Mizushima refinery

Mizushima is a large very-complex refinery located on the Inland Sea of Japan.

The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Eneos.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 13.8

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 200 kbpd - CDU 2: 95 kbpd, CDU 3: 105 kbpd

Vacuum distillation - 77 kbpd    

Coker - 30 kbpd

Solvent deasphalting    

Hydrocracker - 15 kbpd     

FCC - 46 kbpd     

Alkylation - 9 kbpd    

Reformer - Semiregen  unit and Continuous (CCR) unit -26 kbpd

Naphtha hydrotreater  

FCC gasoline hydrotreater   

Kerosene hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater   

VGO hydrotreater   

Resid hydrotreater   

Aromatics extraction   

Hydrogen production   

Base oil plant   

Asphalt plant  

Location

2-chōme-1 Ushiodōri, Kurashiki, Okayama 712-8054, Japan

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Refinery history

1961 - Commissioned by Mitsubishi Oil

1966 - 2nd crude unit commissioned

1973 - 3rd crude unit commissioned

1985 - CCR reformer commissioned

1995 - Resid hydrotreater commissioned

1998 - Nippon Oil and Mitsubishi merged

2004 - FCC naphtha hydrotreater commissioned

2009 - SDA commissioned

2010 - Nippon Refining merged into JX

2017 - JX and Tonen General merge to form JXTG