Sakaide Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Cosmo Oil
• Website: http://www.cosmo-oil.co.jp/
• Location: Sakaide, Kagawa, Japan
• Capacity: 5.5 million tons/annum & 110,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A medium sized medium complexity refinery, it has now been closed and converted into a terminal

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation - 140,000 barrels / day
• Vacuum Distillation Unit 41,500 barrels / day
• Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit 20,000 barrels / day
• Naphtha Hydrodesulfurization Unit 16,000 barrels / day
• Catalytic Reforming Unit 14,000 barrels / day
• Reformate Splitter 13,000 barrels / day
• Kerosene&Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Unit 27,000 barrels / day
• Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Unit 40,000 barrels / day
• Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Unit 17,200 barrels / day
• Fuel Oil Hydrodesulfurization Unit 30,000 barrels / day
• No.1 Hydrogen Producing Unit 324,000 m3N / day
• No.2 Hydrogen Producing Unit 654,000 m3N / day
• Hydrogen Purification Unit 600,000 m3N / day
• No.1 Sulfur Recovery Unit 80 t / day
• No.2 Sulfur Recovery Unit 185 t / day
• Propylene Splitter Unit 1,400 barrels / day
• Gas Washing Unit 300,000 m3N / day
• Tail Gas Treating Unit 840,000 m3N / day
• Liquified Carbon Dioxide Unit 100 t / day
• FCC Gasoline Hydrodesulfurization Unit 12,000 barrels / day
• Light Naphtha Merox Unit 5,000 barrels / day

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil: 709,000kl
• Refined Products: 892,900kl

Crude Supply

• Crude is primarily supplied from the Middle East, including UAE, S Arabia, Qatar, Iran & Kuwait

Products Produced

• LPG, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel

Projects

• Cosmo plans to convert the refinery into a terminal

Other Information

• The refinery has been closed down

History

• 1972 - Refinery commissioned
• 1980 - Residuum Hydrodesulfurization & Hydrogen units commissioned
• 2010 - Nameplate capacity reduced by 30,000 to 110,000 bbl/day
• 2012 - Cosmo announces it is to close the refinery in 2013
• 2013 - Refinery closed down

Links

1. Cosmo Oil, Sakaide Refinery
2. [[[Chiyoda Hydrogen Manufacturing Units]]]
3. [[[Chiyoda Residuum Hydrodesulfurization Units]]]
4. [[[Chiyoda Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Units]]]
5. Reduction of CDU Nameplate Capacity
6. Restructuring of Cosmo Oil Refinery Supply
7. Cosmo Oil, Implementation of Restructuring of Refinery Supply