Thanh Hoa (VNA) – Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemicals LLC(NSRP) in the central province of Thanh Hoa introduced the first batch of petrolA95 on May 8, the third commercial product produced by the plant, followinggasoline RON 92 and Benzen.

The batch has been distributed to its partners for domesticconsumption.

The refinery plans to launch more commercial products, such asliquefied petroleum gas (LPG), diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, para-xylene, polypropylene and sulphur, inthe coming time.

It launched the first shipment of gasoline RON 92, which also servesthe Vietnamese market, last week.

The Nghi Son Refinery, based in Nghi Son Economic Zone in Thanh Hoa,has total investment of nearly 9.3 billion USD.

It is a joint venture of four internationally reputed corporations,including the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, the Kuwait Petroleum International,and the Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd and Mitsui Chemicals Inc. of Japan. It is thesecond oil refinery and now the largest of its kind in Vietnam.

The construction of NSRP began in October 2013 and finished in April 2017. Since then, NSRP has been commissioningalmost 3,000 systems in the refinery for almost a year, with over 1,000 employees,both Vietnamese and international, working full-time on site.

In the first phase, the refinery is set to process 200,000 crude oil barrelsper day, equivalent to 10 million tonnes of crude oil each year, almostdoubling the capacity of the country’s first refinery – Dung Quat in centralQuang Ngai province.

World-class technology in the refiningindustry has been applied to operate this complex refinery. Crude oil wasdelivered from Kuwait on a number of large crude carriers arrivingfor the first time in Vietnam, unloaded at a delivery point 35km offshore andthen transported through a pipeline to the refinery for processing. Theproducts of NSRP will be mainly offtaken by PetroVietnam (petroleum products)and some major international offtakers (petrochemical products). 

NSRP, a project ofnational importance in the petroleum sector, has received strong support fromthe Vietnamese Government as well as the authority and people of Thanh Hoa Province. The development of the NSRP Project and its needfor many supporting industries and services has also had a positive impact onthe economic developments in Thanh Hoa and other areas in Vietnam. In fact,many businesses have set up facilities in Thanh Hoa to cooperate with NSRP on along-term basis.

Products of the plant are expected to meet 40 percent of domesticgasoline and oil demand.-VNA