Kubiki Refinery

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Also known as Teiseki Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Inpex
• Website: http://www.inpex.co.jp/
• Location: Niigata prefecture in northern Japan
• Capacity: million tons/annum & 4,700 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A small scale condensate refinery, it is Japan's smallest refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• LPG recovery equipment 250kl/d (1,573bbl/d)
• Chemical treating unit 190kl/d (1,195bbl/d)

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil: 4 tanks (9,100kl)
• Refined Products: 24 tanks (17,860kl)
• LPG: 4 tanks (150t)

Crude Supply

• Domestically produced gas condensate, orginally from the Kubiki Oil and Gas Field. Since 2001 it has processed the condensate produced from the Minami Nagaoka Gas Field

Products Produced

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Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

• The refinery has been closed down

History

• 1963 - The refinery is commissioned
• 2001 - Started to process condensate produced from the Minami Nagaoka Gas Field
• 2012 - Inpex announces it is to close the refinery
• 2012 - Kubiki Refinery closed

Relevant Links

1. Inpex to close smallest Japan refinery by end of 2012
2. Termination of refining business at the “Kubiki Refinery”, Japan

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