The Chinese giant Sinopec Corp., largest refiner of oil in Asia, announced that it was trying to
improve its facilities for desulphurization and provide clean
petroleum products from 2014 in order to meet the concerns of the public regarding the quality of the oil.
petroleum products from 2014 in order to meet the concerns of the public regarding the quality of the oil.
The
company said on Friday in a press release that it would modernize its
desulphurization facilities in 12 refineries by end 2013 and sell
petroleum products in accordance with the national standard 4, governing
emissions of pollutants.
Beijing
is the only city in China to have adopted the national standard 5, the
equivalent of the Euro 5 standard for emissions from the vehicles, which
limits the sulphur to 10 ppm (part per million).
Developed
regions of the country, including Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, use
the national standard 4 (50 ppm), while the rest of the country adopts
national standard 3 (150 ppm).
Clouds
of pollution repeated this winter have caused an uproar among public opinion about the bad quality of the oil, because it aggravates air
pollution. Fu Chengyu, Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Sinopec, recognized that refining companies are directly responsible for the smog.
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