YANG-LUI-CHING PETROLEUM REFINERY TIENTSIN, CHINA

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1972
• Content Type: REPORT

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Basic Imageiy Interpretation Report
Yang-lui-ching Petroleum Refinery
Tientsin, China
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RCS 13/nnni/73
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DATE SEPTEMBER 1972
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RCS 13/0001/73
Directorate of Intelligence
Imagery Analysis Service
Yang-lui-ching Petroleum Refinery
MAP REFERENCE
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Yang-lui-ching Petroleum Refinery processes crude oil produced at the nearby
Ta-ku Oil Field. It is small in size, but is comparable in charge capacity to se-
veral other larger new refineries in China. The completed refining units include
a crude oil distillation unit, a possible blending/treating unit, and a small un-
identified processing unit. A fluid catalytic cracking unit appears complete but
has not been observed operating. One additional processing unit is under con-
struction. When the fluid catalytic cracking unit begins operating, the refinery
will be capable of producing straight-run and cracked gasoline in a wide range of
octane ratings, kerosene, diesel and fuel oils, and gaseous hydrocarbons. Asso-
ciated with the refinery are a storage area, a probable products transfer area.,
and a possible petrochemical plant under construction.
In November 1965, when the refinery was first observed under construction,
only a few support buildings were present. By December 1969 a small shell still
was in operation. In November 1970, a crude oil distillatiom unit was complete
and operating and the shell still was partially dismantled. The refinery has
been observed operating on all photography from December 1969 through February
1972.
This report includes a location map, a photograph of the refinery and asso-
ciated facilities, a line drawing of the refinery, a detailed listing of completed
buildings and processing equipment, dimensions of storage tanks, and a discussion
of the status of the facilities.
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Yang-lui-ching Petroleum Refinery is located 10 nautical miles (nm) southwest
of the center of Tientsin in Hopeh Province (see Figure 1).
The refinery is char ed with crude oil brought by pipeline from the Ta-ku 25X1
Oil Field located 30 nm to the southeast. Rail service to the
refinery is provided by a spur from the line between Tientsin and Ching-hsien.
Steam for the refinery is produced at a collocated steam plant. Electric power
is received through a transformer substation on the east side of the refinery.
BASIC DESCRIPTION
The walled area of the refinery, which also contains storage and support
facilities, measures approximately 3,000 by 2,225 feet and occupies about 150
acres. The refining and storage areas occupy 65 acres (see Figures 2 and 3).
The large support area probably provides support for the oil field as well as
the refinery.
A storage area and a probable products transfer area are located about
3,000 feet east of the refinery, and a possible petrochemical plant is under
construction 1.5 nm northeast of the refinery. The storage area contains four
earth-covered storage bunkers, a cylindrical storage tank and a pumphouse and
is connected to the refinery by pipeline. The probable products transfer area
contains several buildings, two buried tanks, and two transloading sheds and is
connected by pipeline to the adjacent storage area.
Operational Functions
The refinery is small in size, but is comparable in charge capacity to the
much larger Fang-shan Petroleum Refinery and several other new 25X1
refineries in China. The units presently completed at the refinery include a
crude oil distillation unit, a possible blending/treating unit, and a small
unidentified processing unit. A fluid catalytic cracking unit appears com-
plete but has not been seen in operation. An additional processing unit is un-
der construction.
When the fluid catalytic cracking unit begins operating, the refinery will
be capable of producing straight-run and cracked gasolines in a wide range of
octane ratings, kerosene, diesel and fuel oils, and gaseous hydrocarbons.
Construction and Operational Status
The refinery was not present in June 1965. It was first observed under
construction on photography of November 1965. By February 1966 the shell still
was in the early stages of construction. Also, a few storage tanks, a rail spur
into the area, and additional support buildings had been constructed.
In November 1967, the shell still was nearly complete, the crude oil distil-
lation unit was in the midstage of construction, and most of the present support
and housing facilities were in place. Between November 1967 and September 1968
construction progressed very little.
By December 1969 the shell still was complete and operating. The crude oil
distillation unit was in the late stage of construction, the storage area east of the
refinery was in the early stages of construction, and site preparation for the
catalytic cracking unit and the probable products transfer area was observed.
In November 1970 the crude oil distillation unit was complete and, in opera-
tion. The shell still had been partially dismantled. The catalytic cracking unit
was in the early-to-mid stage of construction. The possible blending/treating
unit appeared complete. The small unidentified processing unit (Area E) was in
the early stage of construction. In the storage area east of the refinery, four
groups of horizontal tanks had been earth covered and the area was connected to
the refinery by pipeline. The probable products transfer area was complete and
had been connected by pipeline to the storage area. The possible petrochemical
plant was in a very early stage of construction, with only a few support build-
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By February 1971 the catalytic cracking unit was in the late stage of con-
struction. Construction was started on the processing unit in Area L.
On the latest coverage in February 1972, the catalytic cracking unit appear-
ed complete but was not in operation. The small unidentified processing unit in
Area E was operating. One cylindrical storage tank had been added to the storage
area east of the refinery. Construction was continuing on the processing unit in
Area L and the possible petrochemical plant.
Facilities and Equipment
Table 1 lists the functional areas and equipment within the refinery. In the
area which is still under construction, the buildings and processing equipment
are not included in the table or shown in Figure 3. All measurements are round-
ed to the nearest 5 feet.
Table 1. Equipment and Facilities at Yang-lui-ching Petroleum Refinery
(Keyed to Figure 3)
Area
Functional Description Equipment and Facilities
Storage and Water Cooling 2 Cooling towers
1 Truck loading rack
14 Miscellaneous buildings
(one under construction)
42 Cylindrical storage tanks
4 55-foot-diameter
9 40-foot-diameter
4 35-foot-diameter
8 30-foot-diameter
8 20-foot-diameter
7 15-foot-diameter
2 5-foot-diameter
2 Horizontal storage tanks,
50 feet long
Electric Substation Equipment not listed
Housing and Support 38 Miscellaneous buildings
Support 35 Support buildings
Unidentified Processing 1 Unit with
1 column
1 cluster of processing
equipment
2 processing buildings
Support 37 Miscellaneous buildings
Steam Plant Equipment not listed
Crude Oil Distillation 1 Unit with
1 atmospheric column
1 vacuum column
3 other columns
1 cluster of process-
ing equipment
1 bank of heat exchangers/
cooling coils/accumulators
2 furnaces
1 probable crude pre-
treatment building
with 6 horizontal
tanks
1 pump building
1 support building
1 cylindrical storage tank
10 feet in diameter
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Area Functional Description Equipment and Facilities
Possible Blending/Treating 1 Unit with
2 clusters of processing
equipment .
3 processing buildings
Catalytic Cracking 1 Fluid catalytic cracking
unit with
1 cracking section
containing
1 fractionating column
1 reactor
1 flash tower
1 regenerator
2 catalyst hoppers
1 bank of heat
exchangers/cooling
coils/accumulators
1 furnace
1 pump building
1 vapor recovery section
containing
2 columns
1 bank of heat
exchangers/cooling
coils/accumulators
1 processing building
serving both sections
K Storage and Shipping 2 Railcar loading racks
6 Truck loading racks
13 Miscellaneous buildings
4 Cylindrical storage tanks
2 75-foot-diameter
2 55-foot-diameter
20 Horizontal storage tanks,
20 feet long
1 Buried storage tank
(not measured)
2 Water storage basins
1 Water tower
Processing Unit Equipment not listed
Under Construction
M Shell Still (in disuse) Equipment not listed
N Housing
38 Miscellaneous buildings
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