PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical has recently got a nod from the local government on the construction of secondary units to support the processing of sour crude, a source with the refinery said.
The project is due to complete in the first half of 2013 and feedstock will be the mixture of Saudi light, medium and heavy crudes, according to the source.
Main units of the project include a 4-mil-mt/yr residue hydrodesulfurization unit, a 2-mil-mt/yr gasoil hydro-upgrading unit, a 700,000-mt/yr catalytic gasoline hydrodesulfurization unit, a 260,000-mt/yr sulfur recovery unit and an 80,000-mt/yr MTBE device and so on, C1 reported earlier.
Main products consist of gasoline, kerosene, gasoil, LPG, triphenyl, polypropylene and sulfur.
Sited in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi Petrochemical currently owns a 10-mil-mt/yr crude distillation unit, a 2.2-mil-mt/yr continuous catalytic reformer, a 2.2-mil-mt/yr hydrocracker and a 3.5-mil-mt/yr fluid catalytic cracker. It mainly processes Sudan crude and supplies its oil products to the Southwest China and the export markets. It is capable of producing 7-mil mt of oil products per year. All of its gasoline production is equivalent to Euro III standard. 50% of its gasoline and all of its gasoil can meet Europe IV standard.
