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New iso-butane dehydrogenation units emerge amid good margins

Beijing (JLC), August 29, 2024--Iso-butane dehydrogenation process is seeing a batch of new units coming online in 2024-2025 amid fair margins.

08-29-2024 15:22:02

Two major state-run refineries restart units in late May

Guangzhou (JLC), May 27, 2024--Two major state-owned refineries are restarting their units in late May, after maintenance began in late March.

05-27-2024 16:07:08

Margins at China MTBE units rise in Nov amid more exports

Margins for MTBE production in China moved up in Nov 2022, as the export arbitrage window opened, which helped to ease supply overhang due to the COVID-19 resurgence and thus drove up MTBE prices.

11-11-2022 14:12:58

Margins at China alkylation units retreat after rises in Nov

Margins at China alkylation units fell back after reaching a high level in November 2022 as the price of etherified butane, feedstock of the units, rebounded while those of alkylate oil receded.

11-10-2022 14:01:56

Margins at China alkylation units grow sharply in Oct

Theoretical margins at China alkylation units widened sharply in October, as the price decrease in etherified butane, the units’ feedstock, was bigger than that in alkylate oil, the units’ product.

10-20-2022 18:28:18

Guangdong Petchem to start up refining units in late Sept

Guangzhou (JLC), September 15, 2022--PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical aims to start up its 400,000 bbl/day refining-chemical complex in late September.

09-15-2022 21:28:00

PetroChina North China Petrochemical to restart units in late Aug

Guangzhou (JLC), August 25, 2022--PetroChina North China (Huabei) Petrochemical in Hebei province is expected to restart its 10 mln mt/yr (200,000 bbl/day) refinery at the end of August, after nearly

08-25-2022 16:33:07

China sees dropping margins at MTBE units on falls in MTBE price

Margins at China MTBE units have declined since July as domestic MTBE prices fluctuated downwards amid the closed arbitrage window for MTBE export and sustaining weak domestic demand for that product.

08-11-2022 12:04:20

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical restarts units from 7-week shutdown

Guangzhou (JLC), August 10, 2022--Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical began to restart its 320,000 bbl/day refinery on August 6, after seven weeks of shutdown in the wake of a fire, according to industry

08-10-2022 20:55:38

PetroChina Guangdong's oil refining units all completed

The building of PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical's oil refining plants had been fully completed by July 30.

08-10-2022 10:13:58

Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical shuts two units on fire

Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical in Shandong has shut a continuous catalytic reformer and a hydrocracker at its Shengli oil refinery because of a fire that broke out early on April 24.

04-25-2022 18:46:27

Sinopec Changling runs its hydrogenation units in high gear

Beijing (JLC), November 25, 2021--Sinopec’s Changling Petrochemical in central China’s Hunan province has ramped up the operation of its hydrogenation units, in a bid to increase diesel output.

11-25-2021 17:41:30

Sinopec ZRCC to start up new oil and chemical units by year-end

Guangzhou (JLC), August 10, 2021--Sinopec plans to start up the new units built under its phase-1 Zhenhai base project before the end of this year and boost Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Company (ZRCC)'s refining capacity to 27 mln mt/yr (540,000 bbl/day), Sinopec said.

08-10-2021 15:43:21

China to bring online multiple PDH units in 2021

Beijing (JLC), June 23, 2021--China plans to start up multiple propane dehydrogenation (PDH) units in 2021, driven by decent margins and in order to meet rising domestic ethylene demand. The new units are expected to boost China’s propane imports significantly.

06-23-2021 11:53:08

PetroChina to complete construction of Jieyang refining units by end-2021

Beijing (JLC), June 18, 2021--PetroChina plans to complete construction of the refining units at its integrated refining and chemical complex in Jieyang of South China’s Guangdong province at the end of 2021, and might bring them online in early 2022.

06-18-2021 13:47:45

Run rate of alkylation units in Shandong may continue rise

Beijing (JLC), February 25, 2021--The run rate of alkylation units of Shandong-based refiners may continue a rise through early-to-mid March, after having been tracking an upward trend overall since the beginning of this January on improved margins.

02-25-2021 16:52:35

Shandong reforming margins up on low costs at the units in Dec

Beijing (JLC), January 15, 2020--Operating margins at reformers of Shandong-based independent refineries increased in December on a month on-month basis, JLC data show.

01-15-2021 10:16:16

China increases operating loads at chemical units in H2, 2020

Beijing (JLC), November 30, 2020--Many of China’s state-controlled refineries are increasing the operating loads at chemical units to optimize the feedstock structure in the second half of 2020, increasing the supply and demand of naphtha, LPG, etc.

11-30-2020 17:52:06

China PDH units enjoy decent margins

Beijing (JLC), October 10, 2020--China’s propane dehydrogenation (PDH) margins have been high in the third quarter, as a result of wide price spread between feedstocks and products.

10-10-2020 15:09:50

Haihua Petrochemical to restart units very soon

Shandong Haihua Petrochemical is expected to restart its units in the coming days, to begin with a crude distillate unit (CDU), according to industry sources.

07-21-2020 17:01:30

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