MOSCOW (MRC) -- China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) has officially commenced operations at its new lubricant facility in Singapore, reported Hydrocarbonprocessing.
The lubricant plant, with an initial production capacity of 100,000 tpy, is the company's first direct overseas investment.
The company, a unit of China Petrochemical Corp., said it plans to expand its operations in Asia-Pacific, with the Singapore plant as its regional hub.
"The Asia-Pacific region is the largest and fastest-growing lubricants market, accounting for almost 42% of the global lubricants market in 2012," commented Yeoh Keat Chuan, the managing director of Singapore's Economic Development Board.
Lubricants consumption is expected to reach 17 million tons by 2017, he said.
We remind that, as MRC informed previously, Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Aramco, and Sinopec Group, are expected to start their joint Yanbu, Saudi Arabia-based oil refinery operations by the end of 2014.
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec Limited is a Chinese oil and gas company based in Beijing, China. It is listed in Hong Kong and also trades in Shanghai and New York . Sinopec is the worlds fifth biggest company by revenue.
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