Zhenhai refinery

Also known as: 

Ningbo

The Zhenhai refinery is a very large very complex refinery located in Ningbo on the the East Coast of China, south of Shanghai.

The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Sinopec.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 8.6

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 460 kbpd

Vacuum distillation    

Coker 

RCC    

Resid hydrocracker    

Solvent deasphalting    

Hydrocracker     

Alkylation    

Polymerization    

C5/C6 Isomerization   

Reformer - Continuous (CCR) unit

Naphtha hydrotreater  

FCC gasoline hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater   

Resid hydrotreater   

C4 Isomerization   

Aromatics extraction   

Oxygenates plant   

Asphalt plant   

Steam cracker - 1 mt/y

Location

Zhenhai District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

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Refinery history

2024 - Addition  of 220 kbpd crude unit (CDU 5) and 1.5 mt/y ethylene cracker completed

2009 - FCC gasoline hydrotreater commissioned

1975 - Refinery commissioned