A view of the Nghi Son petrochemical refinery located in Nghi Son Economic Zone (EZ) in the central province of Thanh Hoa. (Photo: vietnambiz.vn)Thanh Hoa (VNA) – Central ThanhHoa province will put more focus on solving problems for Nghi Son Oil Refineryproject to soon put it into use, said Secretary of the provincial PartyCommittee Trinh Van Chien on November 21.
Chien made the statement while meeting withYota Ona, Director-General of the Natural Resources and Fuel Department of Japan’sMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to discuss the constructionprogress of Vietnam’s largest refinery and petrochemical complex.
The complex is expected to play asignificant role in the province’s economic development as, once in operation,it is set to contribute about 30 trillion VND (over 1.32 billion USD) to thelocal budget annually, Chien told his guest.
The secretary urged Japanese contractors tofast-track the project, stressing the need to also build a lake for treatmentof effluent waters from refining to prevent pollution.
He also asked Ono to introduce investmentopportunities in Thanh Hoa to more Japanese investors with an emphasis on thefields of industry, seaport, transportation, and mining.
The Japanese official, for his part, askedthe provincial government to continue providing favourable conditions for theproject and support Japanese investors in the province.
The 9.2-billion-USDNghi Son Refinery will be the second oil refinery in Vietnam, located in TinhGia district of Thanh Hoa, about 200 km south of Hanoi. Construction began inOctober 2013 and refinery operations are slated for the last quarter of 2017.
The complex is designed to refine about 10million tonnes of crude oil per year. It received the first batch of crude oilfrom Kuwait in August, 2017.-VNA
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