| | | Refining & Chemicals | |  | Operating 26 refineries and petrochemical enterprises mainly sited in northeast and northwest China, CNPC boasts a primary crude processing capacity of 140 million metric tons and ethane productivity of 3 million tons per year. Our refining capacity ranked 9th globally, and produces over 34% of the nation's oil products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene and lube oil etc. CNPC operates three overseas joint venture refineries in Sudan, Kazakhstan and Algeria respectively, |
| with a total crude processing capacity of 11.6 million metric tons per annum.
CNPC is one of China's largest manufacturers/suppliers of chemical products extending to six categories, i.e. synthetic resin, synthetic fiber, synthetic rubber, urea, organic/inorganic chemical products and raw materials. We serve customers from different sectors including light industry, textile, automobiles, building materials, electronics, military products, tourism, food processing, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, etc.
CNPC has built seven 10Mt/a refining bases — Dalian Petrochemical, Dalian West Pacific Petrochemical, Fushun Petrochemical, Jilin Petrochemical, Lanzhou Petrochemical, Dushanzi Petrochemical and Guangxi Petrochemical. Meanwhile, four IMt/a-scale ethylene production bases are located at Dushanzi Petrochemical, Lanzhou Petrochemical, Jilin Petrochemical and Daqing Petrochemical respectively. A number of production facilities for special chemicals have been established, including Daqing Oilfield's chemical unit, Fushun Petrochemical's paraffin & alkyl benzene unit, Jilin Petrochemical's fine chemicals unit, and Liaoyang Petrochemical's aromatic hydrocarbon unit.
Throughout 2010, we processed 135.29 million metric tons of crude and produced 86.33 million metric tons of oil products in China, up 8.1% and 7.3% respectively year-on-year. With Guangxi and Qingyang petrochemical complexes becoming operational, our daily crude runs exceeded 400,000 metric tons, hitting a record high. The chemical production facilities were all operating at full capacity, produced 3.62 million metric tons of ethylene, up 21% year-on-year.
Large refining and chemical production bases
In 2010, 15 major projects and 60 sets of refining units were newly completed, resulting in a 14.6 million metric tons increment in our one-step refining capacity of crude oil.
Guangxi Petrochemical’s 10 Mt/a refining project, Qingyang Petrochemical’s relocation and transformation project, Tarim fertilizer project, Urumqi Petrochemical’s aromatic hydrocarbon complex were all completed and became operational. Liaoyang Petrochemical’s Russian crude processing project was also completed basically. Ningxia Petrochemical’s 5 Mt/a refining project and Hohhot Petrochemical’s 5 Mt/a refining capacity expansion project had both commenced. A number of major projects in Sichuan, Fushun and Daqing proceeded smoothly as according to plan. Ground breaking took place for the products quality upgrade project at Huabei Petrochemical and for the Sino-Russian 13 Mt/a refining project in Tianjin.
 10Mt/a refining and 1Mt/a ethylene project at Dushanzi Petrochemical
As the largest integrated refining and chemical project in China so far, Dushanzi Petrochemical is capable of processing 10 million metric tons of crude and producing 1.22 million metric tons of ethylene a year, which is comprised of nine refining units and 12 chemical plants. Among them, the 1Mt/a ethylene plant is the largest in China.
On September 21, 2009, the entire units became operational. Since then, Dushanzi Petrochemical can supply 6.17 million metric tons of refined products meeting the Euro IV standard and 2.95 million metric tons of chemical products per annum.
10 Mt/a Refining Project at Guangxi Petrochemical
Guangxi Petrochemical is the first large-scale refining base built by CNPC in southern China, mainly including more than 10 sets of production facilities including a 10 Mt/a atmospheric-vacuum distillation unit, a 3.5 Mt/a heavy catalytic cracking unit, a 2.2 Mt/a continuous reforming unit, a 2.2 Mt/a wax oil hydrogenation cracking unit, and auxiliary projects such as utilities, tank farms, dock and railway.
In November 2007, Guangxi Petrochemical’s 10 Mt/a refining project was launched in Qinzhou. JEC, IPMT, ICMT and SPOM models were adopted in project design, engineering construction, operation commencement and production process respectively, which dramatically improved engineering quality and management efficiency.
On September 6, 2010, the 10 Mt/a refining project became operational at Guangxi Petrochemical. It is capable of supplying 8.3 million metric tons of gasoline, diesel, aviation kerosene and LNG, as well as 900,000 tons of petrochemical products such as polypropylene, aromatic hydrocarbon, benzene, toluene and mixed xylene. The project adopted a sophisticated environmentally friendly wholly hydrogenated process, with all of its products meeting the Euro III standard and 70% consistent with the Euro IV standard. At the same time, the company also set up a 3-tier control system to prevent and manage environmental risks, with more than 70% of wastewater recycled.
10Mt/a refining base at Dalian Petrochemical
As the largest crude processing base of China, Dalian Petrochemical has a primary processing capacity up to 20.5 million metric tons per annum. The company offers a wide variety of petrochemical products including gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, paraffin, benzenes, polypropylene and EPS. Equipped with state-of-the-art automated systems, the production facilities are DCS-controlled. The company also boasts the first gasoline blending & movement automation system in China and the Manufacture Execution System (MES) for refining and chemical production as well as the Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system.
Dalian Petrochemical is also one of CNPC's major bases for export and transit shipment of petroleum products with an annual throughput capacity of 25 million metric tons through 6 wharfs and well-established ocean shipping and land transportation facilities. The 10kt/d reclaimed water treatment plant, the 5kt/d seawater desalination plant and the oil-gas recovery plant in operation can produce 15,500 metric tons of industrial freshwater from seawater and reclaimed water every day to cut down the yearly tap water consumption by 1.7 million metric tons.
10Mt/a refining base at Lanzhou Petrochemical
Lanzhou Petrochemical is the first large-scale refining base in West China that is constructed with a 10Mt/a refining capacity and 700Kt/a ethylene production capacity. The company has a primary crude processing capacity of 12.5 million metric tons per annum with a compatible secondary processing capacity, all powered by the leading refining/chemical processing techniques in China.
Lanzhou Petrochemical has 70-plus production installations for gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel and lube oil base stock, etc. In addition to key chemical products like ethylene and synthetic ammonia, the company can produce a wide range of 400 specifications (grades) of petrochemical products, including synthetic resin, synthetic rubber, polypropylene, fertilizer, catalytic cracking catalyst, fine chemicals and organic agents, etc.
A 5Mt/a atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit and a 3Mt/a heavy oil catalytic unit were installed and started up successfully in 2003, making Lanzhou Petrochemical a 10Mt/a refining base.
Chemical Products Base at Daqing Oilfield
Daqing Refining & Chemicals Co., Ltd was incorporated in order to meet the needs for chemicals used in tertiary oil recovery. Since its launch, Daqing Refining & Chemicals has developed nearly 10 polyacrylamide products with an annual production capacity of 100,000 metric tons. These products are now widely used in Xinjiang and Liaohe oilfields as well as in the pharmaceutical, coal and mining sectors.
The internationally advanced salt-resistant polymer developed by Daqing Refining & Chemicals accomplished for the first time the extensive application of salt-resistant polymer production prepared with oilfield wastewater. Field application indicated that the crude recovery achieved by the polymer prepared with Daqing Oilfield's wastewater was 2% higher than that by conventional polymer flood. In this way, 15 million cubic meters of oilfield wastewater can be reused every year.
Relocation and Transformation of Refining Plant at Qingyang Petrochemical
Qingyang Petrochemical is located in Qingyang City, the main oil production area of the Changqing Oilfield. The 3 Mt/a refining plant relocation and transformation project includes a 3 Mt/a atmospheric distillation unit, a 1.6 Mt/a catalytic cracking unit, a 600 Kt/a catalytic reforming unit, and a 100 Kt/a benzene extraction unit. The project was launched on March 15, 2009 and became operational on October 27, 2010.
Aromatic Hydrocarbon Complex at Urumqi Petrochemical
The aromatic hydrocarbon complex at Urumqi Petrochemical is composed of a 800 Kt/a naphtha hydrogenation unit, a 1 Mt/a continuous reforming unit, a 700 Kt/a aromatic hydrocarbon extraction unit, a 1.8 Mt/a disproportionate unit, a 4.3 Mt/a adsorptive separation unit, a 3.3 Mt/a isomerization unit, a 4.9 Mt/a xylene distillation unit, and a 70,000 cum/hr hydrogen purification unit. The 1 Mt/a PX unit is among the world’s largest ones. This project started construction on May 1, 2008 and became operational on July 19, 2010. It has an annual production capacity of one million tons of PX, 376,500 tons of benzene and 1.35 million tons of fertilizer.
Tarim Fertilizer Project
The Tarim fertilizer project is one of China’s biggest land-based modern fertilizer plants in terms of production capacity per single unit. It is designed to produce 450,000 tons of synthetic ammonia and 800,000 tons of urea. Construction of the project started on September 20, 2007 and it was completed and became operational on July 14, 2010. Under full load, the project could produce 2,640 tons of urea per day, meeting demand for SGU in southern Xinjiang.
Paraffin and Alkyl Benzene Production Base at Fushun Petrochemical
Taking advantage of its paraffin-base crude resources, CNPC is the largest paraffin manufacturer in China that accounts for about 70% of China's total paraffin output. Fushun Petrochemical of CNPC, capable of producing 160 grades of petrochemical products, is one of the world's important production bases for paraffin and alkyl benzene.
Fushun Petrochemical has 77 production installations with a primary and secondary crude processing capacity up to 10 million metric tons per annum and its annual output of gasoline, kerosene and diesel fuel reaches over 6 million metric tons. The company produces 1.8 million metric tons of chemicals each year, including ethylene, alkyl benzene, polystyrene, acrylonitrile and wax products. Among others, alkyl benzene enjoys a market share of over 50% in China.
In 2006, the 600Kt/a acetone-benzol dewaxing unit was put into operation with an annual paraffin yield nearly 600,000 metric tons, that is, approximately one fifth of the world's total production of paraffin. We export 200,000 metric tons of paraffin every year, taking up one sixth of the international trade volume. In addition, the company has China's only high-pressure paraffin hydrofining unit for food-grade and high-melting-point paraffin production.
Aromatic Hydrocarbon Production Base at Liaoyang Petrochemical
Liaoyang Petrochemical is one of China's leading Russian-sourced crude processors and aromatic hydrocarbon manufacturers. The company is equipped with 61 large-scale refining and chemical processing installations, including a 200Kt/a ethylene unit, a 70Kt/a polyethylene unit, a 50 Kt/a polypropylene unit and a 200Kt/a glycol unit.
The hydrogenation plant mainly engaged in Russian-sourced crude processing is capable of carrying out hydrocracking, hydrofining and delayed coking processes. It can supply over 2.6 million metric tons of high-grade diesel fuel to market every year while providing sufficient industrial chemicals for downstream operations. Meanwhile, as a major manufacturer of aromatic hydrocarbon and its derivatives in China, the company produces 700,000 metric tons of paraxylene, 150,000 metric tons of benzene, 60,000 metric tons of orthoxylene, 800,000 metric tons of PTA and 140,000 metric tons of adipic acid every year.
Joint Refinery & Chemical Plant
Dalian West Pacific Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (WEPEC)
Dalian West Pacific Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (WEPEC) is a joint venture refinery of PetroChina, a holding company of CNPC, and Dalian Construction Investment, SINOCHEM, SINOCHEM (Hong Kong) Petroleum International and Total (France). PetroChina holds a 28.44% stake in WEPEC.
WEPEC became operational at the end of 1997 with a primary crude processing capacity up to
10 million metric tons per annum. The company currently has 16 state-of-the-art production installations mainly designed for high-sulfur crude processing, offering a range of products covering 30 grades from 10 categories, including 90#, 93#, 95#, 97# unleaded gasoline, -20#, -10#, 0#, 5# light diesel oil, aviation kerosene, lamp kerosene, naphtha, fuel oil, LPG, polypropylene, sulfur, 70# and 90# high-grade paving asphalt and modified asphalt, etc. All the products are hydrofining processed and sold in China as well as a dozen of countries and regions including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippine and Vietnam.
Overseas
CNPC operates three overseas joint venture refineries in Sudan, Kazakhstan and Algeria respectively, with a total crude processing capacity of 11.6 million metric tons per annum. In 2010, our overseas refining and chemical projects maintained stable operation and total crude runs within the year reached 10.55 million tons, up 4.9% over 2009.
Khartoum Refinery
Located 70 kilometers north of Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, Khartoum Refinery is the first modern refining plant in Sudan. CNPC signed an agreement on the 50-50 joint venture in March 1997 with the Ministry of Energy & Mining of Sudan.
Khartoum Refinery became operational on May 16, 2000 with a designed capacity of 2.5 million metric tons per annum and a daily crude run of 50,000 barrels. The extension project of the refinery started in August 2003 and was completed on June 30, 2006, boosting the crude processing capacity to 5 million metric tons per annum and the daily crude run to 100,000 barrels.
Khartoum Refinery boasts a complete range of production installations such as atmospheric distillation, heavy oil catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, diesel hydrofining, aviation kerosene, gasoline-diesel mixed hydrofining and continuous reforming units in addition to the first delayed coker in the world for high-calcium acid crude, capable of producing gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation kerosene, LPG, wax oil, petroleum coke, etc, with a light oil yield over 70% and a comprehensive commercial refining rate up to 92%. Since its start, the plant has helped to greatly ease fuel shortage in Sudan while exporting more than half of its gasoline production to other countries.
Shymkent Refinery
Shymkent Refinery is located in the south of Kazakhstan and put into operation in1984. It is one of the top three refineries in Kazakhstan, with a designed processing capacity of 5.25 million metric tons per annum.
CNPC acquired PetroKazakhstan in 2005 and became one of the two substantial shareholders of Shymkent Refinery. CNPC and KazMunaiGaz each have 50% stakes in Shymkent Refinery.
Shymkent Refinery mainly deals with crude oil from Siberia and Kazakhstan with a level of processing of 59%. Euro II compliant products include A-76, АИ-93, АИ-95, and А-80 gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, LPG and jet fuel, etc.
Soralchin Refinery in Adrar
Soralchin Refinery in Adrar is an essential part of CNPC's integrated upstream and downstream project in Algeria with a designed annual processing capacity of 600,000 metric tons.
CNPC signed a Shareholder Agreement with Algerian national oil company Sonatrach on July 14, 2003, stipulating that CNPC taking a 70% shares while Sonatrach taking the rest 30% in Soralchin Refinery in a contracted term of 23 years. The refinery began to be constructed on February 4, 2004 and went into operation on April 5, 2007.
Soralchin Refinery comprises atmospheric distillation, catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming and vapor fractionation units and a generation plant and the utility system. The catalytic cracking unit is Algeria's first deep processing unit for heavy oil.
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