On June 27th, the hydrostatic test of nearly 800cubic meters for the vacuum tower constructed by the Company for ZhenhaiRefining & Chemical Co., Ltd.'s 2.6 million-ton/year fluidized bed residuehydrotreating unit and residue hydrocracking unit was successfully completed atYufan Base.

The device has a minimum wall thickness of 12+3mm, a maximum wall thickness of 24 mm, a maximum diameter of 6.4 m, a length of38 m and a total weight of approximately 140 tons.

It was reported that the subsequent sandblastingwork of the equipment was being carried out in an orderly manner and planned tobe delivered in the near future.