According to Dow Jones Seoul April 29, South Korea's largest oil refiner SK Energy recently said that it will invest 1.52 trillion won (approximately US$1.53 billion) to build a new hydrocracking center in Incheon, South Korea.
It is reported that the hydrocracking center will include a set of 70,000 barrels per day vacuum distillation unit, a set of 40,000 barrels per day hydrocracking unit and a set of 40,000 barrels per day visbreaking unit. The device will be completed and put into production in June 2011, when it will supply high value-added products such as naphtha, diesel oil, kerosene and lubricant base oil to the Korean market.
It is reported that the hydrocracking center will include a set of 70,000 barrels per day vacuum distillation unit, a set of 40,000 barrels per day hydrocracking unit and a set of 40,000 barrels per day visbreaking unit. The device will be completed and put into production in June 2011, when it will supply high value-added products such as naphtha, diesel oil, kerosene and lubricant base oil to the Korean market.