Dung Quat oil refinery resumes operation

The Dung Quat Oil Refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai resumed operation on April 2 after more than a week of checkups.

The information was released by Nguyen Hoai Giang, General Director of the Binh Son Petro-chemical Refinery Company, a subsidiary of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam).

After operations resume, the Dung Quat Oil Refinery will supply 17,000-18,000 tonnes of petrol, oil and gas on the market, about three-fourths of which is petrol and oil.

The Binh Son Petro-chemical Refinery Company will have to buy equipment to prepare for the Dung Quat Oil Refinery’s overall maintenance from mid July to mid September 2011.

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