Dung Quat Refinery is planned to stop its operation in two months next year, according to Mr. Nguyen Hoai Giang, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited.
It is estimated that the refinery switched off will reduce one million tons of product next year, accounting for 15 percent down of company’s revenue, and the tax payment to the national budget will also decline 15 percent.
Giang said that the operation interruption of the refinery is to start early May in 2014 for the sake of agenda technical maintenance, adding that the safety and security will be tied during the time of maintenance.
Earlier, the first stop was made in mid-July, 2011 that was contracted between the two sides, the refinery’s builder – Technip Consortium and PVN, the project owner.
As signed, the first maintenance was carried out after two years since its first products came on stream on Feb. 22 in 2009.
The stop of Refinery next year is said to affect on the provincial economic development. Quang Ngai Government plans to cut some the figures set forth for next year, such as 1 percent of GDP, 3,000 billion VND in national tax collection, and 10 percent in industrial processing value.
Minh Chau
Đăng ký: VietNam News