Osaka 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: Osaka, Japan
• Capacity: 5.75 million tons/annum & 115,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A medium sized medium complexity refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation - 115,000
• Vacuum Crude Oil Distillation - 60,000
• Catalytic Cracking - 27,000
• Alkylation - 8,000
• Catalytic Reforming - 17,000
• Naphtha Desulfurizaton - 22,000
• Middle Distillate Desulfurization - 46,000
• Indirect Desulfurization - 23,000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• -

Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Diesel

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

• Nippon plans to bring in CNPC as a partner for this refinery

History

• 1970 - Inaugurated as the Osaka Refinery of Koa Oil Co., Ltd.
• 1971 - Started operation (refining capacity of 80,000 barrels per day)
• 1992 - Refining capacity expanded to 95,000 barrels per day
• 1993 - Refining capacity expanded to 104,000 barrels per day
• 1998 - Started electric power sales
• 2002 - Merger of Koa brought refinery to Nippon
• 2003 - Refining capacity expanded to 115,000 barrels per day
• 2004 - Gasoil hydrotreater started
• 2008 - Nippon Oil and CNPC Sign “Letter of Intent to Establish a Joint Refinery”

Relevant Links

1. Summaries of Nippon Petroleum Refining and the Osaka Refinery
2. Chiyoda Sulfur Recovery Units
3. Chiyoda Hydrogen Manufacturing Units
4. Chiyoda Sour Water Stripping Units
5. Chiyoda Catalytic Reforming Units
6. Chiyoda Naphtha And Middle Distillate Hydrodesulfurization U
7. Chiyoda Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Units
8. Apology for Fraudulent Inspections at Marifu and Osaka Refineries
9. Nippon Oil and CNPC Sign “Letter of Intent to Establish a Joint Refinery”

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