Chinese firm has been trying hard since last one year to take crude shipments from Saudi Arabia. It has applied for it in the month of October last year. According to company sources, it plans to take Arab medium crude and Arab heavy crude for heavy trial run. The refiner planned to import total 2.4 million mt of crudes in 2018. The refinery in northeastern China was designed to crack Saudi Arabian Arab Heavy, Arab Medium and Brazilian Marlim with a ratio of 6:3:1