The Qingdao refinery has 16 key processing units, including a 200,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) crude distillation unit, a 22,000-bpd continuous reformer, a 133,000-bpd hydrocracker, an 83,000-bpd hydrorefining unit for kerosene and gas-oil, a 100,000-bpd residual oil hydrotreater and a 220,000-metric-ton-per-year sulfur recovery unit.
The refinery, built with a total investment of $1.79 billion, is expected to begin commercial operations in June 2008, after having undergone two months of test runs.
The refinery is designed to process 50% light and 50% heavy varieties of Arabian crude. It is capable of producing Euro-3 standard oil products and will mainly serve the north China market.
