China's Hengli Petchem to test new oil refinery
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China’s Hengli Petrochemical Group (600346.SS) will start test-running its new oil refinery in the northeastern city of Dalian on December 15, according to a company statement, slightly behind an earlier timeline of around the end of November.
Once operational, Hengli will become the country’s first privately owned refinery and chemical complex. With a refining capacity of 400,000 barrels per day (
“Hengli has completed building the 20 million ton per year refinery and chemical complex, with public utilities and auxiliary facilities also ripe for operations,” the firm said in a statement posted on its social media platform late on Wednesday.
Diesel fuel will first be injected into the pipes to run through the
A total of 500,000 tonnes of Saudi crude oil will be used for experimental operations for about 20 days, said the source, who declined to be named as not authorized to speak to
It normally takes several months for a new refinery to begin stable operations after test runs.
Hengli has agreed to buy 130,000
Zhejiang Petrochemical Corp, controlled by private chemical group Rongsheng Holdings, is expected to start partial test operations at some units around
Reporting by Chen Aizhu; Editing by Sunil Nair and Christian Schmollinger
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