Japanese refiners restart shipments after Typhoon Hagibis

Fuji Oil Co (Shinagawa)

15/10/2019 05:17

TOKYO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Japan's biggest refiner, JXTG
Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, said on Tuesday it has resumed land
shipments at its Negishi refinery, near Tokyo, in the wake of
Typhoon Hagibis, while other refineries said sea shipments have
been renewed.
    The country's refineries remained in operation during the
typhoon, the worst to hit Japan in decades, and there was no
damage to facilities, refiners said.
    Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Japan's main island of
Honshu on Saturday evening, leaving large areas of towns in
central and eastern Japan under water. The death toll reached 66
on Tuesday and many homes remained without power or water.
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    JXTG Nippon, which is a unit of JXTG Holdings Inc  5020.T ,
temporarily halted land shipments at the Negishi refinery due to
flooding, but shipments had been restarted on Tuesday, a company
spokeswoman said.
    Refiners including Idemitsu Kosan  5019.T , Cosmo Oil, a
unit of Cosmo Energy Holdings  5021.T , and Fuji Oil  5017.T 
said sea shipments had been temporarily suspended as a
precautionary measure, but all shipments had been resumed by
Tuesday.
         

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