Japan refiners' maintenance plans for CDUs through 2020

Fuji Oil Co (Shinagawa)

09/03/2020 02:04

TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) - Japanese oil refiners have shut
or are planning to shut 18 crude distillation units (CDUs) this
year for scheduled maintenance or other reasons, according to
the companies, industry sources and media reports.
    The following table outlines details of the schedules, based
on the latest information available. Capacity is in 1,000
barrels per day (bpd). 
    Japan has 29 CDUs and a condensate splitter with a total
capacity of 3.52 million bpd.
    JXTG plans to shut down the 115,000-bpd Osaka refinery that
it owns with PetroChina in October, bringing down the total to
3.4 million bpd.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N24O1OI
    The operators include JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, a unit
of JXTG Holdings Inc  5020.T , Idemitsu Kosan  5019.T , Cosmo
Oil  5021.T , Toa Oil  5008.T  and Fuji Oil  5017.T .
    
    
          Refinery        CDU  Capacity                   Period
                                                                
              JXTG                       
            Sendai                145.0                         
           Negishi        No1     120.0                  autumn*
           Negishi        No4     150.0                  autumn*
       Mizushima-A        No3     140.0                  autumn*
       Mizushima-B        No2      90.2         Feb. 4-undecided
       Mizushima-B        No3      90.0                Feb 17-29
            Marifu        No4     120.0       Jan. 20-late March
              Oita                136.0                         
           Kashima        No1     162.0           spring-summer*
           Kashima   splitter      35.1                         
             Osaka                115.0      to be closed in Oct
          Kawasaki       PS-2     170.0                         
          Kawasaki       PSKN      65.0      mid-March-late June
             Sakai        APS     135.0                         
          Wakayama       PS-3     127.5                  autumn*
             Chiba        No1     129.0                         
                                                                
          Idemitsu                       
          Hokkaido        No1     150.0               by July 18
             Chiba        No2     190.0                         
             Aichi        No1     160.0                         
         Yokkaichi        No2     100.0                         
         Yokkaichi        No3     155.0                         
      Keihin (Toa)                 70.0      shut by fire since 
                                                   Dec. 25, 2019
 Yamaguchi (Seibu)                120.0                by Oct. 7
                                                                
                                                                
             Cosmo                       
             Chiba        No1      75.0    spring for half month
             Chiba        No2     102.0      spring for 2 months
         Yokkaichi        No6      86.0       autumn for 1 month
             Sakai                100.0    autumn for half month
                                                                
          Fuji Oil                       
         Sodegaura        No2     143.0                         
                                                                
         Taiyo Oil                       
           Shikoku        No1     106.0                   summer
           Shikoku        No2      32.0                   summer
             Total              3,518.8                         
 *Reported by RIM Intelligence. JXTG and Idemitsu declined to
comment.
    

 (Reporting by Aaron Sheldrick and Yuka Obayashi; Editing by
Subhranshu Sahu)
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