Polypropylene from oil refinery to be shipped to Japan

The Dung Quat oil refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai is expected to ship 5,500 tonnes of propylene to Japan on Oct. 23.

The country’s first refinery, located in Binh Son district, resumed operation on Oct. 1 after 20 days of handling a problem in its residue fluid catalytic cracking system.

Its capacity is being raised from 65 percent to 100 percent. At present, 13 out of its 14 technical workshops are operating in a stable condition, turning out eight commercial products. The remaining one, which treats sulphur, will be operated in the next few days.

To date, the refinery sold 18,500 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas, 55,000 tonnes of A92 petrol, 8,000 tonnes of kerosene, 49,000 tonnes of diesel, 17,000 tonnes of fuel oil and 1,200 tonnes of propylene.

The refinery previously imported an additional 80,000 tonnes of crude to serve its operation at its full capacity by the end of this month. 

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