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Countdown for first oil refinery
More than 10,000 engineers and workers on the construction site of the Dung Quat Oil Refinery are hard at work for the first flow of commercial petrol products in two months’ time.
Visitors to the Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central province of Quang Ngai during these days are filled with pride at the sight of a modern oil refinery – the first of its kind in Vietnam – taking shape.
The refinery has just received 80,000 tonnes of crude oil from Bach Ho (White Tiger) oilfield and imported more than 52,000 tonnes of diesel oil for a test run.
The plant is in its final stage, with 98 percent of the work completed. Several components such as boilers and cooling towers are undergoing a trial period. Engineers are also testing the oil pipeline system, which is thousands of metres long, to ensure its safety.
Currently, more than 100 domestic and international contractors and more than 10,000 engineers and workers are working on the site. About 300 Vietnamese engineers are testing control equipment and accessories together with international contractors in the hope that all the equipment will be ready for use when the refinery is up and running.
The project management unit is putting the final touches on a floating port for petroleum export and a power generator, and will import liquefied gas to run the refinery.
The refinery is scheduled to churn out the first flow of commercial petrol products on February 25. Its major products are diesel, petrol, kerosene, aircraft fuel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). With a design capacity of 6.5 million tonnes a year, it is expected to meet one third of the country’s fuel demand.
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