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Article: China : New Chinese complex contrasts with US refinery slowdown.
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- November 12, 2009
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Byline: manish03
Exxon Mobil Corp. and partners were expected to announce early today the completion of a $5 billion refining and chemical complex in China's Fujian province, a sprawling project that arrives as U.S. refineries and chemical plants are closing.
The complex in the city of Quanzhou, which Exxon Mobil developed with Saudi Aramco, China's Sinopec and the Fujian government, will expand production of transportation fuels like diesel and widely used building block chemicals, demand for both of which is projected to grow rapidly in China in coming years.
As such, it is a show of confidence by one of the world's biggest economies about ...