Fujian Refining & Petrochemical is scheduled to process 700,000mt of crude in May, with daily throughput up 13% from the previous month to 23,000mt, according to a refinery source.
The refinery is now restarting an aged 4-mil-mt/yr crude distillate unit, which went into maintenance at the end of March, revealed 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.
