TU-SHAN-TZU PETROLEUM REFINERY AND STORAGE TU-SHAN-TZU, CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: June 1, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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Industrial Facilities
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Basic Imagery Interpretation Report
Tu-shan-tzu Petroleum Refinery and Storage
Tu-shan-tzu, China
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
Imagery Analysis Service
Tu-shan-tzu Petroleum Refinery and Storage
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MAP REFERENCE
WAC-P I C NO?5X1
0243-38A
ACIC. USATC Series 200, Sheet 0243-22AL, 1st ed., Apr 60, Scale 1:200,000
(SECRET)
Not Required
The Tu-shan-tzu Petroleum Refinery and Storage is a medium size Chinese
refinery with crude distillation and thermal cracking units. Because of
poor-quality photography, detailed analysis of the refinery was not possible
on coverage from September 1961 through October 1964. Good-quality coverage
in October 1965, however, showed that all facilities were complete and
probably in full operation. Production since then appears to have been con-
tinuous. The products of this refinery include straight-run and cracked
gasolines, kerosene, diesel and fuel oil, asphalt, and possibly some coke.
This report includes a detailed line drawing, a photograph of the area,
mensuration of storage tanks, and a discussion of the status of facilities.
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Tu-shan-tzu Petroleum Refinery and Storage is located on the western
edge of Tu-shan-tzu in the desert area of the Dzungarian Basin, Sinkiang
Uighur Autonomous Region. Reportedly, construction of this refinery was a
joint Sino-Soviet project begun in 1950 at the site of an earlier refinery
which had been abandoned.l/
Crude oil for charging the refinery is brought in by pipeline from the
Ko-la-ma-i Oil Field approximately 100 nautical miles (nm) to the north
and from other Dzungarian Basin fields. Products and crude oil in excess
of that used locally are transported by truck to the nearest rail facilities
at Wu-lu-mu-chi (Urumchi) about 150 nm to the southeast. The roads con-
necting Tu-shan-tzu with the rail facilities appear to be hard-surfaced
all-weather roads.
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Physical Features
This is one of China's medium size refineries. It occupies a rectan-
gular-shaped area which measures approximately 4,500 by 2,000 feet and
covers about 200 acres. Security consists of a wall around the refinery
and a control point at its entrance.
Operational Functions
This refinery is capable of performing both primary and secondary
processing. The major refining equipment consists of two crude oil dis-
tillation units and one probable and three possible thermal crackers. The
products include straight-run and cracked gasolines, kerosene, diesel and
fuel oil, asphalt, and possibly some coke.
The refinery appeared to be in operation on October 1965 photography
and on all subsequent coverage through February 1969.
Construction Status and Activity
Due to the poor resolution and small scale of the photography of this
refinery from September 1961 through October 1964, detailed analysis of its
early development is not possible. During this period, only part of the
processing equipment and some of the storage tanks were distinguishable.
Good-quality small-scale coverage in October 1965 showed that most of
the refinery's present processing facilities and storage tanks were complete.
Since that time, no significant changes have been noted in the refining
facilities and only minor changes in the support and storage areas.
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Facilities and Equipment
The following table lists the functional areas and facilities within
the refinery. Precise identification of the specialized refinery equipment
was.not possible because of the small scale and poor quality of much of the
imagery covering the complex. The tentative identifications of equipment
are based on the overall aspects of the refinery and the relative positions
of the units. All items are keyed to Figure 3.
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES AT THE TU-SHAN-TZU PETROLEUM REFINERY
Area Functional Description Equipment*
A Storage 4 Storage buildings
9 Horizontal tanks
B Crude Oil Storage 5 Support buildings
(3 partially dismantled)
8 Cylindrical tanks,
3 diam. 130 ft.
4 diam. 80 ft.
I diam. 15 ft.
4 Semiburied reservoirs
(I under construction)
C Product and Intermediate 16 Support buildings
Handling and Storage
57 Cylindrical
tanks,
2
diam.
80
ft.
5
diam.
50
ft.
3
diam.
45
ft.
12
diam.
40
ft.
I
diam.
35
ft.
10
d i am.
30
ft.
19
diam.
25
ft.
3
diam.
15
ft.
2
semibu
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D Support 22 Support buildings
I Bank of U/I processing equipment
E Possible Crude Distillation 3 Possible fractionators/strippers
9 Support buildings
I Building with possible furnace
and processing equipment
7 Cylindrical tanks,
6 diam. 15 ft.
I diam. 25 ft.
AIF measurements of tanks have been rounded off to the nearest 5 feet.
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Area Functional Description Equipment
F Possible Thermal Cracking 2 Pipe furnaces
I Bank unidentified processing
equipment (probably a
fractionator, a reactor, and
a flash tower)
6 Support buildings
G Unidentified Processing 3 Possible fractionators
I Building
4 Cylindrical tanks,
4 diam. 35 ft.
H Storage/Support
Probable Thermal Cracking
J Crude Oil Storage
I Bank of cooling towers
I U/I rack (probably for
drum storage)
13 Support buildings
9 Cylindrical tanks,
7 diam. 15 ft.
2 diam. 30 ft.
4 Horizontal tanks
3 Pipe furnaces
3 Columns (possibly including
a fractionator, a reactor,
and a flash tower)
II Support buildings
5 Cylindrical tanks,
4 diam. 25 ft.
I diam. 10 ft.
2 Support buildings
8 Cylindrical tanks,
4 diam. 80 ft.
4 diam. 35 ft.
K Possible Thermal Cracking 2 Pipe furnaces
3 Processing columns
I Bank of U/I processing
equipment (possibly a frac-
tionator, a reactor, and a
flash tower)
4 Support buildings
29 Cylindrical tanks,
4 diam. 30 ft.
9 diam. 25 ft.
16 diam. 15 ft.
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Area Functional Description Equipment
L Storage/Support I Flare tower
2 Banks of cooling towers
8 Support buildings
3 Cylindrical tanks
3 diam. 15 ft.
M Product Handling and I Fractionator
Storage 9 Support buildings
42 Cylindrical tanks,
8 diam. 30 ft.
18 diam. 25 ft.
15 diam. 15 ft.
I diam. 20 ft.
N Crude Distillation I Bank of shell stills
5 Support buildings
(I under construction)
2 Cylindrical tanks,
2 diam. 35 ft.
0 Possible Thermal I Pipe furnace
Cracking 5 Columns (possibly a fractionator,
two reactors, and two flash
towers)
10 Support buildings
I Semiburied reservoir
P Administration and 19 Support/administration
Support buildings
Q Loading Facility 12 Truck loading racks
8 Support buildings
R Support I Bank of cooling towers
9 Support buildings (I under
construction)
I Semiburied reservoir
4 Cylindrical tanks,
I diam. 35 ft.
-2 diam. 15 ft.
I diam. 20 ft.
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Functional Description
S Pumping Station
Equipment
5 Truck loading racks
14 Support buildings (I under
construction)
5 Cylindrical tanks,
I diam. 80 ft.
I diam. 50 ft.
I diam. 35 ft.
2 diam. 30 ft.
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NOTE: LINE DRAWING MADE FROM UNRECTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHY
JRE 3. TU-SHAN-TZU PETROLEUM REFINERY AND STORAGE, CHINA.
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Map
TCS - 1913,5/69.
ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0243-22AL, 1st edition,
Apr 60, Scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
Report No. 1248631,. September 1959 (CONFIDENTIAL)
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Oil Coke by Delayed Coking Process, 21 August 1968
(CONFIDENTIAL)
Successful Trial Production of Grade No. I
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