Muroran Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Nippon Oil
- Website: http://www.noe.jx-group.co.jp/english/
- List of Nippon Oil Refineries
- Location: Muroran, Iburi, HokkaidÅ, Japan
- Capacity: 9.0 million tons/annum & 180,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A medium sized medium complexity refinery
- the refinery has been closed down
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation, 180,000
- Vacuum Crude Oil Distillation, 65,000
- Catalytic Cracking, 30,000
- Hydro-Cracking, 45,000
- Catalytic Reforming, 36,000
- Naphtha Desulfurizaton, 97,000
- Middle Distillate Desulfurization, 63,500
- Direct Desulfurization, 16,000
- Co-Generation
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Some of the crude is supplied from Saudi Arabia
Products Produced
- LPG, Gasoline, Diesel
Ongoing Projects
- The refinery was closed in 2014
Other Information
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History
- 1973 - Desulphurisation & Catalytic Reforming units commissioned
- 1982 - Residuum Hydrodesulfurization & Hydrogen Units added
- 2004 - Co-generation project completed
- 2012 - Nippon oil decides to close the refinery and convert the site to petrochemicals
- 2014 - The refinery was closed
Relevant Links
- The Nippon Petroleum Refining Corporation launches commercial operations for its Muroran Refinery's Co-generation
- Chiyoda Residuum Hydrodesulfurization Units
- Chiyoda Hydrogen Manufacturing Units
- Chiyoda Naphtha And Middle Distillate Hydrodesulfurization U
- Chiyoda Catalytic Reforming Units
- Restructuring Muroran Refinery
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