Sinopec's new vacuum CDU expected to boost use of sour crude

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Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical launched commercial operation of its new 8-mil mt/year vacuum crude distillation unit Feb 22,thus increasing its total installed crude processing capacity by 59% to 14-mil mt/year (280,000 b/d),a company official said Feb 24."With the startup of this new unit,our refinery can now entirely process imported sour grades," he said.