and the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan," both Dalian's GDP and fixed asset investment should reach 1 trillion yuan. In 2010, Dalian's GDP and fixed asset investment were 500 billion yuan.
The above-mentioned sources believe that how to complete the “double trillion†is a matter that the Dalian municipal government must fully consider, and PetroChina had previously studied the 10-million-ton refinery project that was launched. It is undoubtedly a “propellantâ€. In the negotiations with Dalian, CNPC will also consider this factor.
PetroChina currently has two refining projects in Dalian, namely PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical with a capacity of 20.5 million tons/year and 10 million tons/year of Western Pacific Petrochemical. In 2008, the output value of the two companies was nearly 100 billion yuan in that year, and Dalian's GDP was 380.8 billion yuan.
Despite BP's huge compensation for oil spillage, Dalian City Government believes that from PetroChina’s previous case of dealing with crisis incidents, “it is better to go down with donkeys than with PetroChina.â€
The person thinks that the aftermath of the July 16 accident in Dalian should have a lesson from. In early 2010, PetroChina’s underground oil pipeline in Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province, leaked, causing the Yellow River’s coastal areas to temporarily stop drinking Yellow River water. Afterwards, PetroChina official website said that PetroChina was responsible for the secondary responsibility for oil spill accidents in Hua County. "The cause of the accident was caused by the destruction of third-party construction." Therefore, CNPC has not discussed compensation.
“If we stick to it, we (the result of the “aftermath of the July 16 accidentâ€) is likely to be a copy of the (Huaxian oil spill).†The government official said.
In addition, in November 2005, the Sinopec Jilin Petrochemical Double Benz Plant exploded and more than 100 tons of carcinogens flowed into 939 kilometers of water in the Songhua River, causing tens of millions of people to drink water.
The accident led to the resignation of Xie Zhenhua, director of the State Environmental Protection Administration at that time, and the party responsible for the accident was fined 1 million yuan. Afterwards, CNPC also did not provide compensation. Instead, it gave Jilin City 5 million yuan to control pollution in the name of “donationâ€.
"Investment for compensation"?
August 3, 2010 at 6pm. PetroChina General Manager Jiang Jiemin visited Dalian for the second time to conduct final negotiations with the Dalian Municipal Government at the Shangri-La Hotel.
In addition to Jiang Jiemin, PetroChina also has deputy general manager Zhou Jiping, Dalian Petrochemicals general manager Jiang Fan and others; in addition to the municipal party committee of Dalian, Xia Deren, mayor Li Wancai, executive deputy mayor Xiao Shengfeng, deputy mayor Dai Yulin, and municipal party committee members. Wang Ping, Changxing Island Lingang Industrial Area Party Work Committee ** Xu Changyuan, Director of Development and Reform Commission Jiang Zhou, Director of Economic and Information Committee Liu Yan and others.
Those who participated in the meeting told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that from the “appearance lineup†of both parties, it can be seen that this is actually not a negotiation but a final meeting.
Xia Deren said on behalf of Dalian that the follow-up compensation work will be undertaken by the Dalian municipal government; Jiang Jiemin made it clear that PetroChina has officially launched the 20 million-tonne oil refining and million-ton ethylene project in Changxing Island.
At the meeting, Jiang Jiemin submitted a letter of thanks on behalf of PetroChina to Xia Deren and thanked the Dalian Municipal Government for its support and help.
"This is Dalian (government) for China National Petroleum Corporation's "Lei Lei." The above informed sources said that this treatment allows CNPC to withdraw from the core of the "July 16" explosion. The Dalian municipal government has undertaken follow-up compensation. Of course, it also won The dream of a big investment in PetroChina.
After Changxing Island launched a 20 million-ton/year oil refining project, CNPC's refining capacity in Dalian will reach 50.5 million tons/year, and its output value is expected to account for 1/3 of Dalian's GDP.
Accountability "relevant departments"
After PetroChina and the Dalian municipal government reached an internal compromise, all parties were waiting for the final determination of responsibility.
In late December 2010, an insider of the State Administration of Work Safety told China Financial Weekly that an investigation report on the responsibility for an explosion had been reported to the State Council.
“PetroChina and the Dalian municipal government may both be secondary responsibility.†An informed source close to the investigation group told the “Financial National Weekly†that Tianjin Shengda and Shanghai Xiangcheng, which injected insolation into the oil pipeline, “will become the main responsibility.†people".
Since July 16th, there have been many claims by responsible parties.
At the press conference on July 17, the State Administration of Safety and Supervision stated that it was initially ascertained that the explosion was caused by improper operation of the Libya-owned tanker "Cosmic" during the unloading process, resulting in the oil spill from the tanker.
This result caused dissatisfaction with Singapore Pacific Oil Company. A person from the port of Dalian told the “Financial National Weekly†reporter that the tanker was in charge of and responsible by the Chinese during the entry and unloading.
On July 23, one week later, the State Administration of Work Safety issued a report. The responsibility of the accidents notified by the notification included: The accident unit did not conduct scientific argumentation on the safety and reliability of the crude oil remover added; the method for adding the crude oil remover was not properly designed. No safe operation procedures have been formulated; there are loopholes in the safety management of the crude oil unloading process, and the accident unit neglects the management of the contractor's on-site operations and the on-site monitoring is weak.
In a telephone interview with “Financial State Weeklyâ€, a person from Pacific Oil Company stated that all the work for unloading oil was led by Chinese personnel, and the notification of stopping oil unloading was also issued by Chinese personnel.
The accident report of the State Administration of Work Safety showed that at 13 o'clock on the July 16th, the tanker suspended the unloading and informed the “relevant departmentâ€. However, because of “mismanaged management and poor information,†the injection of a desorption agent containing strong oxidants continued. At 18:08, the oil pipeline near the injection site of the desorber exploded.
Through the notification, it can be seen that the “relevant departments†have an unshirkable responsibility for the explosion, and it is not easy to identify who is the “relevant departmentâ€.
The notification did not specify the party responsible for the accident. Excluding oil tankers, Tianjin Huishengda, and Shanghai Xiangcheng, also mentioned two companies controlled by PetroChina - Dalian PetroChina International Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the International Storage and Transportation Company), and CNPC Fuel Oil Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as fuel oil).
Information provided by CNPC insiders to the “Financial State Weekly†shows that crude oil unloaded in the “July 16†fire is affiliated to China National Fuels, but crude oil is unloaded in the tank area of ​​the International Storage and Transportation Company. The day-to-day management of the tank area is made by PetroChina Dalian. Petrochemical is responsible. Shanghai Xiangcheng is the one that is responsible for the oil discharge injection and offloading agent. Tianjin Huishengda is the one who directs Shanghai Xiangcheng to work.
These companies may be "relevant departments."
A core person of PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical revealed to reporters that although the day-to-day management of the tank area is under the responsibility of CNPC Dalian Petrochemical, the construction and layout of tanks and the communication of information when crude oil is unloaded are all the responsibility of the international storage and transportation companies. In addition, an analysis material obtained by “Financial National Weekly†believes that part of the reason for the accident is that the design of the oil storage system is unreasonable: the large oil tank is too close to the storage place of xylene, and the distance between the oil tanks is also too close. "The international storage and transportation company can not blame the accident." The core person of Dalian Petrochemical said.
At the China Petroleum Safety and Environmental Protection Working Conference in August 2010, Liao, the deputy general manager of PetroChina, stated that the “July 16†explosion accident was “a contractor accidentâ€.