ABOUT US
SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SRIPT) is one of the earliest comprehensive scientific research institutions engaged in petrochemical technology development in China. In 1960, in order to meet people's need for clothing, Shanghai "Minhang Conference" decided to establish Shanghai Petrochemical Research Institute (the predecessor of SRIPT) to undertake the task of research on the catalytic production technology of acrylonitrile, the raw material of acrylic fiber. In 1984, Shanghai Petrochemical Research Institute became a scientific research institution directly under the management of China Petrochemical Corporation. In 1990, Shanghai Petrochemical Research Institute was renamed Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology. On October 20th, 2022, "SINOPEC Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd." was incorporated to further improve the corporate governance structure of the company and better fulfill the responsibility of innovation.
After more than 60 years of construction and development, SRIPT has become a comprehensive research and development institute with strong scientific research capabilities and complete equipment and facilities, as well as an important petrochemical research and development center of Sinopec. The research and innovation base and the engineering research base of SRIPT are set in Pudong New Area and Shanghai Chemical Industry Zone respectively, and SRIPT has branches in five subsidiaries of Sinopec, namely Sinopec Nanjing Chemical Industries Co., Ltd., Sinopec Tianjin Company, Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd., Sinopec Chongqing SVW Chemical Co., Ltd., and Sinopec Baling Petrochemical Company. One wholly-owned subsidiary of SRIPT (Sinopec New Materials Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) is established. At present, SRIPT has national research and development bases such as the National Engineering Research Center for Basic Organic Raw Material Catalysts and the State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Industry and Industrial Catalysis; SINOPEC Synthetic Fiber Processing and Application Center (FTC), SINOPEC High-end Fine Chemicals Research Center (joint), SINOPEC Photovoltaic Materials Research Center (joint); 9 SINOPEC Key Labs, namely, Methanol Conversion Technology, EOR Surfactants, Aromatics Technology (joint), Carbon Fibers and Composite Materials (joint), High-end Fine Chemicals, Hydrogen Technology (joint), Polyamide Materials and Product Development (joint), Polyester Materials and Product Development (joint), Green Chemical Zeolite Materials and Artificial Intelligence. SRIPT is the supporting organization for the Petrochemical Sub-Technical Committee of the National Standardization Technical Committee of Chemistry and has a post-doctoral workstation approved by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China.
SRIPT has always been committed to promoting progress of China’s petrochemical technologies and serving the development of Sinopec and has vigorously promoted the innovation and commercialization of the technical achievements in the fields of organic raw materials (olefins, aromatics and the bulk derivatives), C1 (carbon one) chemicals, synthetic materials, oilfield and gas-field additives, fine chemicals, etc., forming a technological innovation system characterized by petrochemical catalysts and the matched complete sets of technology, and its research fields cover the main technologies of the current petrochemical and coal chemical industry chains, and has become an important technical support force for the development of China's petrochemical industry. SRIPT has developed a large number of catalysts and complete technologies with independent intellectual property rights, such as acrylonitrile, toluene disproportionation, styrene, vinyl acetate, ethylene oxide, purified terephthalic acid (PTA), ethylbenzene, cumene, pygas hydrogenation, methanol to olefin (MTO), and syngas to glycol, and a series of production technologies for aromatic nitrile, surfactants, green polyester, high-performance fibers and degradable materials, etc., which have been successfully applied in both domestic and overseas petrochemical plants, maintaining the internationally leading or advanced level. Toluene disproportionation technology and catalysts, ethylbenzene/styrene catalysts, divinylbenzene catalysts, oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts and multi-metal polyether catalysts have been exported to Southeast Asia, Western Europe, the Middle East and North America. In recent years, SRIPT adheres to the innovation-driven strategy, actively expands the research and development fields of new energy, new materials and high-end products, synergistically pushes forward the basic research and applied basic research; the novel structured zeolite SCM-14 and SCM-15 developed by SRIPT obtain the structure code SOR and SOV approved by the Structure Commission of the International Zeolite Association, which makes Sinopec the first Chinese enterprise achieve this breakthrough. SRIPT strengthens the research and study of high-performance materials and new energy technology to provide a powerful support to meet the national major strategic demands and move the industry towards the middle and higher end. By now, cumulatively more than 350 Ministerial and Provincial level or above awards have been obtained, which include one Special Prize, two First Class Prizes and ten Second Class Prizes in National Science and Technology Progress Award, five Second Class Prizes in National Technology Invention Award, five China Patent Golden Awards, two China Patent Silver Awards and so on.
Feats are accomplished by capable people; undertakings proceed because of capable people. SRIPT adheres to the concept of "talent is the first resource for innovation", has cultivated a number of scientific and technological leaders and core technologists and formed a high-quality, high-level innovative talent team, which provides a strong guarantee for the development of China's petrochemical science and technology. Since its establishment, SRIPT has cultivated two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and one academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, many Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding National Contributions, National Young and Middle-aged Leading Talents in Scientific and Technological Innovation, Shanghai Leading Talents, Outstanding Young Scientific and Technological Talents of Chinese Central State-owned enterprises, and Sinopec Leading Talents in Scientific and Technological Innovation. At present, there are 38 experts enjoying special government subsidies from the State Council, and one chairman of a committee of ASTM International.
Standing at a new starting point, SRIPT will adhere to the "four orientations", uphold the corporate spirit of "hard work entrepreneurship, rigorous and pragmatic, collaborative research and development, and innovation", bravely shoulder innovation responsibilities, scale new heights in science and technology, provide technological momentum for Sinopec to accelerate the building of a world-class enterprise and move towards world leadership, and make new and greater contributions to China's sci-tech self-reliance and self-strengthening at higher levels.