Wakayama Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Eneos
- Website: https://www.eneos.co.jp/
- Location: Wakayama, Japan
- Capacity: 6.5 million tons/annum & 127,500 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A complex refinery with cracking capability
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation, 170,000
- Vacuum Crude Oil Distillation, 74,000
- Catalytic Cracking, 39,000
- Alkylation, 3,600
- Catalytic Reforming, 23,000
- FCCG Desulfurization, 14,000
- Middle Distillate Desulfurization, 82,000
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
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Products Produced
- The oil refinery produces not only gasoline and other oil products, but also lubricants for automobiles and machines, as well as feedstocks for petrochemical products.
Ongoing Projects
- The refinery is to be closed down in 2023
Other Information
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History
- 1941 - Refinery commenced operations
- 1968 - Hydrogen unit commissioned
- 2016 - Merger of Tonen General and JX holdings brought refinery under Eneos control
- 2022 - Eneos announced the planned closure of the refinery