p>Refineries affiliated to Sinopec are expected to refine 16.5-17-mil mt of crude in September, with daily throughput at about 560,000mt, up 2.09% from the previous month, a survey showed.
The small rise is mostly because Yangzi Petrochemical and Qingjiang Petrochemical are scheduled to wrap up maintenance and resume normal production this month. The other refineries are estimated to keep their throughput largely stable.
Sinopec's refineries in North, East and South China are estimated to lift daily crude throughput by 1%, 3% and 1%, while those in Central China are expected to trim throughput by 0.1%.
Sinopec is likely to edge up daily crude throughput further in October when only Cangzhou Refinery is under maintenance.
China Chemical Weekly: http://news.chemnet.com/en/detail-1411716.html
