PetroChina is expected to put Qinzhou refinery in Southwest China's Guangxi region into production end August on schedule, a source with the refinery said, adding the refinery was still under trial run at present.
Qinzhou refinery will be the second Chinese refinery equipped with single crude distillate unit with annual processing capacity reaching 10-mil mt, after CNOOC Huizhou refinery in Guangdong Province of South China, some data showed.
Earlier media reported that the US-listed PetroChina might have to defer launch of Qinzhou refinery due to economic sanctions on Sudan crude imposed by the US government, although PetroChina's parent China National Petroleum Corporation produces crude in Sudan.
However, a source close to Qinzhou refinery said the issue had been settled properly and he heard nothing about delay of commercial operation.
As reported earlier, Qinzhou refinery started commissioning on Jun 29.
The refinery may run at about 70% after coming into stream, according to an industry source.
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.
Qinzhou refinery will be the second Chinese refinery equipped with single crude distillate unit with annual processing capacity reaching 10-mil mt, after CNOOC Huizhou refinery in Guangdong Province of South China, some data showed.
Earlier media reported that the US-listed PetroChina might have to defer launch of Qinzhou refinery due to economic sanctions on Sudan crude imposed by the US government, although PetroChina's parent China National Petroleum Corporation produces crude in Sudan.
However, a source close to Qinzhou refinery said the issue had been settled properly and he heard nothing about delay of commercial operation.
As reported earlier, Qinzhou refinery started commissioning on Jun 29.
The refinery may run at about 70% after coming into stream, according to an industry source.
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.
