On July 30, CNPC Hohhot Petrochemical Company's 5 Mt/a
expansion and upgrading project, which consists of 11
production units, supporting facilities, and storage and
transportation system, is basically completed and ready for
trial operation.
Hohhot Petrochemical's 5 Mt/a expansion/upgrading project
started up in August 2010. Boasting 10 refining units including
a 5 Mt/a atmospheric distillation unit and a 2.8 Mt/a catalytic
cracking unit, as well as a 150 Kt/a polypropylene unit, the
project will be capable of providing 1.7 million tons of
gasoline, 2.1 million tons of diesel, 200,000 tons of aviation
kerosene, and 150,000 tons of polypropylene every year to Inner
Mongolia and Shanxi province once being operational.