Ponghwa Chemical Factory

The Ponghwa Chemical Factory (Korean: 봉화화학공장, "Torchlight Chemical Factory") is the larger of North Korea's two oil refineries. Construction began in 1976, and the site was fully operational in September 1980.[1]

It is located in Sinŭiju, on the river border with Dandong in China, and originally was supplied with crude by rail from the Daqing oilfields in China.[2][3] The other refinery is the Sŭngri Refinery on North Korea's Tumen River border with Russia.

In 2019, NK News reported that to the refinery was expanded with Fluid catalytic cracking being implemented into the refinery, likely increasing production of gasoline and diesel.[4]

References

  1. ^ Phillips, Lennie; Pili, Giangiuseppe; Corbett, Sean (May 2023). "Ponghwa Chemical Factory North Korea's Chemical Facilities: Site Profile 1" (PDF). Royal United Services Institute. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  2. ^ Business in Korea North for Everyone 1438772475 2013 North Korea has two oil refineries: Sŭngri located in the east coast, which was built with the aid from the old Soviet Union, and Ponghwa located in an area 14km from Sinŭiju on the west coast, which was built with the aid from China.
  3. ^ Annual of Power and Conflict - Page 357 1981 "The second phase of the Ponghwa oil refinery increased North Korea's annual oil refinery capacity to about 4-5m. tons. The refinery, built with Chinese aid, can process about 2-5m. tons of petroleum a year. (The refinery at Unggi in North-East ..."
  4. ^ Byrne, Leo (2019-08-04). "Satellite imagery shows upgrade at North Korea's functioning refinery". NK News. Retrieved 2019-08-12.

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