Shaanxi taps companies for more diesel fuel

China’s northwestern Shaanxi provincial government has asked local refiners–China National Petroleum Corp., Sinopec Corp. and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group–to channel 23% more diesel fuel to the local market. The three companies are required to supply 3,000 metric tons (mt) more diesel fuel to Shaanxi province, on top of the 13,000 mt per day that they have been supplying before this week, the government said. (November 18, 2010)