Idemitsu Kosan Chiba Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Idemitsu Kosan
• Website: http://www.idemitsu.co.jp/
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• Location: Chiba, Japan
• Capacity: 11.0 million tons/annum & 220,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

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Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 220.000
• Vacuum Crude Oil Distilltion 66.000
• Catalytic Cracking 45.000
• Catalytic Reforming 17.000
• Naphtha Desulfurizaton 26.000
• "FCCG Desulfurization" 13.600
• Middle Distillate Desulfurization 127.000
  • Direct Desulfurization 40.000
  • Indirect Desulfurization 39.000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

• Gasoline

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

• The refinery is an example of efficiency
• Since 1986, this refinery has received awards at the National Excellent Energy Saving Examples Convention, held by the Energy Conservation Center, Japan, for 22 consecutive years.

History

• 1975 - Refinery commissioned
• 2005 - Gasoline Desulfurization Unit commissioned

Relevant Links

1. Idemitsu CSR
2. Chiyoda Gasoline Selective Desulfurization Units

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