In September 2007 China’s first DRYVac™ VRU was successfully commissioned by SYMEX Americas. This new and highly advanced system was installed by local representative Bay Oil and Equipment Company (Beijing).

The following press release was issued by Sinopec to commemorate the event.

“On September 11th, 2007, Zhang Lijun, Deputy Director of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA, China’s EPA), accompanied by Shi Hanmin, Director of Beijing Bureau of Environmental Protection, and related officials of Sinopec, went to the Changxindian Terminal to inspect the Bay Oil’s vapor recovery project. Director Zhang of SEPA asked in great detail on the operational principle and recovery rate of our VRU, and showed his satisfaction on the dry adsorption technology and annual economic return

Also, Direction Zhang, Director Shi with Beijing EPA and other officials got a comprehensive idea of the VRU’s structure, principle of operation, and installation process and start-up.

Deputy Director Zhang and other officials fully affirmed what Bay Oil had done, and required Bay Oil to work even harder to further contribute to the energy conservation and emission reduction, as well as in the Beijing Air Clean-up effort.”