Sendai refinery

Also known as: 

Tohoku refinery

The Sendai refinery is a medium sized cracking refinery located on the Pacific coast north of Tokyo in Japan.

The refinery is 100% owned and operated by Eneos.

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 12.5

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 145 kbpd

Vacuum distillation    

RCC    

Alkylation    

Reformer - Semiregen  unit Continuous (CCR) unit

Naphtha hydrotreater  

FCC gasoline hydrotreater   

Kerosene hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater   

VGO hydrotreater   

Resid hydrotreater   

Aromatics extraction   

Hydrogen production   

Location

5-chōme-1-１ Minato, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 985-0901, Japan

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Refinery history

1971 - Refinery commissioned by Tohoku Oil

1992 - RCC commissioned

1996 - Resid hydrotreater commissioned

2001 - Tohoku acquired by Nippon Oil