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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

FREP starts up new alkylation unit

Beijing (JLC), July 21, 2021--Sinopec said Tuesday Fujian Refining and Petrochemical (FREP) had started up its new 300,000 mt/yr alkylation unit.

07-21-2021 15:16:59

Shandong alkylation unit run rate high in Q1 on improved margins

Beijing (JLC), March 30, 2021--The run rate at Shandong-based independent refineries’ alkylation units stayed high in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, mainly because the margins at such units have improved.

03-30-2021 16:37:20

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

Sinopec's ZRCC conducts trial run at new alkylation unit

Beijing (JLC), December 10, 2019--Sinopec Zhenhai Refining and Chemical recently carried out trial operation at its new 300,000 mt/year alkylation unit and produced on-specification batches of alkylate oil, according to Sinopec.

12-10-2019 17:49:55

FREP plans to start alkylation unit in end 2020

Beijing (JLC), December 5, 2019--Fujian Refining & Petrochemical (FREP) plans to bring its 300,000 mt/yr alkylation unit onstream in the end of 2020, company sources said

12-05-2019 17:03:49

FREP to build a 0.3 mln mt/yr alkylation unit

Beijing (JLC), September 20, 2019--Sino-foreign joint venture Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Co (FREP) started the construction of a 300,000 mt/yr alkylation unit on September 6, the official website of its one holder China state-owned Sinopec reported.

09-20-2019 11:16:43

FREP starts 300,000 mt/yr alkylation unit construction

Beijing (JLC), September 10, 2019--Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited (FREP) started the work on building a 300,000 mt/yr alkylation unit on September 6, Sinopec said on its website.

09-10-2019 15:01:33

Yangzi Petrochem to start trial production at alkylation unit

Beijing (JLC), August 28, 2019--Yangzi Petrochemical successfully completed the test run of the 10-km pipeline that links the new 300,000-mt/yr alkylation unit to storage tanks, demonstrating its preparedness to conduct trial production of the unit, Sinopec said Tuesday on its news website.

08-28-2019 16:26:34

Alkylation unit operation at Golmud Refinery not stable

Beijing (JLC), August 26, 2019--The 50,000-mt-year alkylation unit at PetroChina Qinghai Oilfield Golmud Refinery (Golmud Refinery) has been under unstable operation despite the successful trial run in January 2019, industry sources said

08-26-2019 10:30:24

Urumqi Petrochemical's trial run at new alkylation unit successful

Beijing (JLC), August 22, 2019--PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical's new 200,000 mt/yr alkylation unit produced qualified 97% grade of concentrated sulfuric acid on August 19, marking the success in the trial run at the units, PetroChina said on its news website.

08-22-2019 15:27:37

Sinopec Luoyang Company puts alkylation unit onstream

Beijing (JLC), July 30, 2019--The newly-built 200,000 mt/yr alkylation unit at Sinopec Luoyang Company was put into production on the afternoon of July 23, company sources said

07-30-2019 16:23:13

Sinopec Luoyang Co conducts trial run on new alkylation unit

Beijing (JLC), July 25, 2019--Sinopec Luoyang Company conducted a trial run on its newly-added 200,000 mt/yr alkylation unit on July 23, with qualified alkylated gasoline produced on July 24.

07-25-2019 16:52:56

China's alkylation unit operating rates decline

Beijing (JLC), July 16, 2019--China's alkylation unit operating rates showed a downtrend overall during June and the first half of July, averaging around 50%, JLC data shows

07-16-2019 11:59:52

Qingyang Petrochemical puts alkylation unit onstream

Beijing (JLC), June 12, 2019--PetroChina Qingyang Petrochemical put its alkylation unit (150,000 mt/yr) into operation recently, upon the trial run in late April, and it stopped supplying C4 raffinate-II (C4R2) to the market

06-12-2019 15:52:13

Urumqi Petrochemical starts trial run of new alkylation unit

Beijing (JLC), June 12, 2019--PetroChina Urumqi Petrochemical started trial operation of its new 200,000-mt/yr alkylation unit on May 30, PetroChina said Monday on its new website.

06-12-2019 13:51:37

Sinopec successfully starts up new alkylation unit

Beijing (JLC), April 10, 2019--China's Sinopec Corp successfully started up an ionic liquid alkylation unit at its subsidiary Jiujiang Petrochemical in Jiangxi Province on March 31, Sinopec said on its news website.

04-10-2019 09:33:54

FREP to build a new alkylation unit

Beijing (JLC), March 29, 2019--Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Co (FREP) plans to build a 300,000-mt/yr alkylation unit, market source said in late March.

04-01-2019 11:27:04

More alkylation units under maintenance

Beijing (JLC), March 11, 2019--Many refiners put their alkylation units under maintenance in the week ending March 8, mainly due to meager profits and falling alkylated gasoline demand.

03-11-2019 17:20:01

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