EXXON MOBIL SUPER-SIZED CHINA REFINERY ON-STREAM NEXT YEAR
October 1st, 2008
BY MARK GODFREY
GIVEN that much of the world's shoes, giftware and electronic appliances are made in China's southeastern Fujian province, it is easy to understand why ExxonMobil fought so hard to join Aramco and China's Sinopec in building a huge refinery here. Set to be operational in early 2009, ExxonMobil will raise capacity at an existing outmoded refinery from 80,000 barrels-per-day (four million tons-per-year) of Aramco-supplied crude to 240,000 barrels-per-day (12 million tonnes-per-year).
The Fujian plant is part of a trend to build bigger plants ...
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