FU-SHUN SHALE OIL PLANT WEST FU-SHUN, CHINA

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• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: June 1, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
:.Industrial Facilities
(Non-Military)
Basic Imagery Interpretation Report
Fu-shun Shale Oil Plant West
Fu-shun, China
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
Imagery Analysis Service
Fu-shun Shale Oil Plant West
RCS - 13/0279/69
UTM COORDINATES GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
51TWG725340 41-51-OON 123-52-IIE
MAP REFERENCE
67th RTS. USATC Series 200, Sheet M0290-IIHL, 4th edition, January 1966, Scale
1:200,000 (SECRET
LATEST IMAGER NEGATION DATE (If required)
Not Required
This report is a detailed description of Fu-shun Shale Oil Plant West. The
production facilities at the Fu-shun Shale Oil Plant West were complete and in
operation when first observed on photography o Except for the 25X1
removal of two shell still batteries, there has been no significant construction
activity since 1962. The plant produces various blends of gasoline, fuel oil,
lubricating oil and possibly grease. By-products are ammonium sulfate and paraffin.
The plant appeared to be in operation on all photography studied from 16 June
1962 through 22 April 1969.
This report includes a detailed line drawing and photograph of the installation,
mensuration of significant features, a chronology of construction, a functional
analysis, and reference data.
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The Fu-shun Shale Oil Plant West, one of the two shale oil plants in the
Fu-shun Complex, is located immediately west-southwest of Fu-shun.
The Fu-shun Shale Oil and Chemical Plant Eastl lis located
8 nm to the east-southeast of the plant. The Fu-shun Thermal Power Plant
(Tai-kan-ton) is located 0.5 nm to the east.
This shale oil plant processes shale from a large strip mine located
0.75 nm to the south. The shale is transported to the plant by railroad.
The plant is also well served by roads.
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Physical Features
The plant occupies a rectangular area of approximately 5,385 by 930
feet, enclosing approximately 115 acres. It is very compact in design,
unlike the Fu-shun Shale Oil and Chemical Plant East. There are no visible
indications of security.
Operational Functions
The plant extracts oil from shale and refines this oil to produce various
blends of gasoline, fuel oil, lubricating oil, and possibly grease. By-
products are ammonium sulfate and paraffin. Ammonia absorbed from the
shale oil retorts is. combined with sulfuric acid from the plant's two
sulfuric acid plants to form ammonium sulfate. There is no evidence that
natural crude oil is being refined at this facility, as it is at the Fu-shun
Shale Oil and Chemical Plant East.
Status and Activity
All of the plant's primary facilities were constructed prior to June
1962. There have been no significant additions since that time,but two
shell still batteries have been removed from the northwest corner since
1964.
The plant appeared to be in operation on all photography studied from
June 1962 to April 1969, as evidenced by smoke and steam emissions from the
plant facilities and the presence of railroad rolling stock.
Facilities and Equipment
The following table lists the functional areas and facilities within the
plant. Precise identification of equipment was not always possible and
occasionally is based upon relative positioning within the plant or by
association with known equipment.
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES AT THE FU-SHUN SHALE OIL PLANT WEST
(ITEMS ARE KEYED TO FIGURE 3)
Area Functional Description
Equipment
A-I Crude Oil Storage I cylindrical tan
3 cylindrical tan
2 cylindrical tanks (20 ft diam)
I open reservoir
3 unidentified buildings
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Area Functional Description
Equipment
A-2 Site of Former Shell Stills I storage building
Former shell still foundations
B-I Shell Stills 4 covered shell still batteries
5 cylindrical tanks (20 ft diam)
B-2 Probable Deasphalting and 3 vertical processing units
Solvent Extraction Area 2 pipe furnaces
I possible compressor building
4 unidentified buildings
7 horizontal pressure tanks (40 ft long)
5 cylindrical tanks (55 ft diam)
C-I Probable Dewaxing (Paraffin) I large vented dewaxing building
Plant and Finished Product 4 unidentified buildings
Storage 2 cylindrical tanks
5 cylindrical tanks (40 ft diam)
3 cylindrical tanks (30 ft diam)
4 cylindrical tanks (15 ft diam)
C-2 Probable Clay Treatment 3 processing buildings
Facilities 3 cylindrical tanks (40 ft diam)
5 cylindrical tanks (25 ft diam)
D-I Possible Treating Facility I processing building
17 cylindrical tanks (20 ft diam)
2 cylindrical tanks (40 ft diam)
D-2 Gas Processing Area
(Light Ends)
16 large vertical processing units
4 small vertical processing units
2 compressor buildings
2 banks of condensers/heat exchangers/
cooling coils/accumulators
I control building
4 unidentified buildings
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E-I Cooling Facility I large induced-draft cooling tower I
E-2 Products Shipping and Storage 3 storage buildings
3 cylindrical tanks (75 ft diam)
I cylindrical tank (40 ft diam)
F-I Probable Dewaxing (Paraffin) I large vented dewaxing building
Plant 5 cylindrical tanks (60 ft diam)
4 cylindrical tanks (40 ft diam)
2 cylindrical tanks
4 unidentified buildings
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Area Functional Description
Equipment
F-2 Gas Processing Area 8 large vertical processing units
(Light Ends) 3 small vertical processing units
I compressor building
I bank of condensers/heat exchangers/
cooling coils/accumulators
I control house
2 unidentified buildings
G-2 Shell Stills I shell still battery
I pipe furnace
I control house
H-I Probable Deasphalting and 5 vertical processing units
Solvent Extraction Unit 2 pipe furnaces
I control building
6 unidentified buildings
9 cylindrical tanks (15 ft diam)
3 cylindrical tanks (20 ft diam)
4 horizontal tanks (20 ft length)
H-2 Probable Clay Treatment Area I processing building
5 cylindrical tanks (20 ft diam)
6 cylindrical tanks (15 ft diam)
Boiler house with I large stack
1-2 Probable Treating Area 14 unidentified buildings
6 cylindrical tanks (20 ft diam)
4 cylindrical tanks (15 ft diam)
12 horizontal tanks (30 ft length)
4 horizontal tanks (40 ft length)
J-I Probable Canning Plant I processing building
(Lubricating Oil) 2 warehouses
I cylindrical tank (50 ft diam)
4 cylindrical tanks (20 ft diam)
J-2 Finished Products Storage 2 storage buildings
2 cylindrical tanks (75 ft diam)
2 cylindrical floating-top tanks
7 unidentified buildings
12 cylindrical tanks
3 cylindrical tanks
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25X1
Area Functional Description
Equipment
K-I Possible Grease Plant
14 unidentified buildings
3 cylindrical tank
s
(20
ft
diam)
4 cylindrical tank
s
(15
ft
diam)
6 horizontal tanks
(
30
ft
length)
2 cylindrical tank
s
(10
ft
diam)
K-2 Probable Vacuum Distillation 4 vertical processing units
Unit I pipe furnace
I compressor building
I probable control house
2 unidentified buildings
L-I Probable Thermal Cracking 4 vertical processing units
Unit I pipe furnace
I probable compressor/furnace building
I warehouse
I unidentified processing building
L-2
Probable Gas Processing Area
2 vertical processing units
(Polymerization or Alkylation)
I pipe furnace
2 compressor buildings
10 horizontal pressure tanks (30 ft long)
2 horizontal pressure tanks (40 ft long)
I horizontal pressure tank (20 ft long)
I control building
5 unidentified buildings
2 cylindrical tanks (10 ft diam)
M-I
Storage Area
6 storage buildings
M-2
Cooling Facility
I spray pond
N-I Shale Oil Retort
I large retort build
ing c
ontaining
6 complete shale o
il ex
traction
units.
Each unit contains
20 r
etorts.
All
6 units are served
by 2
exhaust
stacks.
22 vertical processi
ng un
its
I primary shale crus
hing
building
I secondary crushing
and
screening
building
I ash bunker
4 probable control buildings
Several unidentified buildings
N-2 Crude Oil Storage 2 cylindrical tanks (70 ft diam)
2 cy l i nd r i-ca l tanks 25X1
I boiler house with large stack
4 cooling towers
5 unidentified buildings
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Area Functional Description
0-2 Ammonium Sulfate Plant
P-I Administrative Area
P-2 Electrical Power Sub-station
Q-I Unidentified Processing Area
Q-2 Sulfuric Acid Plant
(Chamber Process)
Storage Area
S-2 Crude Oil Storage
T-2 Sulfuric Acid Plant
(Chamber Process)
Equipment
I ammonium sulfate production building
I large rail-served warehouse
I administration building
I storage building
I large processing building
2 small processing buildings
I crushing and receiving building
2 probable chamber buildings
I probable tower building
I probable roaster building
Several unidentified buildings
2 sulfuric acid tanks
2 large storage buildings
2 small unidentified buildings
I large retort building containing
4 complete shale oil extraction units.
Each unit contains 20 retorts served
by a tall exhaust stack.
24 vertical processing units
I primary shale crushing building
I secondary crushing building
I screening building
I ash bunker
4 control buildings
2 large venturi cooling towers
Several unidentified buildings
3 cylindrical tanks (100 ft diam)
I cylindrical tank (45 ft diam)
3 cylindrical tanks (40 ft diam)
I cylindrical tank (35 ft diam)
I ammonium sulfate production building
I large rail-served warehouse
I crushing and receiving building
I probable chamber building
I probable tower building
I probable roaster building
2 sulfuric acid tanks
12 unidentified building
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CRUDE OIL STORAGE
SITE OF FORMER SHELL STILLS
SHELL STILLS
PROBABLE DEASPHALTING AND
SOLVENT EXTRACTION AREA
PROBABLE DEWAXING (PARAFFIN) PLANT AND FINISHED
PRODUCT STORAGE
PROBABLE CLAY TREATMENT FACILITIES
POSSIBLE TREATING FACILITY
GAS PROCESSING AREA (LIGHT ENDS)
COOLING FACILITY
PRODUCTS SHIPPING AND STORAGE
PROBABLE DEWAXING (PARAFFIN) PLANT
GAS PROCESSING AREA(L(GHT ENDS)
SHELL STILLS
SHELL STILLS
PROBABLE DEASPHALTING AND SOLVENT EXTRACTION
UNIT
PROBABLE CLAY TREATMENT AREA
STEAM PLANT
PROBABLE TREATING AREA
PROBABLE CANNING PLANT (LUBRICATING OIL)
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FINISHED PRODUCTS STORAGE
POSSIBLE GREASE PLANT
PROBABLE VACUUM DISTILLATION UNIT
PROBABLE THERMAL CRACKING UNIT
PROBABLE GAS PROCESSING AREA (POLYMERIZATION
OR ALKYLATION)
STORAGE AREA
COOLING FACILITY
SHALE OIL RETORT
CRUDE OIL STORAGE
STEAM PLANT
AMMONIUM SULFATE PLANT
ADMINISTRATIVE AREA
ELECTRICAL POWER SUB-STATION
U/I PROCESSING AREA
SULFURIC ACID PLANT
STORAGE AREA
SHALE OIL RETORT
STEAM PLANT
CRUDE OI.L STORAGE
AMMONIUM SULFATE PLANT
SULFURIC ACID PLANT
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POND
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COOLING COILS
FURNACE
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China-Industries, Fu-shun Shale Oil Plant West (NE No. I
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