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
Refinery configuration
Complexity: 8.0
Major process units:
Major process units:
Atmospheric distillation - 170 kbpd
Condensate splitter - 32 kbpd (idled 2022)
Vacuum distillation - 50kbpd
FCC - 36kbpd
Reformer - Continuous (CCR) unit - 43 kbpd
Refinery history
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