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

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CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5
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June 18, 2008
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June 1, 1969
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Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Top Secret DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE :.Industrial Facilities (Non-Military) Basic Imagery Interpretation Report Fu-shun Shale Oil Plant West Fu-shun, China Top Secret DATE COPY PAGES Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 TOP SECRET RUFF 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. -I- TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 IUf SECRET RUFF 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. TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 iur StUt i KM 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 -3- TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 TOP SECRET RUFF 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 25X1 25X1 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 -4- TOP SECRET RUFF 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 TOP SECRET RUFF 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 25X1 25X1 -5- TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 TOP SECRET RUFF 25X1 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 -6- TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 TOP SECRET RUFF 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 -7- TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 TOP SECRET RUFF FIGURE 2. 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T2 AREA Al A2 B1 B2 C2 D1 D2 El E2 Fl F2 GI G2 H1 H2 11 12 J I 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) Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 TOP SECRET RUFF 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 -9- TOP SECRET RUFF ? 0 0 RAILROAD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT BUILDING STACK TANK FENCE COOLING TOWERS HORIZONTAL TANKS POND CONDENSORS/HEAT EXCHANGERS/ACCUMULATORS/ COOLING COILS FURNACE NOTE: DRAWING MADE FROM UN RECTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHY. Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Map US Air Target Chart 200, Sheet M029 - Scale 1:200,000 (SECRET TOP SECRET RUFF 25X1 25X1 1966, 25X1 25X1 China-Industries, Fu-shun Shale Oil Plant West (NE No. I Petroleum Refinery), April 1968 (SECRET) 25X1 J 1 25X1 Requirement EXSUBCOM-BR-N/002-69 -I0- TOP SECRET RUFF Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5 Top Secret Top Secret Approved For Release 2008/06/18: CIA-RDP79T00909A000500010024-5