CNPC Boss Sacked After Fire

摘要

State-owned China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), parent of PetroChina, has removed the head of Dalian refinery from his post following a second fire in the largest company plant in less than two months. A diesel tank storing about 800 tons of fuel at the plant, located in northeastern Liaoning province, caught fire on Monday morning, after a fire on Jul. 16 in a heat exchanger forced the shutdown of a 200,000 b/d crude unit. PetroChina, which operates most of CNPC's oil and gas businesses, is restarting the crude oil unit at the 410,000 b/d refinery.