Kashima refinery

Kashima is a medium sized cracking refinery located nortwest of Tokyo in Ibraki prefecture on the Pacific coast of Japan.

The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Eneos.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 8.0

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 170 kbpd

Condensate splitter - 32 kbpd  (idled 2022)

Vacuum distillation  - 50kbpd   

FCC - 36kbpd     

Reformer - Continuous (CCR) unit - 43 kbpd

Naphtha hydrotreater  

FCC gasoline hydrotreater   

Kerosene hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater   

VGO hydrotreater   

Resid hydrotreater   

Aromatics extraction   

Hydrogen production   

Location

4 Tōwada, Kamisu, Ibaraki 314-0102, Japan

Kashima refinery website 

Refinery history

1970 - Refinery commissioned by Kashima Oil, a JV of Mitsubishi Oil, Tokyo Electric, Kyodo Oil. and Dakyo Oil

1999 - Japan Energy (now ENEOS) acquired controlling interest in Kashima Oil

2022 - Condensate splitter idled