Chinese oil refinery operator Hongrun Petrochemical Company has been granted a license by ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing to use the latter 's FLEXICOKING technology for a new residuum treatment facility . China 's reduced - emissions FLEXICOKING system combines fluid coking with gas - based gasification to convert heavy oils into lighter products . ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC has made an agreement with Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co. Ltd, to license ExxonMobil’s FLEXICOKINGTM technology to build a resid upgrading unit at Sinochem Hongrun It will be deployed at Sinochem Hongrun ’s High - End Industrial Park in China 's Shandong Province , and is set to be operational in 2020 .
Chinese oil refinery operator Hongrun Petrochemical Company has been granted a license by ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing to use the latter 's FLEXICOKING technology for a new residuum treatment facility . China 's reduced - emissions FLEXICOKING system combines fluid coking with gas - based gasification to convert heavy oils into lighter products . It will be deployed at Sinochem Hongrun ’s High - End Industrial Park in China 's Shandong Province , and is set to be operational in 2020 .