Dung Quat oil refinery produces 935,938 tons products

Dung Quat crude oil refinery produced a total 935,938 metric tons of products by Nov. 17, Vietnam Oil & Gas Group (PetroVietnam) said in an e-mailed statement Monday.

The 148,000 barrel-a-day facility, which started commercial output in February, imported 1.45 million tons of crude oil in the period, according to the statement. Dung Quat refinery also sold 803,387 tons of its products, including LPG, propylene, gasoline, kerosene and diesel to the market, the company said.

The country’s first refinery was shut from August until Oct. 1 after problems developed with a gasoline making unit called a fluid catalytic cracker.

A fluid catalytic cracker takes vacuum gasoil and other so- called heavier fuel streams and processes them into gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas and petrochemicals. The unit allows refineries to use lower-cost crude oils.

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