Taiwan CPC says Talin refinery capacity to increase 17%
SINGAPORE (Reuters)—State-owned Taiwanese refiner CPC Corp. is expected to start operations at four new units in southern Taiwan by the end of this year, lifting the refinery's crude processing capacity by 17%.
The company is building a 150-Mbpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Talin refinery, which will replace an older 100-Mbpd CDU at the same site.
This will bring the refinery's crude processing capacity to 350 Mbpd, up from 300 Mbpd. The company also operates a 200-Mbpd refinery in Taoyuan.
CPC mothballed its 220-Mbpd refinery in Kaohsiung in November after local residents campaigned for its closure on environmental grounds.
At the Talin complex, CPC is also building two hydrotreaters with a total capacity of 70 Mbpd, and a 50-Mbpd condensate splitter. The units are expected to be operational by the end of the year.
CPC will become a condensate importer and the new units will increase its naphtha, low-sulfur diesel and jet fuel production.
CPC operates two naphtha crackers with a total capacity of more than 1 MMtpy that require more than 280 Mt of naphtha a month if they are at high rates. Part of this requirement is met through imports.
(Reporting by Florence Tan and Seng Li Peng; editing by Adrian Croft)
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