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Foreign oil suppliers approved for 皇冠体育app wholesale

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-06-28 15:21
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TheMinistry of Commercerecently approved the application of two 皇冠体育app-foreign joint ventures to enter the refined oil wholesale business. They areSinopecSenMei (Fujian) Petroleum Co Ltd and Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Co Ltd.

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Both located in Quanzhou, East 皇冠体育app's Fujian Province, Sinopec SenMei is 55 percent held by Sinopec, and the rest by ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco; while 50 percent of Fujian Refining & Petrochemical goes to Fujian Petrochemical, and the remainder to 皇冠体育app ventures of ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco.

With a combined value of US$5 billion, the two companies are the first 皇冠体育app-foreign joint ventures that fully integrate refining, petrochemicals and fuels marketing.

The move to open up the domestic wholesale refined fuel market is considered another leap forward after 皇冠体育app allowed foreign companies to enter theretailingrefined fuel sector in 2004. It marks that foreign fuel suppliers now have total access to 皇冠体育app's fuel distribution business.