Sendai Refinery

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Summary Information

• Ownership: Nippon Oil
• Website: http://www.hd.jx-group.co.jp/
  • List of Nippon Oil Refineries
• Location: Sendai, Miyagi, Northern Japan
• Capacity: 7.5 million tons/annum & 145,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• A medium sized, medium complexity refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation, 145,000
• Vacuum Crude Oil Distillation, 60,000
• Catalytic Cracking 43000
• Alkylation 9000
• Catalytic Reforming 54000
  • for petrochemical 2000
• Naphtha Desulfurizaton 48000
• "FCCG Desulfurization" 31000
• Middle Distillate Desulfurization 34000
• Direct Desulfurization 52000
• Indirect Desulfurization 40000

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• -

Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline

Ongoing Projects

• -

Other Information

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History

• 1971 - Refinery commissioned with 40,000 bpd capacity
• 1992 - RFCC project completed
• 1996 - Residuum Hydrodesulfurisation & Hydrogen unit completed
• 2011 - A fire broke out in and LPG tank following a major earthquake

Relevant Links

1. JGC Refinery References
2. Chiyoda Crude Distillation Units
3. Chiyoda Vacuum Flasher Vacuum Distillation Units
4. Chiyoda Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units
5. Chiyoda Catalytic Reforming Units
6. Chiyoda Residuum Hydrodesulfurization Units
7. Chiyoda Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Units
8. Chiyoda Sweetening Units
9. Chiyoda Hydrogen Manufacturing Units
10. Chiyoda Sulfur Recovery Units
11. Chiyoda H2S Removal Units With Amine
12. Chiyoda Claus Tail Gas Treating Units
13. Chiyoda Sour Water Stripping Units
14. Nippon Oil, Impact of earthquake northeastern Taiheiyou

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