TOKYO, April 20 (Reuters) - Japan's biggest refiner Eneos Corp has been experiencing an unplanned shutdown of the 145,000 barrels-per-day crude distillation unit at its Sendai refinery since April 16, a company spokesperson said on Monday.
The unit had only just resumed operations on April 14 following an unplanned shutdown on March 31, the spokesperson said, without providing further details.
The company, part of Eneos Holdings 5020.T, is also assessing the impact of an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 and tsunami that struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, the spokesperson added.
(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Joe Bavier)
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