With a total investment of 71.1 billion yuan, full operation is expected to commence by 2030; environmental impact assessment for the second phase of Fujian Gulei’s integrated refining and chemical project has been made public

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On December 1, the draft environmental impact assessment report for the second phase of Fujian Gulei integrated refining and chemical project was made public for comments. This project includes the construction of new refining and chemical processing units, storage and transportation facilities, auxiliary systems, as well as off-site works. The refining process facilities include: 1 new atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit with a capacity of 16 million tons per year, 1 LPG recovery unit with a capacity of 3.8 million tons per year, 1 integrated saturated light hydrocarbons recovery unit with a capacity of 1.8 million tons per year (including desulfurization functions), 1 kerosene hydrogenation unit with a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year, 1 heavy oil hydrogenation unit with a capacity of 2.6 million tons per year, 1 delayed coking unit with a capacity of 3 million tons per year, 1 coker liquefied gas/naphtha refining unit with a capacity of 0.7 million tons per year, 1 diesel hydrotreating unit with a capacity of 4.2 million tons per year, 1 No. 1 wax oil hydrotreating unit with a capacity of 3.7 million tons per year, 1 No. 2 wax oil hydrotreating unit with a capacity of 2 million tons per year, and 3X20 + 70,000 tons per year sulfur recovery units (including acidic water stripping and solvent regeneration), for a total of 11 units. The chemical process units include: a newly built steam cracking unit with a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year, a pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit with a capacity of 700,000 tons per year, a butadiene extraction unit with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year, MTBE/butene-1 units with capacities of 180,000/70,000 tons per year respectively, a hexene-1 unit with a capacity of 50,000 tons per year, an ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) unit (tubular type) with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year, a full-density polyethylene unit with a capacity of 400,000 tons per year, a high-density polyethylene unit with a capacity of 400,000 tons per year, a linear low-density polyethylene unit with a capacity of 400,000 tons per year, a vinyl acetate unit with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year, a butyl octanol unit with a capacity of 600,000 tons per year, acrylic acid/acrylate units with capacities of 160,000/190,000 tons per year respectively, an SAP unit with a capacity of 50,000 tons per year, an acrylonitrile complex unit with a capacity of 200,000 tons per year, a coal-to-gas unit with a capacity of 600,000 standard cubic meters per hour, a synthetic ammonia unit with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year, Unit 1 – a catalytic reforming and extraction complex unit with capacities of 3 million tons per year (including pre-hydrogenation, reforming, extraction, and PSA), Unit 2 – another catalytic reforming and extraction complex unit with a capacity of 3 million tons per year (including reforming and extraction), and an aromatics complex unit with a capacity of 2 million tons per year (including disproportionation (benzene/toluene distillation), adsorption separation, isomerization, and xylene distillation). In total, there are 19 such units. The main products of this project include aviation fuel, heavy oil hydrogenated naphtha, light ethylene feedstock, benzene, p-xylene, o-xylene, C8A, sulfur, low-sulfur petroleum coke, vinyl acetate, 1-hexene, liquid ammonia, n-butanol, PGO+PFO, C5, C9+, polymer-grade butadiene, C4/C5, MTBE, butene-1, residual C4, acetaldehyde, EVA products, LLDPE, HDPE, FDPE, HP-wax, LP-wax, polyethylene protocol material, SAP, acrylonitrile, acetonitrile, MMA, 98% sulfuric acid, isobutyraldehyde, octanol, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, and others. On November 17, 2025, the inauguration ceremony for Fujian China-Arabia Oil Refining and Chemical Co., Ltd. was held grandly in Gulei, Zhangzhou, marking the entry of this flagship energy cooperation project between China and Saudi Arabia, with a total investment of 71.1 billion yuan, into its actual operational phase. The company’s core operational platform is the Phase II project of the Fujian Gulei refining and chemical integration complex. Fujian China-Arabia Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd. completed its business registration on September 4, 2025, with a registered capital of 28.8 billion yuan. The shareholding structure is as follows: Fujian Refining & Chemical holds 50% of the shares, Sinopec holds 25%, and Aramco Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, holds 25%. The project is located in the waters to the west of the Gulei Peninsula in the Gulei Economic Development Zone of Zhangzhou City. It is not only Sinopec’s largest refining and chemical project to date in terms of investment, but it is also the largest industrial project invested in in Fujian Province to date. It is regarded as an important part of a new framework for comprehensive energy cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia, with full operation expected to begin by 2030.