
PetroVietnam announced the inauguration ceremony of the first Dung
Quat Oil Refinery in Binh Son, Quang Ngai province with the
attendance of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Dung Quat Oil Refinery
covered in an area of 336 hectares in land and 471 hectares of sea,
with capacity of 6.5 million crude oil ton per annum and was the
national major project to boost downstream industry, aiming to
develop the key economic region of central Vietnam. Refinery
products included LPG, gasoline 92/95, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel,
fuel oil, sulfur and polypropylene (PP). This project reflected the
landmark development of PetroVietnam to become fully integrated
model, ranging from upstream to downstream, from exploration to
production, processing industry, gas industry, gas to
power/fertilizer and high technical services.