Fujian Refining & Petrochemical plans to process 930,000mt of crude in March, with daily throughput unchanged at 30,000mt from the previous month, according to a refinery source.
The refinery would take month-long maintenance on its 4-mil-mt/yr crude distillate unit in end March, about 30 days ahead of scheduled, revealed the source. Thus, its crude throughput would decline about 30% in April, according to the source.
Fujian Refining & Petrochemical, located in southeastern China's Fujian Province, is jointly invested by Fujian Petrochemical, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco at a proportion of 50%:25%:25%. The refinery has an annual topping capacity of 12-mil mt and mainly processes imported crude. It has an 800,000-mt/yr ethylene cracking unit, an 800,000-mt/yr polyethylene unit, a 400,000-mt/yr polypropylene unit and a 700,000-mt/yr aromatics complex.
