Chiba Kyokuto Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Kyokuto, (Exxon Mobil Co. & Mitsui Petrochemical Co., Ltd.)
• Website: http://kpi.co.jp/
• Location: Chiba, Japan
• Capacity: 7.5 million tons/annum & 152,000m bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A medium sized, medium complexity refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 175.000
• Vacuum Crude Oil Distillation, 83.000
• Catalytic Cracking, 34.000
• Hydro-Cracking, 40.000
• Catalytic Reforming, 28.000
• Naphtha Desulfurizaton, 28.000
• "FCCG Desulfurization", 14.000
• Middle Distillate Desulfurization, 83.500

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil: 1,100,000 kl
• Refined Products: 1,510,000 kl

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Jet Fuel, Diesel

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

• 1968 - Refinery commissioned with 60,000 bpd capacity
• 1972 - Capacity increased to 100,000 bpd
• 1974 - Capacity increased to 150,000 bpd
• 1983 - Hydrocracker and hydrogen unit commissioned
• 2014 - 23,000 bpd Reduction in capacity announced

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1. Refinery Units, (Japanese)
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