Japan's Fuji Oil relied on Iranian crude for 30 pct of total in Apr-Sept

Fuji Oil Co (Shinagawa)

08/11/2018 06:30

TOKYO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - 
    * Japanese refiner Fuji Oil Co  5017.T  relied on Iranian
crude
oil for roughly 30 percent of the oil it processed at its
143,000-bpd Sodegaura refinery in April-September, its
president, Atsuo Shibota, said on Thursday.
    * Company officials did not give the exact volumes processed
at
the firm's sole refinery. But the share was down from 36 percent
in the business year that ended on March 31.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SG2G6
    * The company is considering whether to resume imports of
Iranian
oil after Japan got a waiver from U.S. sanctions on Tehran,
Shibota said, adding that Iranian oil is competitively priced
against rival grades.


 (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori
Editing by Joseph Radford)
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