PetroChina completes Dalian expansion

PetroChina Co. Ltd. completed in July the expansion of Dalian Petrochemical Company in Liaoning province, making the refinery the largest in China with a production capacity of 20.5 million tons per year. The new facilities use Shell’s crude oil distillation and deep-flash vacuum distillation technologies,  enabling it to process heavier residual oil than conventional vacuum units which help increase yields of light and more valuable petroleum products. Shell Global Solutions supplied technical support during detailed engineering, construction, inspections and start-up and contributed to the development of procedures for the efficient operation of the new distillation facilities. (July 6, 2006)