Zhang Wei inspected Surabaya City, stayed for a few days, dealt with local affairs, and then led everyone to Bali Papan City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Balikpapan is now an important chemical city and energy base in the empire.

Coal production here accounts for more than 20% of the empire's total output, most of which is high-quality coking coal, mainly used to produce coke, with an annual output of more than 3.6 million tons of first-class metallurgical coke, which supplies the empire's steel mills, foundries, calcium carbide plants, etc.

It was also an important oil production base and petroleum refining base of the empire, responsible for 60% of the empire's oil supply, and some of the finished products were exported to Japan and the Chinese Empire.

There were also huge ammonia synthesis plants and air separation plants, and the production of fertilizers reached more than 1 million tons, accounting for more than 20% of the total output of the empire.

It is also home to the Empire's only large-scale soda ash production plant, with an annual output of 600,000 tons of soda ash, as well as many other derivatives.

At the beginning of the establishment of the empire, Balikpapan was just an ordinary small fish village, due to its rich mineral resources and good convenient conditions for the construction of deep-water ports, under the huge investment of the empire, in just a few years, it became one of the important chemical bases of the empire, with a population of more than 650,000.

Zhang Wei came this time mainly to see the environmental carrying capacity here, and whether the construction method of concentrating so many chemical enterprises in one place is right or wrong.

If it is appropriate, he wants to update the production equipment of the coking plant to provide the total output of coke and reduce the degree of pollution to the environment; If necessary, we will help build several sewage treatment plants in the area, and the cost will be higher if the environment cannot be polluted and then treated.

Balikpapan's outer port, the west coast is a petroleum products export port, with six berths 12 meters deep; On the east coast is the coke and coal export port, with eight berths 12 meters deep; The inner harbor is mainly an export port and passenger terminal for imported materials and other products.

From a distance, you can see the many cargo ships coming in and out of the sea off Balikpapan, as well as cargo ships waiting to dock to load or unload.

On the afternoon of September 24, Zhang Wei's heavy cruiser docked at the passenger terminal, which was imposed martial law by the local military.

The Governor of East Kalimantan Province came from Tarakan to meet Zhang Wei.

The local government held a grand welcome ceremony for Zhang Wei at the pier, but Zhang Wei was not interested, and quickly left in a car after getting off the boat. Because what happened in Surabaya City had already spread throughout the country, local officials cautiously accompanied Zhang Wei, for fear of any accidents.

That night, according to the local arrangement, Zhang Wei attended a banquet held by business people, and at the banquet, through conversations with government officials, general managers of major enterprises and local gentry, he had a general understanding of local enterprises.

Starting on the 25th, Zhang Wei prepared to inspect the coking plant, soda ash plant, fertilizer plant and oil refinery one by one, these four factories are the largest factories in the local area and the most polluting factories.

Fortunately, Zhang Wei did not smell the pungent sour smell and stench of the chemical factory in Balikpapan City, it seems that the local environmental management is relatively strict, and the streets are not as dirty and dusty as he imagined, which gave Zhang Wei a good first impression.

Zhang Wei first inspected the coking plant, which is located in the north of the city, 10 kilometers away from the city. The factory is surrounded by dense forests, and the greening work is good.

When you enter the factory, the first thing you see is the office area, which is very clean.

Zhang Wei proposed to look at the factory director first and then discuss.

The raw material is divided into dozens of huge sheds, each of which stores different types of coal; There is also a conveyor belt between the sheds; Further forward are the stages of crushing, coal blending and screening; Then there are the coke ovens in the coking plant; Further back are the coke quenching tower, the coke quenching pump room, the powder coke sedimentation tank, the cool coke, the screening coke and the storage warehouse.

The factory also has a railway line to the coal mine and the wharf, which is very convenient for transportation.

Zhang Wei is very satisfied with the management of the coking plant.

In the conference room of the coking plant, Zhang Wei first talked about his idea to expand the production capacity of the coking plant to meet the market demand.

Ma Yuan, the director of the coking plant, thought for a while and then suggested: "Your Majesty, I do not propose to continue to expand the capacity of this plant, but to suggest that Your Majesty build a large coking plant in Australia. ”

Regarding Ma Yuan's suggestion, Zhang Wei and the local officials who accompanied the inspection were very puzzled, why not send good things to the door?

Seeing that everyone was very puzzled, Ma Yuan explained: "Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, the coking coal varieties of Balikpaban are very single, mainly high-quality fertile coal, low sulfur, low ash, high Y value and high bonding, but the volatilization is too high, and there is a lack of lean coal and main coking coal; Golden State's coking coal complements that of Balikpapan, which is rich in major coking coal and high-sulphur fertile coal; At that time, the main coking coal can be transported from Jinzhou to Balikpapan, and the coal from Balikpapan can be transported to Jinzhou to be used in conjunction with local high-sulfur fertilizer coal; In this way, both parties can refine high-quality coke and save capacity; At the same time, building the factory in two places can also reduce the pressure on the environment. ”

Zhang Wei felt that Ma Yuan's suggestion was very good, and he considered it comprehensively from many aspects such as resources, economy and environment, "Okay, I agree with your suggestion, not bad; In addition, I think this coking plant is also very strict in pollution control, which is commendable. ”

Ma Yuan smiled: "Thank you for your majesty's affirmation, in the place where the factory was built, I have communicated with the local government department, if you want to build this place into a chemical city of the empire, you must strictly control the pollution of the environment, otherwise the city has no development prospects, for this reason, the local government is very strict about environmental pollution, not only coking plants, other fertilizer plants, etc." “

Zhang Wei was very satisfied with his answer, and quietly observed Ma Yuan, who turned out to be an elite-level coking talent.

Seeing that Zhang Wei did not speak, Ma Yuan continued to suggest: "Your Majesty, coking coal reserves are small and belong to a scarce resource, so I suggest that the empire should formulate a plan for the mining and use of coking coal, and put an end to indiscriminate mining and digging, which must be protected." “

Zhang Wei ordered: "Okay, I take your suggestion, I now appoint you as the general manager of the newly formed Imperial Coking Coal Group, manage the existing state-owned coking plants of the empire, and be responsible for the preparation of the Jinzhou coking plant on the premise of ensuring the output and quality here, and at the same time be responsible for the mining, sales and planning of the imperial coking coal mines, as well as the technical indicators, improvement, long-term planning and other tasks of the coke industry." “

"Your Majesty, this is not much difficulty, as long as you have your support, there is no bad work. However, my opinion is that the coking plants of the major steel mills should not be included in the coke group, so that they have a certain degree of autonomy as a supplement to the market. Ma Yuan assured.

Zhang Wei continued: "Okay, you can decide for yourself. The coking industry is seriously polluted, so the empire has not been open to private capital, my requirement is to build a high-tech large-scale coking plant, reduce environmental pollution, and improve economic efficiency, in the future or this idea, you have to strengthen the management of enterprises, in the premise of reducing pollution must take into account economic benefits. “

"Your Majesty, rest assured, you will never fail in your mission!"