CNPC postpones startup of major southern China plant

Published: 22 Apr 2009 00:07:01 PST

BEIJING, April 22 - Top Chinese oil firm CNPC will postpone the startup of its first major refinery in southern China to the first half of 2010 from the second half of this year, a company newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The 200,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Guangxi refinery will finish construction by the end of this year and start operation in the first half of 2010, Wu Enlai, general manager of Guangxi refinery, was quoted as saying by the China Petroleum Daily.