Fujian Refining to start aroms complex soon

14 October 2008 07:42  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS news)--Fujian Refining will start up its joint-venture (JV) aromatics complex located at Quanzhou city in the southern Chinese province of Fujian, in the coming two months, said a company source on Tuesday.

The post-construction regulatory checks, originally slated for September, will start this month instead, added the source.

The unit is expected to have a capacity of 260,000 tonnes/year of benzene and 700,000 tonne/year of paraxylene (PX) with toulene and xylene being by-products.

Fujian Refining, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinopec, owns 50% of the JV, while ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco hold 25% stakes each.

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