Yamaguchi Refinery
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Summary Information

Brief Description

  • A medium sized medium complexity refinery

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Vacuum Crude Oil Distillation - 44,000
  • Catalytic Cracking - 28,000
  • Catalytic Reforming - 51,700
  • Desulphurisation
    • Naphtha - 34,000
    • FCC Gasoline - 13,000
    • Middle Distillate - 57,000

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

  • LPG, Gasoline, Jet Fuel, Diesel

Ongoing Projects

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Other Information

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History

  • 1969 - Refinery operations began with 50,000 bbl/day capacity
  • 1973 - Capacity increased to 110,000 bbl/day
  • 1976 - Capacity increased to 190,000 bbl/day
  • 1986 - Fluid catalytic cracking unit commissioned
  • 1989 - Light naphtha isomerization unit completed
  • 1994 - Distillate Dewaxing Unit completed
  • 1996 - Finished gasoline & diesel desulfurization equipment
  • 2004 - Finished gasoline hydrogenation refining unit (Low-sulfur gasoline facility completed)
  • 2009 - Continuous catalytic regenerative catalytic reformer commissioned
  • 2015 - Shell agrees to sell Showa to Idemitsu

Relevant Links

  1. Seibu Oil History (Japanese)
  2. Chiyoda Crude Distillation Units
  3. Chiyoda Isomerization Units
  4. Chiyoda Distillate Dewaxing Units
  5. Chiyoda Catalytic Reforming Units
  6. Chiyoda Naphtha And Middle Distillate Hydrodesulfurization U
  7. Chiyoda Sulfur Recovery Units
  8. Chiyoda Sour Water Stripping Units
  9. Chiyoda Hydrogen Manufacturing Units
  10. Chiyoda Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units
  11. Chiyoda H2S Removal Units With Amine
  12. Chiyoda Sweetening Units
  13. Chiyoda Vacuum Flasher Vacuum Distillation Units
  14. Chiyoda Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrodesulfurization Units
  15. Chiyoda Residuum Hydrodesulfurization Units
  16. Chiyoda Claus Tail Gas Treating Units
  17. Shell to sell its shareholding in Showa Shell to Idemitsu

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