Construction of a 10-million ton refinery and chemical complex joint venture between Sinopec and Kuwait Petroleum Corp. and other parties will start in Nansha, Guangdong province, China, this year. Its construction has drawn much concern from local citizens and experts because of environment issue. As of now, the environmental impact assessment of Nansha joint venture hasn’t passed the national examination, according to Guangdong provincial environmental protection department. The joint venture is expected to be built with a proposed investment USD 7.289 billion and go into operation in 2012.
