Japan's Cosmo Oil shuts No.1 CDU in Chiba refinery, restarts Sakai unit

COSMO ENERGY HOLDINGS

19/10/2023 08:12

TOKYO, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Japan's Cosmo Oil, a unit of
Cosmo Energy Holdings  5021.T , shut down the 75,000
barrels-per-day (bpd) No.1 crude distillation unit (CDU) at the
Chiba refinery, near Tokyo, on Oct. 7 for planned maintenance, a
company spokesperson said on Thursday.
    The maintenance is scheduled to continue until early
December, he said.
    Meanwhile, Cosmo has restarted the 100,000 bpd CDU at its
Sakai refinery in western Japan on Oct. 16 after turnaround
which started on Aug. 18, the spokesperson said.

 (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Muralikumar
Anantharaman)
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