Japan's Idemitsu shuts 190,000-bpd CDU at Chiba refinery after quake
16/02/2021 24:59
TOKYO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu
Kosan Co 5019.T has shut a 190,000-barrel-per-day crude
distillation unit (CDU) at its Chiba refinery, east of Tokyo,
shortly after it was hit by an earthquake on Saturday, a company
spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
The 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern
Japan on Saturday, injuring dozens of people and triggering
widespread power outages. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2KJ071
The Chiba CDU was shut down automatically after the quake
triggered a power outage, the spokeswoman said, adding that it
had not set a date to restart yet although no damage was found.
(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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