Published on August 21, 2017
A major incident of fire was reported at PetroChina refinery in China. It is regarded as one of the country’s largest refinery. The fire came just two months after the Dalian refinery finished a planned major maintenance. No causalities has been reported yet. The refinery in Liaoning province and owned by PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical Corp, has three crude distillation units with total processing capacity of 410,000 barrels per day of crude oil. Catalytic crackers typically produce gasoline.
