(MENAFN) China's Sinopec Group, Asia's largest refiner, has stopped operations at three plants, including two refineries in the southern province of Guangdong, for environmental checks, Reuters reported.
The company said that the two refineries are Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical Corp and Sinopec Dongxing refinery, with a combined crude processing capacity of 370,000 barrels per day (bpd).
The move came following reports by the Chinese state television that the plants, which also include a small petrochemical plant, had environmental problems.
State-run Beijing Youth Daily cited local environmental officials as saying that Dongxing plant was alleged by a local environmental agency to have been disposing of industrial waste water through its rain drainage system and had previously been ordered by the agency to halt production.
The paper also reported two emergency tanks at the Guangzhou refinery, a 270,000-bpd plant, were holding liquids that could cause pollution in the case of an accident.
Sinopec said it would thoroughly investigate the cases and would hold managers responsible.
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