(EnergyAsia, November 7) — China’s Sinopec expects to start up a new 8-million-ton/year oil refinery in the Yangpu Development Zone on its southern-most island province of Hainan. Construction of the 10-billion-yuan plant began in April 2004. (US$1=8.08 yuan). Sinopec also plans to build an oil pipeline from Yangpu to Haikou, capital of Hainan Province. According…