Ethylene output of Sinopec's subsidiary Sinopec Zhenhai Refining and Chemical tops 3 million tonnes since company put 1 million tonnes/year unit into operation in April 2010

Mathew Kearney

April 1, 2013 (China Economic Information Service) – Sinopec Corp. (SNP.NYSE; 00386.HK; 600028.SH), Asia's top refiner, said on Friday on its website that the ethylene output of its subsidiary Sinopec Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Co. had topped 3 million metric tons (tonnes) since the refinery put a 1 million tonnes/year unit into operation in April 2010.

The Zhenhai refinery, located in Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang province, is China's largest refinery in terms of annual crude throughput.

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