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(ICIS) -- China’s Dalian Petrochemical, a
subsidiary of PetroChina, is running the downstream facilities of its 10m
tonne/year (200,000 bbl/day) crude distillation unit (CDU) in Dalian at reduced
rates of about 60% after a fire at the unit two days ago, a company source said
on Monday.
The CDU was shut following the fire on Saturday afternoon and no
date has been set for it to resume operations, the source said.
The downstream facilities that are running at reduced rates include a
3.8m tonne/year naphtha hydrogenation unit, a 6m tonne/year gasoline and diesel
hydrogenation unit, a 3.6m tonne/year hydrogenation cracking unit and a 3m
tonne/year residual hydrogenation unit, according to the source.
The fire was
the fourth incident to hit China’s petrochemical industry over the last six
weeks.
The China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) halted operations at some
units at its 240,000 bbl/day refinery at Daya Bay, Huizhou, in Guangdong
province after a fire broke out at the complex on 11 July. The affected aromatic
and reformer units are expected to be shut for months, while operations at other
units have been resumed.
CNOOC also suspended production on 13 July at two platforms of the Peng
Lai 19-3 (PL19-3) oilfield at Bohai Bay after oil leaks that occurred in early
June.
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