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2nd Nov 2020: Located in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, the Gulei complex includes 8 ethylene cracking furnaces, among them the No. 3 cracking furnace which was recently transported and installed is 30.5 meters long, 21.8 meters wide, 70 meters high, and weighs 4000 tons. (Source)

28^th May 2021: The key 800,000 t/yr ethylene cracker including 8 ethylene cracking furnaces utilized Sinopec’s self-developed technology to produce ethylene polymer-grade ethylene and polymer-grade propylene, etc. (Source)

3^rd Aug 2021: Gulei PC's 800,000 t/yr steam cracker with flexible feedstocks aims to start up next month. Market participants estimate that the terminal will help meet about 200,000–300,000 t/yr of the cracker's LPG demand. JV partner Fujian Chemical can supply an additional 500,000 t/yr of propane-butane mix for the cracker by pipeline from its nearby 1.6mn t/yr paraxylene (PX) plant. The cracker's naphtha needs will also be met by a combination of imports and supplies from Fujian Chemical's PX plant. (Source)

11^th May 2023: The steam cracking unit of the Gulei Refining and Chemical Integration Project successfully produced qualified ethylene. (Source)