CNOOC restarts Huizhou aromatics, feedstock flows

01 September 2008 12:38  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS news)--China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) restarted its aromatics unit at Huizhou in southern Guangdong province last Friday after nearly 20 days of maintenance, a company source said on Monday.

“The aromatics unit restarted last Friday and is running normally at present,” the source said, adding the feedstock supply from CNOOC-Shell at the same site has also resumed to normal.

CNOOC had shut down the aromatics unit on 11 August for maintenance due to intermittent feedstock supply from CNOOC-Shell. The original restart was slated for 25 August after a 15-day turnaround.

But CNOOC had to continue to suspend production because CNOOC-Shell was still not able to ensure stable feedstock supplies.

The Huizhou aromatics plant produces 120,000 tonnes/year of toluene and 100,000 tonnes/year of xylenes.

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By: Judith Wang
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