PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical is expected to restart its 10-mil-mt/yr crude distillate unit around Aug 20, when a new heat exchanger will be installed on the unit, a refinery source told C1.

The refinery's crude throughput will rise from 30,000mt to 50,000mt daily by then, according to the source.

Dalian Petrochemical cut its crude runs by about 40% after it shut down the 10-mil-mt/yr CDU on Jul 16 because of a fire caused by a leak at the heat exchanger.

Dalian Petrochemical, located in Dalian City of Northeast China's Liaoning Province, has an annual topping capacity of 20.5-mil mt. Imported crude accounts for over 60% of the refinery’s throughput. It normally produces 350,000mt of gasoline, 700,000mt of gasoil and 34,000mt of kerosene per month.