p>PetroChina Qinzhou refinery is scheduled to refine 600,000mt of crude in September, with utilization rate hitting 73%, according to a refinery source.
The refinery would start to supply downstream products early September, the source said.
The refinery would start to supply downstream products early September, the source said.
As reported earlier, Qinzhou refinery commenced commercial operation on Aug 28 and it would run at bout 70% after becoming operational.
Qinzhou refinery, or Guangxi Petrochemical, is the first 10-mil-mt/yr oil refining project of PetroChina in southern China. It is designed to mostly refine Sudan crude, which has 2.2-mil-mt/yr continuous reformer, 2.2-mil-mt/yr hydrocracker and 3.5-mil-mt/mt fluid catalytic cracker, besides the 10-mil-mt/yr CDU. It will mainly supply oil products to Southwest China and the export market. It is capable of producing 7-mil mt of oil products per year, over 50% of which were equivalent to Euro IV standards.
China Chemical Weekly: http://news.chemnet.com/en/detail-1411716.html
