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China: Sinopec Maoming Petchem to step up LPG output with maintenance complete

China: Sinopec Maoming Petchem to step up LPG output with maintenance complete

Write: Eleazar [2011-05-20]
Sinopec Maoming Petrochemical is expected to lift LPG output gradually after it wrapped up unit maintenance Tuesday, a refinery source said.


The refinery's LPG supply was bout 1,100mt Tuesday, increasing not much from the previous day, according to the source.


Maoming Petrochemical shut 2.5-mil-mt/yr crude distillate unit and 1-mil-mt/yr fluid catalytic cracker for maintenance on Oct 10, LPG commodity output of which dropped from 1,600mt to 1,000-1,100mt daily in the period, a record showed.


Maoming Petrochemical, located in South China's Guangdong Province, has a topping capacity of 13.5-mil mt per year. It is capable of producing 1-mil mt of ethylene annually.