Chiba Refinery
Summary Information Ownership: Cosmo Oil Website: http://www.cosmo-oil.co.jp/ Location: Chiba, Japan Capacity: 11.2 million tons/annum & 240,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation 110,000 bpd + 130,000 bpd Vacuum Distillation Unit 20,000 bpd + 60,000 bpd Prefractionator Unit 23,000 bpd Catalytic Reforming Unit 11,500 bpd + 25,000 bpd Reformate Splitter 9,000 bpd + 20,000 bpd Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit 40,000 bpd FCC Gasoline Hydrodesulfurization Unit 24,000 bpd Hydrodesulfurization Units 8,000 bpd + 26,000 bpd + 55,000 bpd + 50,000 bpd Isomerization Unit 6,000 bpd Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Unit 35,000 bpd Hydrogen Recovery by Membranes Separation System Unit 331,200 m³N / day Fuel Oil Hydrodesulfurization Unit 36,000 bpd + 36,000 bpd No.1 Hydrogen Producing Unit 648,000 m³N / day No.10·20 Hydrogen Producing Unit 880,000 m³N / day × 2 Sulfur Recovery Unit(With Tail Gas Treating Unit) 150 t / day × 3 Blown Asphalt Unit 3,600 t / month Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: (13units) 930,000kl Finished Product /Semi-processed Product Tanks (119units) 1,490,000kl Lubricating Oil Tanks (66units) 24,000kl Sulfur Tanks (2units) 13,200kl Asphalt Tanks (20units) 28,000kl LPG Tanks (23units) 52,700kl Crude Supply Crude is primarily supplied from the Middle East, including UAE, S Arabia, Qatar, Iran & Kuwait Products Produced LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil, Asphalt, Sulphur Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1963 - Refinery commissioned 1967 - Asphalt Unit commissioned 1969 - Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization & Hydrogen Units added 1977 - Residuum Hydrodesulfurization & Hydrogen Units commissioned 2006 - Fire and explosion in the desulfurization unit 2010 - Nameplate capacity reduced by 20,000 to 220,000 bbl/day 2011 - Refinery fire occurs after an earthquake 2012 - Restart of CDU damaged in the fire Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Japanese Refining Capacities Chiyoda Crude Distillation Units Chiyoda Blown Asphalt Bitumen Units Chiyoda Residuum Hydrodesulfurization Units Chiyoda Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Units Chiyoda Hydrogen Manufacturing Units Chiyoda Sulfur Recovery Units Chiyoda H2S Removal Units With Amine Chiyoda Sour Water Stripping Units Reduction of CDU Nameplate Capacity Preparations for Start-Up of Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) at Chiba Refinery Start-Up of Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) at Chiba Refinery Preparations to Resume Operation of the #1 CDU at Chiba Refinery Following Completion of the Safety Inspection Cosmo Oil, Implementation of Restructuring of Refinery Supply
