Wakayama refinery

The Wakayama refinery was a medium sized cracking refinery located on the Pacific coast of central Japan.

The refinery was 100% owned and operated by Eneos.

ENEOS shut the refinery in October 2023 and plans to convert to a SAF plant


Refinery configuration

Complexity: 11.2

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 120 kbpd

Vacuum distillation    

FCC     

Alkylation    

Reformer - Semiregen  unit

Naphtha hydrotreater  

FCC gasoline hydrotreater   

Kerosene hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater   

VGO hydrotreater   

Hydrogen production   

Base oil plant   

Location

1000 Hatsushimachōhama, Arida, Wakayama 649-0306, Japan

Website 

Refinery history

1941 - Refinery commissioned by Tonen 

2022 - CDU unit de-rated to 120 kbpd

2023 - Decommissioned CDU capacity

2026 - Eneos and TotalEnergies plan to install a 310ktpy SAF plant at the refinery, using cooking oil, waste oils, and/or synthetic feed as feedstock