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Chemical plant explodes in Southeast China
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AN explosion hit part of an oil storage facility this evening at Dragon Aromatics, an independent petrochemical producer in southeastern China, Xinhua new agency reported.
The blast happened around 7 pm at a pumping station for a condensate storage at the plant in Zhangzhou in Fujian Province that produces paraxylene, or PX, a chemical used in making polyester fibre and plastics, state media said.
Xinhua quoted an official from the plant as saying one person was injured had been reported. It was not immediately known if any of the plant's production facilities were affected or shut.
Dragon Aromatics officials were not immediately available for comment.
The Zhangzhou fire department said on its microblog 430 fire fighters were sent to the scene.
Dragon Aromatics, owned by Xianglu Group, a Taiwanese petrochemical group, is one of the largest independently-run PX producers in China.
The plant is set to expand its condensate splitter by almost 40 percent by end of this month to 5.5 million tons a year (137,000 barrels per day), an industry source said.
A condensate splitter processes condensate into naphtha, which is then used as feedstock to produce PX.
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