Sinopec plans to expand capacity of Jinling refinery

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) announced that it will expand the capacity of Jinling refinery to 360,000 barrels per day (bpd) by 2015. Currently, the plant has a capacity of 270,000 bpd. Sinopec will add a 160,000 bpd crude oil unit, a sulfur recycling unit with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year before the end of 2011 and a 3.5 million ton per year fluid catalytic cracker in 2012. The plant, which is located on the yangtze river in the eastern province of Jiangsu, will keep its crude runs at full capacity of 270,000 bpd this year, accordng to former Jinling Chairman Zhang Dafu. (March 7, 2011)