Sinopec to raise crude runs in Gaoqiao after repairs source

BEIJING, Nov 4 (Reuters) China Petroleum & Chemcial Corp (Sinopec) will raise crude oil throughput at its Gaoqiao refinery in November by some 13 percent from October as it brings a coking unit back online after repairs, an industry source said on Friday.

The top refiner in Asia lowered crude runs in the 260,000 barrelsperday (bpd) plant in the suburb of Shanghai since the 1.4 milliontonneperyear delayed coking unit caught fire on Sept. 23.