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* 1941 - Refinery commenced operations
 
* 1941 - Refinery commenced operations
 
* 1968 - Hydrogen unit commissioned
 
* 1968 - Hydrogen unit commissioned
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* 2016 - Merger of Tonen General and JX holdings brought refinery under Eneos control
 
* 2022 - Eneos announced the planned closure of the refinery
 
* 2022 - Eneos announced the planned closure of the refinery
  

Revision as of 09:15, 25 January 2022

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

  • -

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

  • -

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

Links

  1. Japanese Refining Capacities
  2. Chiyoda Hydrogen Manufacturing Units