Aichi Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Idemitsu Kosan Co Website: http://www.idemitsu.com/ Location: Aichi, Japan Capacity: 8.0 million tons/annum & 160,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description Medium complexity refinery, of medium size Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation, 160,000 Vacuum Crude Oil Distillation, 16,000 Resdiual Catalytic Cracking, 50,000 Alkylation, 10,000 Catalytic Reforming, 20,000 Naphtha Desulfurizaton, 30,000 FCC Gasoline Desulfurization, 15,800 Middle Distillate Desulfurization, 83,000 Heavy Oil Desulfurization, 60,000 Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply Crude is mostly purchased from the Middle East Has used Azeri light crude Products Produced Low Sulphur Fuel Oil Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1975 - Refinery Start up Relevant Links First procurement in Japan of Azeri Crude Oil produced in the Republic of Azerbaijan Outline of Refineries of Both Companies in Aichi Prefecture Japan's Idemitsu shuts desulphuriser after problem