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The committee said it had checked the repairs conducted by contractor Technip SA on the broken valve at the refinery’s fluid catalytic cracker and found that it met technical specifications.
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The cracker, which makes gasoline and other products, broke down on August 18.
The 148,000 barrel-a-day refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai, which started commercial operations in February, aims to meet a third of Vietnam’s fuel demand by next year. The nation currently imports almost all of its oil products.
Construction of Vietnam’s second refinery, the 200,000-barrel-per-day Nghi Son plant in the northern province of Thanh Hoa, will start in June next year, a PetroVietnam official said earlier this month.
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