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The project comprises a 10Mt/a atmospheric/vacuum distillation unit, a 3Mt/a residue hydrodesulfurization unit, a 2.2Mt/a wax oil hydrocracking unit, a 3.5 Mt/a diesel hydrotreating unit, a 2.5Mt/a heavy oil catalytic cracking unit, a 600kt/a gas fractionation unit, a 170kt/a MTBE unit, an integrated 2Mt/a continuous reforming + 600kt/a PX unit, a 65kt/a butene unit and a 300kt/a polypropylene unit. Launched in 2009, the project went on stream in 2013, and is capable of processing 10 million tons of crude and producing 800,000 tons of ethylene every year.