The completion of the ethylene trial runs "marks that Guangdong refinery has opened up the whole process of oil refining and chemical production, and enters the stage of comprehensive trial production", the People's Daily report said late on Monday. The state oil and gas giant began test operations last October of a 200,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) crude processing unit at the complex in the Jieyang city of the Guangdong province. The $10 billion complex has a total crude refining capacity of 400,000 bpd, which is PetroChina's single-largest investment of its kind in China and is designed to process heavy crude oil. (Reporting by Chen Aizhu and Muyu Xu; Editing by Tom Hogue and Nivedita Bhattacharjee)
aizhu.chen.reuters.com@reuters.net)) (Adds details)
SINGAPORE, Feb 14 (Reuters) - PetroChina completed trial runs at a 1.2 million tonne-per-year ethylene
facility in its newly launched refinery complex in south China
on Sunday, Chinese state media People's Daily reported.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided; however, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor the author can guarantee such accuracy. This article is strictly for informational purposes only. It is not a solicitation to make any exchange in commodities, securities or other financial instruments. Kitco Metals Inc. and the author of this article do not accept culpability for losses and/ or damages arising from the use of this publication.