PetroChina has put an 11,000 cubic metre oil products tank into operation in Chongqing. The municipality has suffered from tight oil product supplies for several years due to poor transportation links.

The tank, built in Qianjiang city, southeastern Chongqing, and alongside the railway, will store and transfer oil products supplied by train. It is able to transfer 168,000 tonnes of oil products a year and should ease the pressure on local supplies.

PetroChina operates 35 petrol stations in Chongqing and accounts for 95 per cent of the market share in the region.