On 30 March, PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical Company launched the construction of a products export pipeline for its 10 mt/a refining project.

The construction engineering includes a pipeline and matching oil tanks. The 190.6 km-long pipeline, with a designed annual deliverability of 5 million metric tonsl, starts at Qinzhou Port and ends at Nanning City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The matching oil tanks will have a total capacity of 240,000 cubic meters. The whole project is expected to be completed and put into operation in December this year.