State-run Sinopec has dusted off plans for a joint venture (JV) refinery with Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (KPC) in Guangdong in Southeast China, as environmental pressures look set to force it to close two existing plants in the province, well-informed sources tell International Oil Daily. Years of protests by local residents worried about pollution and safety at the Guangzhou refinery in Guangdong have prompted Sinopec to revisit the shelved Kuwaiti JV, which was to feature a 300,000 barrels per day crude oil refinery and a 1 million ton per year ethylene petrochemical complex in the city of Zhanjiang.
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