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TSU legislator pans
CPC¡¦s alleged PetroChina plans
Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan Solidarity Union Legislator Hsu Chung-hsin (³\©¾«H) yesterday opposed the
idea of state-owned oil refiner CPC Corp, Taiwan, setting up 200 gas stations in
China¡¦s Fujian Province, refining oil for PetroChina Co and reselling oil
products to China.
Hsu said that the CPC is allegedly planning to cooperate with PetroChina in an
effort to improve its performance.
Hsu said that oil refineries produce air pollution and high carbon emissions,
and if CPC and PetroChina were to cooperate, it would definitely cause air
pollution in Taiwan to become even more serious and would undermine public
health.
¡§This would render Taiwan unable to reach its goal of cutting carbon emissions,¡¨
Hsu told a press conference.
On the other hand, only PetroChina and the residents of China¡¦s southeastern
coastal provinces would receive benefits, he added.
In response, CPC said the company is still assessing a cooperation project with
China.
CPC Trading Department head Bi Su-chien (²¦²QãÈ) said the company is not selling
its oil products in China and that a plan to cooperate with PetroChina to set up
gasoline stations in Fujian Province is still being assessed.
According to Chen Su-ming (³¯«ä©ú), a section head of the state-owned Enterprise
Commission under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, CPC refines 700,000 tonnes of
oil products daily.
As supply surpasses demand, about 11 percent of gasoline, 30 percent of diesel
oil and 3 percent of fuel oil are exported to Indonesia, the Philippines and New
Zealand, Chen said.
¡§Actively tapping new markets is an issue CPC must address,¡¨ Chen added.
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