PetroChina Yunnan refinery to be operational by June

China National Petroleum Corp, the country's largest oil and gas producer, aims to start operating its new refinery in the country's southwestern Yunnan province by June, an auxiliary project of the China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline.

The first batch of refined oil products is due in early September, said Yu Mingxiang, a senior engineer at PetroChina Yunnan Petrochemical Company Limited.

The refinery is expected to produce 3.76 million metric tons of gasoline, 5,48 million tons of diesel and 1.2 million tons of jet fuel each year, Yu said during a news conference in Beijing on Thursday.