Sakai Refinery Upgrade Project

Summary Information

• Ownership: Cosmo Oil
• Website: http://www.cosmo-oil.co.jp/
• Wiki Page: Sakai Refinery
• Location: OSAKA, Japan
• Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 100,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Project Stage: Completed 2010
• Budget: ¥100 billion

The Project

• Project Type: Upgrade
• Project Summary: The new units uses the asphalt fraction as raw material to produce naphtha, jet fuels, and diesel oil. This allows a shift to profitable production, for example, from heavy oil made from crude to middle distillate.
• Main Contractors

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Heavy Oil Cracking Unit(Delayed Coker) 25,000BBL/Day
• Resolved Gasoil Distillate Hydrodesulfurisation Unit 25,000BBL/Day
• Naphtha Hydrodesulfurisation Unit: 17,000BBL/Day

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

• Naphtha, jet fuels, diesel oil and petrocoke

History

• 2006 - Upgrade decision taken
• 2010 - Completion of the Delayed Coker Unit Project

Other Information

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Links

1. Foster Wheeler Delayed Cokers
2. Investment in Sophisticated Oil Refineries and Entry into the Wholesale Business of CARB-diesel on the West Coast Area of the US
3. Completion ceremony for Coker Unit