Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical shut down an 8-mil-mt/yr crude distillation unit on Sep 17 for a month-long turnaround, a company source said.
Shanghai Petrochemical cut its crude throughput target for September to 750,000mt, with daily consumption down by 17% from the normal level, C1 reported earlier.
Located in Shanghai, East China, Shanghai Petrochemical has a topping capacity of 14-mil mt per year. It mainly processes imported crude from the Middle East and west Africa. It mainly produces GB III and GB IV gasoline and gasoil.
GB IV fuel standards require gasoline and gasoil with sulfur content at 50ppm. Under GB III fuel standards, sulfur content is 150ppm for gasoline is 350ppm for gasoil.
