China's Largest Diesel Hydrotreater Unit Starts Production in Shanghai

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). China's largest 3.3-ton-per-year diesel hydrotreater unit went into production on June 18, 2007, the same day the Euro III Emission Standards for refined diesel oil became official. The production capacity of most of the hydrotreater units in China now ranges between 1-2 million tons per year.

SINOPEC’s Shanghai branch company, Shanghai Petrochemical Company, Limited (SPC), owns this diesel hydrotreater. The inlet used by this unit, after hydro treatment, can decrease the sulfur and nitrogen content in the products and its major products are refined diesel oil that meets the Euro III Emission Standards. It is also the unit in which the key component, a reactor inlet pump, has been manufactured in China for the first time.

This 3.3-ton-per-year diesel hydrotreater unit is part of SPC’s structural adjustment project. It will effectively improve the quality of SPC’s diesel products and its hydrotreating capacity, which is under great strain given that SPC’s crude oil processing capacity has now reached 14 million tons per year.

SPC is presently one of China’s largest, most modern petrochemical enterprises with highly integrated production and operations of petroleum products, petrochemicals, synthetic fibers and plastics. Currently, SPC has 72 production plants and has a crude oil processing capacity of 14 million tons per year, an ethylene production capacity of 950,000 tons per year, a petroleum product and petrochemical production capacity of 5.1 million tons per year, a synthetic resin and plastics production capacity of 950,000 tons, a synthetic fiber raw material and a synthetic fiber production capacity of 1.38 million tons per year. By the end of 2004, SPC had a total of $3.8 billion in assets and currently employs 28,500. SPC is listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange (600688), Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HK0338) and New York Stock Exchange (ADR).

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