Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical is expected to put a 2.6-mil-mt/yr fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) into production in 2013, with the construction recently started, a company source said.
It will eliminate a 1.4-mil-mt/yr aged one by then, according to the source.
Qilu Petrochemical, located in Zibo City of Shandong Province, has a crude processing capacity of 14-mil-mt per year. It mainly refines domestic Shengli crude and high-sulfur crude from the Middle East. It is equipped with two FCCs with capacities totaling 2.2-mil mt per year currently.
