Innovating Petroleum Processing Technology to Push on Development of China‘s Petroleum Refining Industry

摘要

1 Introduction The petroleum processing industry of China has been developing very fast. By the end of 1999 the total crude processing capacity of China reached 263 Mt/a, and 182 million tons of crude oils were processed in 1999. The annual average GDP growth in China is projected to be 7% during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, while the corresponding growth in consumption of petroleum products is forecast to reach 4.7%.