C1 Energy (Guangzhou) – Mar 8, 2010----Dalian Wepec's crude throughput has returned to normal after the refinery wrapped up maintenance on its 3-mil-mt/yr (60,000 bpd) fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) on Mar 1, a refinery source said.
It plans to process 730,000mt of crude in March, added the source.
Affected by the FCC repair that started from Feb 22, 2010, the refinery is expected to cut its gasoline exports by around 20% to 64,000mt in March. Meanwhile, its gasoil and jet exports in March would keep stable with February, at 10,000mt and 70,000mt, respectively. Naphtha exports are estimated at about 90,000mt and MTBE at some 3,000mt.
The refinery also plans to produce and sell 10,000mt of bitumen, 20,000mt of fuel oil and 30,000mt of DMC in March, which was rarely seen before.
With Sinochem, PetroChina and France's Total as main investors, Dalian Wepec is equipped with a crude processing capacity of 10-mil mt per year (200,000 bpd). It mainly eats imported crude, and exports most of its gasoline and kerosene products.
