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16^th Apr 2020: China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) subsidiary Wuhan Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has commissioned the first commercial-scale revamp of a hydrogen fluoride (HF)-based alkylation unit at its 161,000-b/d refinery in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. The 7,500-b/d unit, based on composite ionic liquid (IL) alkylation technology and commissioned on Jan. 21, 2020, has been operating at reduced capacity due to decreased fuel demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Well Resources Inc., licensor for Beijing-based China University of Petroleum’s (CUP) Ionikylation process, on Apr. 15. (Source)